The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-05
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Changed Naval Situation Will Bring No Abatement in the Activity of the Au- thorities and There is a Renewed De- termination to Get Commodore Wat son's Eastern Squadron Away at the Earliest Possible Moment-Secretary Long Makes Statement to This Effect.
 Washingon, July 1.-The annihilation of the Spanish squadron at Santiago and the capture of Admiral Cervera with 1900 prisoners: the demand of General Shafter for the surrender of Santiago by F o'clock tomorrow noon on pain of bombardment; word from Admiral Dewey that the Ladrone isl- ands had been captured, that a Span ish gunboat had surrendered, that a hundred or more Spanish officers and men were taken and that our first Phil ippine expedition had landed-this is in part the thrilling record of such a Fourth of July as has not been known since the declaration of independence.
 Day ofMomentous Events.
 It was a day when one momentous event followed another in constant and rapid succession, each hour bringing forth some new feature more startling than what had gone before. The cli- max came at i o'clock when amid the oEo foi iy-I, e1o the great war, state and navy building to it's foundation, Admiral Sampson's dispatch announcing his victory and the entire destruction of the Spanish fleet was given to the public The White house was naturally the local point of the enthusiasm and stirring activity which marked official Wash ington. It was the busiest day the president has had since the war be- gun. Conference followed conference with the heads of military and naval departments, high officers of the ser vice came and went in a constant stream and as each hour brought it's added lustre to the American arms the crowd of officials increased.
 No Respite for President.
 The president had not g. moments respite. Telegrams came and went without cessation and the executive mansion presented a scene such as has not been paralleled since the momen- tous hours of the civil war. Stirring as are all the official dispatches receiv- ed to-day, Sampsons dispatch was ac- corded the honor of chief importance. Admiral Sampsons dispatch not only disclosed the tremendous prowess of the American squadron, but it again displayed the strange immunity which the American sailor seems to have in the midst of death and carnage. That but one of our sailors, a yeoman on the Brooklyn, should have been killed in an engagement of this magnitude IS without parallel in naval annals save in the record which Dewey made at Manila.
 Way to Harbor Partly Clear.
 With the Spanish squadron destroy ed, the way is partly cleared for the advance of the American squadron in to the harbor of Santiago. If Cervera's armored cruisers could cross the mine field and clear the Merrimac at the entrance to the harbor the American ships can follow the same course. There are the inner fortifications and island forts still to be reduced, but they have passed through a baptism of fire recently and are little more than ruins Thus with Shafter's guns thun- dering on Santiago from the land and Sampson's from the harbor the fall of the city is assured beyond further question. The authorities here, mili- tary and naval, say that Santiago has already made it's best fight and that it's occupation is only question of a very brief time.
 General Shafter's Position.
 General Shafter's strong position was shown in series of dispatches. Most convincing of all as to his feeling of confidence and strength was that dis hatch in which he gives the text of his demand for the surrender of the city on pain of bombardment. General Shaf- ters other dispatches breathe the same air of confidence and determination. In one of these he says:
 aI feel that I am master of the situation and can hold the enemy for any length of time
 Tn another dispatch General Shafter states that his demand for the surren- der of Santiago is still being considered Inv the Spanish authorities, which indi- cates that the refusal of the Spanish