Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-02

Tho geographical cynoaure ot IN.
time Is the larEr and lu many rcspc''7
i,,autifui clty ~ Manila with iia our
torpdlnrn. ~ iH not only tho merop-
oils ~ tho Philippine group but come.
very nearly being the aggregation OF
.n mat ls metropolitan or modern TO
the islnnda ono of ihr ndiac'h-
POINTS of interest practically o suburb
ia cavl,c. which began Co fail on 10
interest nftor Dawoys conquest ana
occunntion and when nii eyes began 70
be- turned upon the next point ~ cN-
pected attack. But interest In the Tor
mcr place l. by no means extinct In
fact il has not diminished but Tor the
time being. and u 10 quito within inc
possibilities Tint the whirllglg of MILL
tary events over there mry at any
time make Il moro conspicuous than
ever.
A recent letter In the san Francisco
chronicle. by H. special war cores
pondcnt. Martin J. Egan. rtaica that
cnyitc is a pretty r,lic Of another axe
Thors prc. b. saya. touches OF modern
lmptnvcmrni here and thcrc. and inc
arsenal and dock yard are oqulpp'u
with romr ~ tho more recent apph-
npcsn. hut tho rest is timc-honorcd.
The builders on the CIvitc over when
the cid starr and Strips now npaI
were cotsmpufnrltu of the PilgdmH
Il is shown that prior 20 the opening
OF the seventeenth century. caviio was
the rite N the royal grauary. There
the rich Spanish traders 81 The con-
auindo. who yoirly sont a gallcon 10
Msrlca laden with the pricclcfn pro-
duets of thu I.aynut. stored their goods.
Il was alno naval station. but the
royal rrnnary gnyo 81 chief Importance.
IT, buildings were OF wood. rooted
with palm leaves. md when IN the bee
rininr ~ the seventeenth century =
Orr occurred IN the town Il Hwcp,
everything before Il, royal grunnry
and an Then II was that the SPAN
lard bulldcd moro firmly. and the bat
I Elements he erected and the rolid
walled houfra BE- reared donod tim,
| ana stood 10 receive tn steel pruicc.
tiles of Admiral Dewey. improvement
have been made from time a. time, bul
the old has NOT given way 10 the new
/ Tho old musElc-loadlnE cannon, Ions
since ~ NO. uso in the Eunrda o
nations. stll keep their places along lil
Of the modern rifles on the rumparta
~ Co lts geographical situation. 8, d
dcrrrlbyd ~ being located ON th'
inner and larger ot tWo oroacsnt-shape'
capea which stretch ont from the main
land into Manila bay. II o. though
to have been an island at one time
tho narrow mock connecting it with th
shorr probably being a drlnld nlL I
o. Intensely military ln reputation ani
In fact, ~ dofDnHsr uartnknr OF th'
nature ~ every age from tho m-tiioyn
down 60 recent times. some % ~ will
and hattiemouta being un rp large
scnle aud Ho frovnins in their genera
: aspect that thry must have brcn ter
q rIhlc thluvr for nn enemy TO oontcmp
lntr In the days when rined cannoi
were uuthouvht of and any cannon OK
oopt 90 short distaucca was
thing ~ hut very moderate execution
ana c1urspuudlnEly small dread.
Cavio o. me principal spanish sea
port COZ was when II was Spanish with
out opposition IL contains at IN
present time probably 10000 peopl
AMI under l moro benignant rule woul
assur dly become q place " great cor
sequence and growth. The dawn ,
such q day ~ doubtless close NJ hand.