The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-09
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WEEKLY 2-TIME9-A-WEIKu 81 TBAH
SPIES REPORT ON SPANIARDS.
TWO JUST BACK FROM CUBA AND
PORTO RICO.

san Juan Represented as Unable to
Hold Out Long When Attacked.
The FOrtincations in Such shape
That They Can ORer Almost No Re-
sistnnce-spanish Force at Ponce
Made Up of 4,5OO Regulars and
5000 Volunteers.
New York, June s.-I4ieut. Henry II.
Whitney, Fourth Artillery, who has twice
penetrated into the very heart of Spanish
territory, once in Cuba and lastly in Porto
Rico, arrived here to-day on the British
steamer Ardanrose from Porto Rico.
Through him the war department Will
soon be in possession of important and ac-
curate Information concerning the military
strength and defenses of the island,
The Porto Rican mission was undertake
en- under orders from the department to
travel through the most strongiy~fortihed
places and the headquarters Of military
bodies and observe their strength and the
preparations the commanders had made to
resist occupation by the American troops.
Lieut. Whitney made the journey with
great expedition. He found 5000 volun-
tecr troops and 45C0 regulars in and about
Ponce The soldiers were sickly, however.
and dlscontented for lack of pay. Food
found to be alarmingly scarce, and that
fact combined with the American senu-
ment pervddng the towns, inclined him to
the belief that If the United States troops
did not invest the island within month
the inhabitants would turn upon the Span
lards and drive them out.
orl at of "a
department. of the bureau of information.
arrived here to-day on board the steamer
st. Thomas, after having performed some
hazardous services and undergoing some
thrilling experiences in Porto Rico.
Transforming his name into Emmersohn
he procured a bogus German passport and
went to San Juan, ostensibly as a corre-
spondent OF the Berlin Deutacher Zeitung.
At San Juan, said Mr.. Er,mersohn, to-
day. they would not permit me to go
through the fortihcations, nor would they
allow me to make a visit TO the newspa-
Ter correspondent Halstead, who Is held
in prison as spy l was permitted to
walk through the streets, however.
The war department, / may say, need
have no feafs of dihiculty in taking San
Juan, whenever the attempt is made.f
While could not see that any great dam
age was done BY tho bombardment In the
city, the fortihcattons are In such shape
that they offer almost no resistance.
80 Il succeeded IN penetrating to the ex-
act center of the island to a place called
Caguas, when my papers We're examined
and the Alcalde was not altogether satis-
fed with their regularity. / said that 1
had been employed as the overseer of a
sugar plantation belonging to a German,
situated beyond that place, but 1 was
promptly thrown In jail.
'The Alcalde said he would have to hear
from San Juan to find whether or not
was all aight
Il wrote a telegram to the German
consul and also offered to pay for @ tele-
gram to the Governor of San Juan This
gave me little better standing with the
Alcalde and l was allowed measure of
liberty. 1t was on May %
when walked some distance
from the prison at noon and found a num-
Der of horses standing outside q black
smith shop. The hostlers were taking
their monday slesta and / appropriated
the best horse I could find and decamped.
To get to Ponce ] must go to the east TO
avoid dangers / went in an opposite al
rection, riding horseback for two days and
nights. When rode again TO the east I
crossed a range Of hills to find the entire
eartern end of the Islands In the possess
sion OF the insurgents. These insurgents
welcomed me and gave an escort to the
coast, where l found small schooner at
Il
Though this schooner belonged to a
| Spaniard the captain was prevailed upon .
TO take me away. He had just lost sight
of land on May 28 when a warship hove in
sight that we took for an American. Out
captain was greatly excited and began TO
pray, uniil | discovered that the stranger
few the Spanish flag. II proved to be the
torpedo boat destroyer Terror.
"She steamed up alongside and an Of
icer was sent aboard. I was dressed as q
sailor, and had taken a position at the
masthead. After an examination of the
boat the Spaniard left her and We headed
for Santa Cruz. There l boarded the
Madlana, and found a number of news
paper correspondents aboard.
"The Spanish a.calde had sent tele-
gram to the Danish authorities he said,
ITO hold me upon arrival as a horse thief.
Maj. Moore. the United States consul at
st. Thomas. positively refused to surren-
der me, and even took me in a boat him
self out TO the Madiana"
When Emmersohn left San JUAN he saw
four Spanish war vessels in the harbor--
the Isabella II, Alicante, Concho and Ter
ror