The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-17
AMERICAN snip BLOWN UP.
Said to Have Been Destroyed Off cabanas and the
Crew Killed. Spaniards Say Fleet is on
the Way to Fight Dewey.
NOW FOR SPANISH BRAVERY


The New York Journal says:
New York, May IA Spanish armada,
powerful enough to strike mighty dow,
will have shortly gathered on this side OF
the Atlantic The blow will probably be
aimed at our North Atlantic Coast, as Is
indicated by tho sighting from tlmo to
time of Spanish vessels in these waters.
Seven arInorcd cruisels with an average
lpeed of twenty knots, and three torpedo
TDat,destroycrs, now IN the Caribbean Sea,
ARE in themselves no mean foe ADD to
these tie flrst-class bnttlosh!p Pelayo, the
first-clus, armored cruiser Carlos ", and
an unknown quantity of lesser craft, and
q foe appears not unworthy OF he conbiu-
ed squadrUns of Sampson and SGhley.
A conjunction of Spaine's entire naval
force, even in our own waters, Is now by
no means improbable. The reported ar
rival of Admiral Nillnmil. with the med
ern fighting machines, the Carulnal Us
neros, The Princess Asturias and tho Cat
alma NAV at any day te reported by the
commander Of he Cndiz fleet.
10 mass the entire Spanish naval
strenghtb, to cvadc Sampson and Hchley
until the most opportune moment for com
bat-lhat seems to be the plan of Spain.
NO SECOND SQUADRON,
London, May 1.-THE Daily Mail says
this morning; according To the most
Trustworthy Information, the Spanish
cruisers Carnedal CisneroS, Princess de
Asturius and Catalina are not yet ready
for sea, and therefore cannot have arrived
at Martinique"
WASHINGTON SCOUTS IT,
Washington, May 1.-THE Navy De-
partnent does not fear the presence OF
second Sranish squadron off Martinique
The department says the story is q hoax
MUST FIGHT OR RUN.
Washington. May 16 Tho Navy De
partmeut received dispatch from Adj
miral Sampson stating that he has left
Porto Rico and is making Cieniuego' his
objective point of intcrcepting the Spanish
feet in it's anticipated purpose to dash in.
to tha' port Tha Sraniurds have sailed
from Curacao, OIL the north coast Of South
Amcric.. and the Oregon is at Pcrnani
buco. fl tho northeast coast OF south
America
urho squadrons of the United States
form q triangle, dlspOsing them SO that
tho 81 lish fleet must almost certainly
be intci copied and compelled to fight II II
should sail towards Cuba or the Gnlt o.
Mexico. At present it seems to lie directly
An the line of travel which the Oregon anl
her consorts are expected to take.
It's believed that the fleet GVlnmHnde'
by admiral Cervera is tho only -pani-l
HOtiia IN American waters, ana that Its
mission is to safely convoy to BldncO i
number Ct transports with supplies AM
ammunition, and possibly skilled arillc!
lists to work he modern rifles now mount
cd and masked for the defense Of HA"ana
To a member of his Cabinet this after
noon President Mckinley said: 9TH
Spanish tlGct must fight or run, If the
are here for combat they viii be destroyed
II they are hero merely for II domonsIrh
zion they i'll disappear. When they wer
~ Martinique they knew that Shlhpso
WAS ut San juan. If they had desired
meet Sampson thOy would have stranc
Directly towards him. Tho navy Is ont
meet and destroy that fleet. sampson an
Schely have their orders.
From this it will appear that REGARDLESS
of crltiCi-ms and contentious by npn'con
ba tants, the President Is very much !!
earnest and expects war news from GU
navy. On saturday afternoon, when spoK
en- to about Cirnlurg0s tho PrcSldcn
said: "SahiCy viii be there, out 1t look
now rs though sampson will got thei
first. 1t is presumed, however, that Tchie
Is fortnight beading southwark and to II
westward Of Cuba, with tIHnfuc-os us M
objective pUlnt. having in mind all I'll
time the possibility Of intcrchptlng tn
epamards. Thus, while sampson is goln
westward towards C!uuCurgoS, Sthley WI
CLOSE in on that rOrt by sailing cnsiWar
ms soon as he Rounds tn western point g.
Cuba. Consequently, if the elusive spar
jnrds are realty da,hng towards Clch
flegos, they aiG Speeding into Il hot plH''