The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-05-06
A WAR PROGRAMME.
Preparations Made for the Hos
tilities Against Spain.
WILL co AFTER SPANISH VESSELS.
iwift Ocean GreyhoundS OF the Amer lean
Line to he Rushed to sea-May At
tack Spain at Home-Troops
TO Invade Cnba.


New YORK, April SOFT is stated on
the highest authority that as the new
| ly-formed preparations for hostilities
stand they contemplate these opera
tions:
Flrst-The opening OF inRress to Cuba for the
relief OF the roconcentrados and the co-opera-
tion OF the United States naval forces with those
OF the insurgents. The invasion, which Is to be
conducted purely as a relief expedition. may
| land at MatanzaS The Sampson squadron Is
to be used to make way for and to protect the
relief expeditions
Secoud-The preventing OF the Spanish feet
now ut Manila, In the Philippines, from joining
forces with the Spanish fleets at Cape Verde
Islands and In Cuban waters The instructions
| to Commodore Dewey are not to shell Manila
unless the fortihcations assail the American
fleet rigid blockade, similar to that estab-
lished at Havana, Is to be enforced against Ma
Mia An engagement. II any occurs, will be
precpitated by the Spanish fleet under COM
Of Adm. Fighting" Montejo
Third-The flying squadron Is to be held at
Fort Monroe as reserve fleet but is to be
drawn upon II necessary to protect unfortifed
cities. The squadron may reinforce the Samp-
son squadron This is the original plan mapped
out more than three weeks ago by Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy Roosevelt
Fourth-The guarding OF the approaches on
the north and middle Atlantic coasts by regu-
lar warships and auxiliary cruisers The
original plan contemplated the performance OF
this duty by vessels manned by naval reserves,
but change WINS compelled by advices OF the
sailing OF the Spanish feet from Cadiz, with
instructions to lombard unprotected cities
the north Atlantic coast Hence the dispatch
ing yesterday OF the auxiliary cruisers New
Orleans and San Francisco to guard the APP
proaches to the Massachusetts and New York
coast
Fifth-Hurried preparations for the trans
portation OF the land forces now at Chick
amauga to either Tampa or New Orleans for
embarkaton to Cuba. These orders are now
issued and 1t Ia expected that Gen. Miles will
leave Washington on Sunday to assume active
command OF the land forces
Sixth-The maintenance Of the state militia
forces which have reported ready In an ad
vanced organized condition. with the view OF
calling them to follow the regular army forces
now mobiizng at Chickamauga
WILL GO AFTER SPANISH SHIPS.
WASHINGTON, April 30. 1t is entirely
possible that the operations of the
American fleet in Cuban waters in the
matter of selling Spanish vessels as
prizes will be soon completely eclipsed
by the performance of the swift ocean
greyhounds recently purchased by the
government from the American line.
These vessels, St. Louis and st. Paul
and Harvard, have been fitted with
armor protection over all their ex.
posed machinery and have already re.
ceived good batteries. 1t was the in
| tention of the department to consid-
siderably supplement these batteries
at the navy yards. But, owing
probably to the receipt of informa-
ton from abroad of the move
ments of some very richly laden
Spanish vessels. the department
does not consider that time re-
mains to complete the work in the
ordinary manner at the navy yards,
now overwhelmed with other work, so
the transformed liners are to be rushed
to sea. 1t is rumored that they carry
in their holds some guns of heavy cali
Der which will be mounted when they
are in blue water. No official state
ment can be secured as to the destina-
ton of these splendid auxiliary cruis-
ers, but ii Is rumored that they are to
head directly for the coast of Spain,
where they will lie in wait for the
! Spanish prizes, Unless the small oh.
servatiou force of the Spanish navy in
the Mediterranean, composed of tor
] BNNO OOdbo utolTONtTS. Is REIN
forced before the liners reach those
waters, they are likely to fall easy vic
Tins to the gunners of the cruisers.
MAY ATTACK SPAIN AT HOME
New YORK, April 30. The board OF
strategy has recommended that as soon
as it becomes apparent that the Span
ish flotilla does not intend to cross
the Atlantic, the Canary islands in the
Atlantic and one of the Balearic is
lands in the Mediterranean, probably
the island of Minorca, will be seized
J by the United States as bases of sup
plies. If the Spanish fleet does not
come to us, the board of strategy has
| decided that. to end the war, the Unit
ed States warships must attacl, Spain
at home. The best warships are GER
tain to reach the other side of the At
lantic considerably the worse for the
voyage. BY selling the Canaries they
can be made the base of operations
against Spain,
AMERICAN TROOPS TO INVADE CUBA.
WASHINGTON, April 80. -Arrange-
ments were completed yesterday for
the rapid landing in Cuba of the first
body of American troops. IL will be
made up of II regiments of infantry,
two regiments of cavalry and one bat
talon of light artillery. Eight large
steamers have been chartered by the
war department for use in transport
ing troops to CUBA These steamers
have an average capacity OF about
1000 tons and are able to carry from
500 to |, 200 passengers each