The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-30
SITUATION AT MANILA.
Insurgents Ready to Auack-Amer
lean and Spanish Fleets.

lean ana spanish ! itt'''
Tho probable reason why thc Spanish
fleet has left Manila and gone nortn 20
intercept tine United States squalron Us
that the native insurgents are all ready ID
attack Manila as soon as our Nr-',!- aye
pear boo toe AC.guJll noud, aNd ODD. at"'l-
ards do not Hnej q nsni ".sn 'o ot
tho same time. They prefer tD separate
the scenes OF conflict, intercept our h,et'
prevent if possible. "a naval h-mDal"-
ment. of Manila. 3id lr"Fr -.s' ih.
% deal with tEe natives I'D t5'' '-
issue 10 the sea tight Is determined
Thc Spanish Geet near Oh. fmiplH''
Outuumhcrs our own tlf'n .' 'i.' .'.'.t
leaving transports out oil lhr COUNT; ,...y
are four Spanish ships for every Aih.l-
ana two gunD0as near ID '.H'
transport and collier SPAN I..,-
made mp OF six CRUISER. some wen
small gituboafs and three tfahspoItr'
Ru. Rear Admiral Dewey sIddutJ'
should have no great di1icuty in over
towering the Suauards- INi "Nl' ,L'
ships are aii steel oull moo y" WI ,.i,Iid
carving only the best oi quick anu i'l."-
fire Drccch-l0adng rifles, those OK tut 'H,-
my arc miscellaneous 'olroiloN %, rt.'L
ir0n ANA wooden ships. mounting aI s'I'a
rbo RolTa Christina is The only formida-
bic cruiser Spain has 10 defend lne fAi.lp-
rfnes She ie e. 354D-tuu steel fhp.
mounting half dozen G2-inch Honiou3
guns of au old design. thirteen sunE -"
no poiindor DESIGNATION. and two mithlA.
oltns ISM our 31s~--ou Raleigh one o..
the most accurate and most ldpi'-i' ~
ships in the navy Two hup.- -
mounting ten Of our famous '-tlEL" 30, =
fire GUNS. iu addition 90 a o-lhg1 JUL -
dozen of the FOUNDER class. anu Two 4li.-
chine Guns. could easily tax" care v' -.
Rcina Christina ANA raneIul Oh ''-
sP 0Ii, o se' ~ tI.se eunboats S. worthy
~ n DIace ln BIlssys Naval nm ua,,
This IS the General LEO q ~ TO" u 0-'
boat. mounting two 4.I-lncn tuhs an a.
mn 30 ,iirboats living the Spanish h9s
arc v-oo5en and iron ships aud Woul pe
of mo- account in MODERN nay 1T
No officer Of any aullJ W"u,u ..,,,,f
taking them into nght "!lh a1l'Rs s. az .',ri
,t-ifb heavy batteries OF lapiu-Hif 49,
- 'carryinfg toruedO tubes on oIoadaiu'a,
49,. sn5 storms Should any OF tHt.e
craft stray into She cOnlict our S'',l -
boats Concord and Petrol "ouId iooN "''1'
me Concord Is n 100 ton boat. mount Unit
inc six G-inch guns IAe Sin"!l "'., ga
four machine guns. M. tiD,' f,,t-
ION boaf mounts four G-inch guns lou
small guns. and four machine Eul.' 80
former is a l73 knot boat and the latter
q 137 knot boat. .t.af
TO other Spanish cruisers are Strtl
,.,J,iT t1,e Isle de- cuba and the Isle de
.+g1, isn't they are of but l.Ntl TONS 'ii7-
Placement and carry FOUR 3D. liu'''I. i..
two small guns ana Two Hntiit,it 49, nai,.
Ofr 3 1Sq ton cruiser Boston. with her Wv.
81 C-fnch brecch-lOldiug rifles. SIX o-lil.t'
r9pi1-Gre guns ana four maChllr. va
would make quick work or SPAN LV''
ogroin has three other cruisers near the
VI,flirnfuoe tho 3l2 ton wooden SNIP lar-
tUla and the 1852 ton iron snip tlarco
These carry the best guns or me Meet
four = o incb krupps ON the tasulla anu
fhroo 5q inch Armstrong; on the YEAS ~,
besides ten small rpid-hre Guns ann 'oLI
machine guns. They cdch can Hldh'
ei,out IA knots Captain Dyer or our ~
knot 500 ton cruiser Baltimore. Wou9
hove cause for complaint 10 Rear Admlra
Dewey gave him nothing 10 30 put iooh
after the wooden Castillo and the iron
The Baltimore. I'm addition 10 her five
tornedo tubce. carries four 8-inch guns.
six f-inch guns. eight small guns ana SIX
t,,aohIno rffng Alone she could probably
defend herself against hair the Spanish
fleet a., III.
eef and most Formidable cruisers no the
American navy ranking next 10 the MIN
nraDOlis and Columbia. would not be kept
busy looking after the twin IRON cruisers
Don Antonio dc Ulloa and Don Juan de
Austria. 1120 ton ships each mounting
four Al inch Houtorias four small guns.
~r1 five machine piius. The olympia IS a
r g01 tom steel built boat. with half
dozen tOrnedO tubes. four poWertul N-lncn
guns and "A great battery OF ten 5-lnch
rapid-fre guns. IN addllioh 10 flshl sillt l
guns and "a half dozen machine guns
Her great s-inch Guns could silence the
guns ~ the entire Sn0ni-h fleet. while her
rapld-hre guns would riddle me steel iron
an1 wooden ships alike with high eNplo-
eivo shells our transport g. the Naushan
and our collier the Xa6ro Spain's trans
ports are The General Alavd, Manila and
Cuba.-NcW York sun.