The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jun

Victory has followed victory from
the day that Gen. Skaters army land.
cd in Cuba and began the land move
ment towards Santiago, and news OF
the capture of that town may be ex.
pected at any time, although there is a
possibility that Gen. Shafter, having
gotten all the Spaniards in that vicini'
ty rounded up inside the heavy forti.
fi%cations of the town, may defer the
big battle until the re.~enforcements
which are on the way from Newport
News and Tampa shall reach him. 1t
is very positively stated that General
Shafter has no orders from Washing
ton further than to capture Santiago,
the ways and means being left entire.
ly TO his discretion, and Gen. Miles,
who expects to go to Santiago in a few
days, from Tampa, with almost as
many soldiers as Shafter carried with
him, says he is not going to interfere
with Shafter, who he thinks will have
Santiago before he gets there, but to
assume charge Of the military oper'
atoms of which Santiago, after its cap
ture, will be made the base. Skaters
victories have cost more good Ameri'
can lives and blood than the whole val
previously, but that was to be expect
ed. Miracles like Dewey's victory are
not expected to be duplicated. Mer
20 to wal to kill and TO be killed.
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The Spanish government shoul'
have the various stories which its cen
sor allows to be telegraphed from Mad
rid for ~bamboozling purposes bette
edited. The stories that the Cadi.
Spanish fleet had started for Manila {,
attack Dewey, and that q new ministr
was to he formed to ask the Unite,
States for peace, alc not even consist
ent, not to say anything about thei
probability. For that Spanish fleet t
get to Manila would take somethin
like five or six weeks, and it woul
have to pass through the Suez cana
where its movements could not be cor
cealed; and just AS soon as this go,
eminent was informed Of its passag
through the canal 1t could send a swift
fleet across the Atlantic to give tn
coas, cities of Spain a taste of The wal
with the certain knowledge that Spai
would have n fighting ships to oppos
them. The peace talk is thought I
have been sent out with the hope tn,
it might delay our military operation
In Cuba. II so, a more absurd hor
was never INDUCED in.
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Diplomats who know the SPANS
character we'll regard the publicatic
in Madrid Of the statement that Il
United States had offered Spain tern
of peace-Spain to surrender Cul
and Porto Rico outright, and to ce,
coaling stations in the Philippine al
Caroline islands-as an indication tn
Spain was paving the way at home
ask for peace on the best terms she c,
get. They say that the rigid COVER
ment censorship of the press in Spa
makes it certain that the stateme
was given out by the Spanish COVER
ment. Spain will not get peace on
good terms as these, as it is certa
that she will o be allowed to reta
the Philippines under any condition
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A few of the senate anti's talk abo
keeping up the light against the res
luton for the annexation Of Haw
for an indefinite period, but to the G
timers there are many signs visible
an early adjournment of congress.
1t has become we'll known that the Q
nexation resolution must be voted .
ON by the senate before the house v