The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-05

else they did for him-and the other day
before yesterday in Tampa. The Amerl-
cans are showing the most extraordinary
vigilance. ] do not wish 10 remain here
without taking an active part in the war.
and ! desire duty in which | can take
the initiative and do something. / shall
he extremely gratifed to have a ship
in order to run the blockade. or a tor
pedo boat: anything rather than playing
second fiddle. However, if there is no
other remedy, | would go perfectly will
lingly on board large ship. | am very
sorry that this war finds me so low in
rank, for it offers opportunities for am
one who wishes to work and to risk him
self. / cannot believe that Don Pasquale
could be in Santiago as reported by the
American press. He entered it on the
18th, and if he had gone Immediately 70
Havana he would have met only two
monitors in front of it. l make it out
that he entered that place only to coal
and for the moral effect it would pro
duce in Spain. Suppose he went oct
Friday, the 20th-if he had,gone to the
North and through the Providence Chan
mel. he would have passed into Havana
right under the noses of the Americans,
who had only small cruisers; for Schlcy
was at sea on the night of Thursday.
Sampson on that of Friday; and on that
of Sunday. the 22nd. ne took the lower
channel for the East, and on
Wednesday he turned back to-
wards Havana. Schley's squadron has
been reinforced by the Iowa and Samp-
sons by the Oregon ! believe that i'm
war one has to tempt fortune. If it had
not been that Sampson was afraid that
Don Pasquale might go to Havana and
that Schley would not be there our conf
dence is well grounded that he
would have found himself very
short of ammunition after the
bomhardment though the stealing in
the ordnance department. The fact re-
mains that it was logical for him 10 re-
main near Santiago and CienfuegOS and
if he could not prevent the entrance of
our squadron. to shut il up and thus
close its campaign rs those people over
there already believed it closed. But |
cannot believe such Il stupid thing poSSi-
BILE. | suppose that he went To the
south of Porto Rico and that he had or
dered a cruiser or two there Go cover the
Terror and that he will appear at San
Juan the 9th or 2Sth. He will coal
there and will rest Il day or two and will
then return to delay and annoy them and
delay the invasion. The Nizcaya and
the Oquendo at least need to go in dry
dock.
Il am very afraid lest they attack Por
to Rico by sea and land and put off the
attack on Havana. They are not going |
to do more than try tn take the latter, |
and they think then if they destroy our
feet of taking the war into Spain with |
Havana already in their power They |
have no confidence in their army, but |
they have i'm their navy. and they are /
afraid Or our army and of yellow fever, |
because if the men should begin to die |
in Cuba there would be n tremendous |
row. as they are not like our people. Any |
way we shall see when there is news |
of the feet. | expect TO hear of It to-
morrow, with them cleaning their hulls
at the Keys; we should be able to clean
in three days at Porto Rico.
Each day that passes is worse for ms
than the lack Of preparations. IL the
Cadiz squadron had come and bOmbarded
Boston, Portland and Long Island! They
can do it now, but after few months it
will be too late. / think il we are to
have any success in this matter it will
be through treating for peace. and having
them recognize the debt. If we do not
do this soon it viii be too late, and we
shall lose Cuba and Porto Rico and all
that this war costs us, and in adj
dition we shall be charged with