The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-03

receive its guns for at least six months,
it is rumored that they are intended for
the auxiliary vessels.
Havana, March 3-The operations of
the divers this morning were interrupt
ed by a heavy thunder storm. The in
dications are, however, that the wealth
er will clear later in the day.
Senator Proctor may leave Havana
on Saturday for home, thought the time
of his departure is not decided. He
may remain here until Wednesday and
in that case will probably take a trip
| into the province of Pinar del Rio, with
Superintendent ElweH, of the Red
| Cross society, unless the stormy wealth
er changes the programme.
The United States light house tender
MangrOVe and the naval court of in
quiry into the loss of the battleship
Maine are expected here today.
London, March S.-'The United States
will have every town on the Spanish
coast blown to atoms, am ready to
wager. a month after the beginning of
hOstihties said William Allan, NJ. P,
to the New York World correspondent
Mr.. Allan represents the Gateshead di-
vision in the house of commons, is one of
the largest shipbuilders on the Tyne and
is an acknowledged high authority on
naval questions.
The World correspondent had asked him
if there is any likelihood that Spain can
buy war vessels now building in British
yards from the government which ordered
them.
1T would not do Spain any good if she
could buy them" Mr. Allan answered.
But except those ordered by Japan there
are very few orders in the English yards
from 1orelgn governments, ana Japan
I can't conceive why Chill should sell
shlps 10 her ancient enemy TO pc used
against the United States, which helped
her so generously to her Independence.
But even should Chilli or Brazil sell ships
to Spain. they would be of no use to her.
4 have always expressed in the house
of commons, as you know, my admiration
for American warships 1 challenged our
government to test the new cruiser Pow
erful by sending her across the Atlantic
ernment had sent the Columbia, but our
government declined.
I consider that America has son e of
the very finest ships af1Oat, and l know
the American sailors to be as good as
any in the world.
Why, Spain is a retrograde-a mori-
bund nation. If she should snap up all
the Warships available all over the world
she could not give the United States cause
for an instant's concern.
ing capacity of the Anglo-Saxon races
against these Spaniards, who are fed on
oil and garlic and are without stamina.
Why, in the olden days our buccaneers
used to beat them, and they have not i'm
proved since then-rather the contrary
1T would be an easy matter for the
United States to capture the principal
coast and not far from Oviedo. The
place is not defensible, as your navy de-
But there will be no war. The Span
ish government knows it would be the
signal for a Carlist rising
They will have some kind of a revolu-
ton in Spain before long, but as to war
with the United States there will be none
I have never believed that the United
States wants Cuba, but expect they will
employ all their influence to establish a
republic there"
Mr. Tweddle. the manager of Thorny-
croft's famous torpedo boat works at
Chiswick-on-the-Tha said to the
Worlds correspondent: I don't think
the Spanish navy can cause the United
States much concern
7 really don't think Spain has much of
a chance of getting warships in England ;
yards from the governments for which
they are being constructed The great
ajOrity of the ships now the stocks
are for the British government, which,
of course, would not selE
I don't know of any for Chill, but Ar
gentina has three under construction
Argentina won't sell, for I know when
France offered to buy some torpedo catch
ers we We're constructing for Argentina
| the latter declined to sell.
Spain has four torpedo catchers, about
| go feet long each, and with a speed of