Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-05-12
seHLEY TALKS ,oF DEWEY.
C6Mneaere Comnianains the Flyina
SaaaAron Says IL Ranks Win
Greatest Naval victories.

C6Mmeaere Comnianaing the Flying
sssaaron says II Ranks Win
Greatest Naval Victories.
board the flagship Brooklyn: OF Fort
Montoe.) Comnoddre tRfnn4d schiey.
coihthaudihg the Ayins sduadi6n. to-day.
for the nrst time. j. consented to- give his
views upon the, victofx won by. Admiral
dewey af7daffla.E To the Assocfited Press
representative. be sai6: = :,
"Adniral pewey,s victory at Manila
must deservsdIy take. its place side by side
with the greatest naval victories of the
worlds history. It has been urged that
the results show such decided tiFferioritys
IN resistance as compared With the order.
Of attack, that there Is q dimfnution Of
the glory, but that ID -untrue,.for II must
first be, remembered THAT :ehE greatness Of
Dewey,s success Me- In, the calm cour-
age and daring displayed in his decision
to enter a strange. harbor, at dark, under
the guns of many forts and Drawing the
perhaps hidden tarpsdo or mine. 1t strikes
me that with several advantageous forth
fied positions the preponderanoe OF advan-
tase was certainly with the enemey and
that with the great daring displayed by
Dewey, there must fall upon his shoulders
the mantle OF Perry and Farragut. From
the meager accounts. that have been rer
ceived of the battle, It is evident that de-
spite the great risk every officer and every
man knew was being taken, there 'was not
q faint heart in all thatasquhdton. hut an
enthusiastic and esprit de corps that could
not but win with such q leader. I would
note, too, that superior educatiqn. which
brings intelligence, coupled with perfection
in Workmanship. aided greatly In winning
the day and will. / believe. contribute to
future victories. Admiral Dewey and
every man In his squadron deserves every
recognition that a grateful people and q
nation can bestow."
The definite news Of the return Of the
Spanish fleet to Cadiz put new life Into
the squadron officers to-day. While they
have recognized that. the strategy board
has made them splendid factor in the
war, by the enforced stay here. and rea-
lixe that their presence on the coast has
been the direct cause Of the return of the
Spanish squadron to its own ports. they
have chafed at their idleness and the pos
sible termination, of the war before they
moved. To-day the general belief is that
the history Of Nelson will be repeated and
as the battle of Manila parallels the VIC
tory on the Nile, 90 Spanish Indignation az
in the day of Nelson may force the Span
ish fleet to sea and Trafalgar may be re-
peated. Every officer is now encouraged
to believe that Commodore Schley will be
allowed to display his acknowledged skill
and daring in active battle.
The New Orleans finished coaling to-day
and ie ready for sea. An assistant passed
engineer and two cadet engineers arrived
here to-day and Joined the Brooklyn and
Il is believed that these are significant
facts indicating an early movement of the
squadron.
Captain Higginson. OF the Massachusetts,
tried his new automatic Maxim one-pound.
ers to-day with great success. On all the
ships to-day fire and collision drills ant
general call to quarters. practically a bat
tie drill. occurred. Commodore 6chley
watched all the ships carefully and ex
pressed himself as well satisfied.
The New Orleans tried her big guns to-
day anc her officers reported to Commo
dore Schley that they were well pleased
with the working Of them.