The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-05
MAKING HASTE SLOWLY.

know you very well. 1t may be said
that this action may have made a bad
impression on him, but L don't care,
because, if L can do so, 1 shall leave
the service when this war is finished
CHIEF OF SPIES.
IT have been left here to receive and
send kilograms and look after the spy
service which l have organized, and 1
had better say, am establishing here,
because, until a very little while ago,
l was not permitted to do as pleased.
We have had bad luck, because they
have captured our two best spies, one
in Washington, who hanged himself
or else they did-and the other day
before yesterday, in Tampa
THE Americans are showing the.
most extraordinary vigilance. do not
wish to remain here without taking an
active part in the war, and l desire
duty in which can take the initiative
and do something. / shall be extreme
ly gratified to have a ship, in order to
run the blockade, or torpedo boat
anything rather than playing second
fiddle. However, if there is no other
remedy l would go perfectly willingly
on board large ship. 1 am very sorry
that this war finds me so low in rank
and it offers opportunity for any one
who wishes to work and to risk him
SELF.
NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
81 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 immedi-
ately to Havana he would have met
only two monitors in front of it. 1 am
of the belief that he entered that place
- ha off
it would produce in Spain. 1 suppose
he went out Saturday, the 20th-if he
had gone to the north and through the
Providence channel he would have
passed into Havana right under the
nose of the Americans, who had only
small cruisers, for Schley was at sea
on the night of Thursday, Sampson on
that of Friday, and on that of Sunday,
the 22d, he took the lower channel for
the east, and ON Wednesday turned
back towards Havana. Schley's squad
ron has been reinforced by the Iowa,
and Sampson by the Oregon. l believe
that in war one has to take fortune.
1t was logical for Schley to remain near
Santiago and Cienfuegos, and if he
could not prevent the entrance of our
squadron to shut it up, and thus close
it's campaign, as those people over
there already believe it closed. But L
cannot believe such a stupid thing is
possible. l suppose that he went to
the south of Porto Rico, and that he
had ordered a cruiser or two there to
cover the Terror, and that he will APP
pear at San Juan the 9th or 2Sth. He
will coal there and will rest a day or
two, and will then return to delay and
annoy them and delay the invasion.
The Vizcaya and Oquendo, at least,
need to go into dry dock. L telegraphed
to Don Pasquale on the morning of the
goth, when l knew he was in Santiago,
saying that the squadrons were at Key
West. He did not answer me. That
afternoon came a teleg7 m from Mad
rid, saying he had left Santiago. I
continued sending mesS>.:reS to General
Blanco in respect to all the move ments,
and now, so far as l know, Don Pas
quale has arrived at Porto Rico, where
1 shall try to communicate with him.
If he should have set out for Marti-
nique or Havana, having "a hours adj
vantage, he would have arrived before
now.
AMERICAN PLANS.
II am very much afraid lest they at
tack Porto Rico by land and sea and
put off the attack on Havana. They
are not going TO do more than try to
take the latter, and they think then,
if they destroy our fleet, of taking the
war into Spain, with Havana already
in their power. They have no conf
dence in their army, but they have in
their navy, and they are afraid of our
army and of yellow fever, because if
the men should begin to die in Cuba
there would be a tremendous row, as
they are not like our people. Anyhow
we shall see when there is news of the
fleet. l expect it tomorrow. With
them cleaning their hulls at Key West
we should be able to clean something
in three days at Porto Rico. Each
day that passes is worse for US, on ac-
count of the almost total lack of
preparation.
THE CadiZ squadron is to come to
lombard Boston, Portland and Long
Island. They can do it now, but after
a few months it would be too late.
ADVISES PEACE.
a think if we are to have any sue
cess in this matter it will be through
treating for peace by yielding Cuba
and having them recognize the debt.
If we do not do this soon it will be too
late and we shall lose Cuba and Porto
Rico and all that this war has cost us,
and in addition we shall be charged
with the Cuban debt, for which our
treasury is responsible. There is no
doubt here that we cannot continue
this war, as we have nothing to gain
and may lose our three colonies and
be ruined for 80 years. In the matter
of money there is no patriotism. Proof
is given by the bank, which ought to
have bought gold, although at a pre-
MUM of 100 per cent, and issued notes
against it in slightly greater quantity.
With one hundred and fifty millions
it had made thirteen hundred millions.
This is the moment of the year at
which, instead of returning % or "a per