New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-08
SUBMARINE WORK READY
MINES AND TORPEDOES CAN BE LAID IN
THE HARBOR AT ANY TIME.
ONLY \ FEW HOURS WOULD BE NEEpED-' Nil'-
r,,rn ACTIVITY IN ARMY CIRCLEs-A
BALLOON FOR OBSERVABLE" PCR

POSES COMING.
~, seems % me- said az Army officer yesterday.
"that the situation Is more wArlike than II h's
been at any previous Zine. Spain cannot aHo'd !"
rc-cde further. Demand after demand mas wv"
made OF Sagast, and ne has acced"i '"' Il io'"1
as II point hal been reached where ne W"u"
nsht rather than yield any more 'uha ms '''
a Spanish pos sson for four hundred years anu
no wonder they 90 not want 10 yield II up' II
the Queen had said TO The nations OF Europe 'h''
she was descendant OF Charles N-alihough j..
remote lire-and as her ancestors "'Te "'' "'''' -
ia give w what was theirs without nSht'hg io' II
she would do the same. she might nave nid an ''''
Powers standing hy her But We cannot SEE ''''
people Of cuba struggling Tor freedom without r.
calling our own struggle and our Declaration Oh
Independence. II We send an army to Cuba WIN
out acknov lodging her independence We WI" DE III
a FAR better position than II We recognize hc' anu
then attempt to hold M her hands. We "ouid nave
no power In the latter over the insurgents
many 81 whom are ready 70: looi.nS. HeeDoo''"s
and highway robbery. And don't want them
annexed to this country. We have had enough
Yoii,icai experience with The South not to want
any rorc o. like class or voters to deal with.
The activity IN preparing for hosi!dtles cohth"'o
among Army officials yesterday at heacqHarte'S.
General Merritt was in his city with members OF
his s,an Colonel Ludlow went 10 Na>HinBt ION
with an elaborato report on tie condition OF 'he
forthca:ions on tho Atlantic seaboard when ne
recently Inspected far south az Savannah. y
is understood that re made a humber OF important
recommendations IN regard 10 work 70 be car
ried forward under the emergency appropriations
recently made 10 equip the de:cnces h. tnoTouS4
and compete manner. to meet possible ATTACKS
The new em2lacemeu,s FOR big guns a. ro''' liam
iiton and Hancock are approaching co"p'e'o'' ana
several huge rinei cannon vii be mounted aS 5000
a. their carriages ready. 1t wa stated Al th'
Army Building yesterday ihAt the submarine De.
fences :or Eew-Ycrk Iiarbor would Ice completed
last nigh,
An officer said. This does not mean that the
submarine mines and ;orpedoes are tn place mt
TINT the wires have been Laid ana All eiectr1csi
connections made 20 that II Will be a ma ter OF
only lew hoT-s to UG down the min.s ana d.. 10" y,
tnc@, chlcfy provided for. They ar usually IN,
chotod two 1r thrce f4tn"ms h' ~" tEf SUI" 81
the watcr. IN rows II h'r = dozen about s,H. !
fee; .pay'. Each ID charged with h'c hurdr't
pound OF sI,-,o,',u, and Wi blow ny NE arg 81
snip ahCai Thr operator at IN" Lana en-" Oh ~
wire cou'Io.s The TIM 81 ming '"G chooses IT.
opportunity wh"n Ncss" is ~ ne bcSt place iDr
destruction. Ih'n ther" AT" contact mlh''t -" 3
are not charged with - ARG an 4inotn' 81 ~.
pos!y~. as tney an" 20 b" ls'F@iHrd J" nan. =
proXnlfr 10 " N"ss"l ans "i" h,' 20 "l ',1n,n
through mass OF wai"'. other horDor protection
and Whitehead torg"do"s More ~ -" la'' ma m :
,h.a % IN" others are Used. ana IN an le Of.
ter. ard by compressed AIR uudcrncaiH tho Ger
There are foSr sections u each. one contain III :
wet gun-co,ton. the head which 70 p,ni Oh when
ton witch a shook Will explode. and back OF me
level while back %, these is ID" electrical am ,
rata' 10 keer IN , -e naHfci e yarl. IS
about the elective imlf ror $50 All tho hnrhors
IA da1sgr OF ln ,'' T NV WA m, -
Lc so cail.d IN case - war being declared. q,
see an outbreak Of hosi.lities hy Aprn ~ At ~
latest. Every preparation that can be thought OF
Thcr@ were forty tons Or powder shipped ycsier-
day from tho United 5ia,es powder icr"i. AZ l''.