The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-23
MORE SPANISH SHIPS
A THIRD SQUADRON is NOW BEINC
FITTED OUT.
Cam0ra VIII Leave Cndix In Few
Days, Probably 10 Join Ger
vera in the Antilles.

Especial Cable to Tho Post and New yorh
Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
don Bennctt)
Gibraltar, May %. - The governor here
will not allow war vessels passing the
straits TO he reported
The Spaniards are preparing what they
call the third squadron which viii consist
of the Princess de Austria of 1000 tons
and with speed of twenty knots, now at
Cadiz the Cardinal Cisneros, at Cartagena
newly armored and engined Thera are
also at Ferrol the torpedo e,rnboa.s n,,o
marie de Molina, the Marques de la vlcto-
ria and the Don Alvaro de Baxan. each of
500 tons and twenty knots speed.
Unless the American government move;
quickly it will have the foregoing to con
tend with In addition to Admiral Ceryera's
and Admiral Camara's suuadrons.
The latter Is expected TO leave Codiz with
IN Few days His destination is probably
the Antilles, notwithstanding that the
newspapers say the Philippines.
Especial Dispatch to The Post and New York
Herald. copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
don Bennett.)
Washington. May 22.--The authorities do
not believe that Spain will send her home
squadron to the Philippines. The sailing
orders which it is said 1t received require 1t
to come west. 1t is believed, and Join forces
with Admiral Cervera's fleet II this be
true, then the officials expect that Admiral
Ceryera will carry ON a waiting policy,
avoiding battle with the armorclads OF this
government, and this he can do IN view of
the speed of his ships, preventing the dis
patch OF an army of invasion by menacing
the troop ships and appearing at points
where necessity VIII compel the dispatch OF
armorclsds and playing general hide and
seek game until he Is reinforced. So far
as the officials can learn the only effect
I've reinforcement he can expect are the
battleship Pelayo. the arInored cruiser
Carlos Y, the protected cruiser Alfonso
KIN and the torpedo destroyers Audaz
Pluton and Proseprina. On account OF the
inconvenience OF conveying torpedo boats
those in Spanish waters will probably be
retained with the second class battleships
Nittoria and Numancia for the protection OF
the coast.
St Johns. N T., May 22-Captain
Strong of the brig Energy, which arrived
today with cargo OF salt from Cadiz, re-
ports that when he left Cadlz fortnight
ago the greatest activity prevailed in naval
arsenals there. The two Hamburg liners,
Columbia and Normanna, purchased 20 be
used as auxiliary cruisers. aud now named
the Rapido and Patria. were being rapidly
armcred and the warshirs refttng in the
harbor were loading the stores and am
munition. Captain Strong Is convinced
that at the time he was in Cadiz the Span
ish government fully intended TO send the
feet to attack American coast cities on The
North Atlantic. preferably Boston. He
says that the Spanish populace was Bit
terry lnfiamed against the English and
that his crew did not venture ashore.
Gibraltar, May GAN unconhrmed ru-
NOR Is in circulation here that the Spanish
squadron at Cadiz is about to sail for
Cuban waters.
Spanish battery OF artillery arrived
this afternoon at San Rogue. seven miles
northwest OF Gibraltar and has been
placed in position