Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-09
ATTACK IS POSTPONED.
That IS The impression Given CH by Secretary
A.gc' Today.
NAVY DEPARTMENT EXPECTED ACTON.
difficulty 81 Communicating with s,mp.
son-rian 81 Advance - Artuicry
Reaches ten. shaftcf.

nnd gayH ,ho Impression that IL had
been postponed
Secretary A'Err based his statement
upon a ulhla from Con. shtuer zee
c.lvgd by him today. which Indicates
that hlatlutH were near but had not
actually opened up end mleht Do, de-
ferrcd H. sl'l that six batteries OF
artillery had been uuiladcd and got
tD the front today. and shat only
ono of the lighters fgnt Go Con.
shafter had reached its destination.
The secretary added that Cen SHAFT
tors dispatch said the lighters were
needed 90 unload provisions fnr the
irUNrr. IN view of the published allie
cations that the troops were on short
mtlous, Gen. shan,r was wired az 10
the proof m the assertion. he answered
that one day only tho troops were On
half ratIunH and on that day the only
troops who suffered were TOW at the
furthcst point from tho supply. Tho
general says there was considerable
complaint ON account OF tho lack Of
tobacco, hut added that there was
sufficient food. tobacco and other nee
least two months and they viii be-
brought ashore nt the earliest possible
moment Everything hO reported 90 bc
DO most httirAUtury condition and
expected lighting might DO resumed
perhaps this afternoon or evening.
The statement Of the preua from tho
army IN the neld tU the effect that tho
CubunH under Garcia have undertaken
Co designate u governor Tor Santiago
after 10 falls. has attracted u good deal
uf attention herr. The dispatch went on
90 state that the man Tor the place was
col. brmttfiu Castillo ~ Ghrrla'a army
ana that den ShIftpr upon being nutl-
ned ~ the choice had referred the mat
ter 10 Washington. No such reference
has been made and the officials here do
not expect. Tor uu Instant. that Gen.
ShuftHr viii make 70, 10 Santiago falls
under h.H attack Gon. shaftcr and mo-
ono yiH would assume command Of
Santiago Hnd retain that command aH
long nH b. stays IN that vicinity and
until De Or relieved bY orders from
Wellington. 10 u not contemplated here
Go turn the captured communities over
60 the CuhauH without N,ry careful
,Iuaidrrtion 10 thr Consequence In
Obligation unIn thr United HtItUH nH a
civilized nation. hut also from sound
political p0nHld ration.
the reports that are reiterated aE o.
I the hruui attitude ~ the Cuhuua Coo
wards the Spanish VINO surrender near
Santiago have caused q great deal ~
diauuint here ana u Il believed that nur
military ana naval commanders VIII d.
expected 60 See. a. % that the cuhnnl
are hold a. the Htrictrat Observance ~
the rules ~ civilized wurfarr under pain
of being severely deal with.
n was expected AZ tho navy depart
mont that SIMPSONS guns would begin
work again ut thr fOrtincatiuna no the
entrance uf Santiago htrhnr though n
cannot ho learned that explicit notice
~ such purpose has been received, tho
departments knowledge being confined
90 the fact that this was the plan OF
campaign ARRANGED between Hhafter
and sampson At their meeting three
days ago.
The details u the plan 10 be pur-
sued arp not yet known, cithcr o. the
tuDmy ur war department, having been
lrfi entirely within the discretion of
Sampson ana shaftor each acting 10
hIH own domain. the sole requirement
being that they confer and cooperate
Co the single end " capturing Santiago,
10 ls assumed az tho navy department,
however. that sampson VIII follow hia
former plan ~ pounding away AZ tho
fortlncatlonH until h. has sIlrnrDd them,
ana then pursuing this up hy possessing
himself VI tho forts ashore which CON
troll tho electrical connections 10 the
submarine mines, N there b. any cleo
trlcally controlled mines. and after eN-
plo ding these and clearing up the
channels with grnpnelr. enter the har-
bor ana take tn spanish In the rear
one N the most important results *
prctsd a. follow Simpsons appearance
In tho harh1r a. me cutting on me r..
treat of thr SpnnllrdH Co the interior OF
cuba our troops now control the APP
D.. "a b. HMmNh
the northeast. ana can easily close the
ssmi-circle ~ the north. In the rear. 90
the west. however there are hlFh and
rugged hills. across which The Sp1nlhfds
might retreat towards Mhnzanlllo. "
gampson's vessels enter the harhor aud
approach tho town closely " H. be-
Irvsd that their guns Will control the
limo OF retreat over the hills Hl rnrc-
lively that were the Aplniurdf 60 at
TEMPT tho passage they would 10 10
certain destruction.
The navy department Is having great
dimtulty loo communicative with
samp.lu by wirH, though @ j. r',
known WhrghCr this arises from bad
r4bla service lr from thr distance a.
which Sampson les from the cable
station an that came from hn last
nisht WIS a brief report ~ 90 M" cnn-
dfI1n 1t the wrecks or the spih,hh
vessels. Tho admiral had some N IN,
expert examine the ships and uhe re-
mort is encouraging 70 thv luihpTtlrH
who arr particularly pleased win th'
prospects ~ recovering some or ther'
vessels and adding them Co thr Amer
Jean navy.
armlred cruisers In our navy arc me
New York. ana Brooklyn. In inc tor
r.ble running duel ~ sixty miles July
aHt thr Spanish vessels showed more
than onca "a plss'bNiy not only 9t