Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-29
.CERvERA IN A
Sch'ey Certainly Has
Spanish Bottled Up.
NOW FOR THE NEXT M on d
rover OF Mischief by the Spanish rrass
nj an End ANA the situation il Is s.issss
si:' pliti-d. Naval sssss
d.. bulletin. ssss5StSSs,
{By telegram j,

| WASHINGTON, Nav asrha 5.,y,s.s:s
touay which for the first time reIievsaA
p t OF the anxiety and doubt.thaW
ned them on two vital poinfs 4 fs,s ssss
.ite American fleet under Comm0fjarsss
ostieS was outside Santiago harboTSs
,ad second. that Admiral CerVarnsa#
Meet was inside that harhor ssE:sEEEs
ms information came from r,,.;,aI 49, sssS
sources which naval authorities 5regarfiass
as thoroughly reliable. 1t Ia fromstflssss
Same source that gave the Navy#Dess,
partment the first informa ton, almost
Il week ago, that the Spanish ssu11aasxE
ron was inside Santiago harbor. Thfs@
source OF information has proved itssIFs
reliable thus far and for that reasonssss
the news received today was acceptsds
rs conclusive. It did not come froIl,S
any naval or state department officials.a
There ss little doubt however, thatsit
Will be supplemented by official adytceas5
| from Commodore Schley IT, indeesss
such advtces are not already heTsSg
the navy department had not bulIes
tined anything from Schley
The officials We're in a state of expec-sS
fancy. having learned from the press
dispatches from Kingston that the
scouting vessel Harvard was there WITH
reports for the department. Secretary#A
Long went to the review at Camp Al
ger during the afternoon and in.s f1ts8
absence no information was made pubs
| lie. ~ s sss
Relying on the private alvices re-
cefved naval officials feel that the&en4S
tire military situation is Simplified ana
the powers of mischief by the Spanish
fleet are at an end. One dfstingutsheds
officer remarked that as result the
lnforna ton received he felt ten years.
younger since yesterday. He had been
seriously apprehensve that the Spans
ish fleet had succeeded In getting away
!. trS
| his mind on that point. He said #thatg
Commodore Schley could now spare
several OF his ships OF his squadron3
TO permit them to Join in Offensive
demonstrations elsewhere. All Schleya
needs. it Is pointed out. is small forcas
tn watch the entrance of Santiago
harbor. Two batteships and two cruss-
| ers would be ample for this service,
| as such force would largely oyers
match the four armored cruisers inf tines
Spanish squadron. In this way Admirats
Cervera's fleet can be pockefed withot1E
keering a large mum ber. dEaS American
ships out of active service at other
needed points. ..i s 5s2$
Spaniards penned up in this fashion,
the officials have taken into accounts
he possibility OF the dispersion OF the
American blockade feet by one of the
tropical cyclones that are almost due
| 1T this season. The American f1eet%tnS
such case would be obliged to cut andS
run for some neutral port or to make
It's way by force into one of the Cuban
ports for shelter. In either case there@
might be an opportunity for the Span
ish fleet to make its escape prov!dIns
the commanding officers are willing to-
take the desperate chance Of going OUT.
In weather heavy enough to compel theSs
big American lronclads to seek shelter
unless we block the harbor by scuttltngs
hnrges in the channel. On her ystos
this country the Vizcaya passeds:
through some very severe weather al
most approaching the cyclonic and
proved that the vessels OF her class are
able to withstand such stornfssst h .rSsssSs
feet ease 80 s
During the day the Nav .''e sE3ssssS
posted Il bulletin giysed.
vices from Adr.'- o1NG? sssjslsSss
. n s" < WIS T. l,gn,T oo1s
%sz IN H. . a. S?i,'.s
rye sauadfnoaass left cadi- :59s
{ CAMS az it's destin;atsisoG,nS.
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