Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-28
EXTENDS BLOCKADE
President includes All Cuba and
Porto Rico.
TIGHTENING OF The REINS
Supplies 10 Be Kept Out Of Cuban Ports
Entirely
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE or CAPT, sGsBtl


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washington. u. G.. June 2s-ily
proclamation Issued todn, th' President
gave notice u the Intention n the rov-
eminent 60 assume the form dahle task
u blockaiing about 10 milsf N cuban
coaatllnc ln addition 60 ihr sccuons nl-
ready hlockadcd. This increases the cS-
tent ~ the blockade fully four fold, u
having boon confined heretofore To a
stretch ~ ut,lr more innn 100 miles
on the north and the urI' port ~
Clrnfucros on rho south coast Of the
Island. Tho demands upon the navy
viii not BE- nearly 20 heavyin proportion
60 the territory tp boz covered uH Ia tho
ease of the Initial blpck'if for the
reason that tn new hiockadH coast line
Nee entirely within the great blFht ON
enc south cuban c11st in which The wac
tcr b. generally very shallow. and The
ports arc Tow into which ID vessel "
any draft could enter.
Tho most Important of cheese ports
arc Mangiuluo. Trinidad and ruune
west of Trinidad BE- Ccnfu.fls. which
Dr. already bIuHkadtd rn ut.y prom
that po,nl westward Cor nearly it0 miles
tntr, BE- Boo port % be b.'chhdei unul
untabano a reached. This port b. only
~ mii.s from Havana by rail- and Do
believed 90 have boon thc principal
source of food Hup.>y for fhr spm.rh
cvhpitM. For $50 milca wral % th's'
clear over to Cape Franco. thc west
om edge of the hipcAlda territory,
thcro arc no ports Tor deep vessels u
any considerable draft AMI even u
there were. the country iu lhc Interior
plnar coi iuo. h To- M binds o. tue
Insurgents. and supple cuuid mol ef
sent through 10 Havana.
The proclamation b. AZ folloNN
whereas. For the reasons ~ forth
f In my proclamation % April ~, 1925 a
J blockade OF ports ON the uurihsfn
coast of cuba from CardonaH a. bahia
| Honda. Inclusive. ana uf the port %
l Cienfurrls on the south coast nt 'uhss
was declared 20 have been Instituted
| and
/ tend the blockade 10 other southern
ThcTfors. /. wunnm Mckinley,
I President ~ the United States, du
/ hereby declare and proclaim that In
| addition 90 the blockade N the ports
] specified in my proclamation OF ApfN
u. 1888. the United states % America
has instituted nud viii maintain an
effective blockade Of an the ports on
the south coast ~ cuba from capg
] Frances 10 cape Cruz, inclusive, aud
also Of the port 81 San Juan, la the
island OF Porto Rico.
Neutral vessels lying In any ~ M
] ports a. which the blockade II by thf
present proclamation extended. Will be-
allowed 30 days 10 issue therriror
l with cargo,
In witness whereof, etc,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
President OF the United States OF
America.
June ~. 1888.
ny the President; ]. n. MOORE.
Acting Secretary of state.
The purpose OF extending the block
AIDE was 10 command the channel on iil
west side OF the channel ~ Pima and
CAPS Frances. ana thus render much
easler the task % blockuiing vessels.
The reports which have reached I'M
President 40 10 tho exact state OF anair
IN Havana are conflicting, In some cHHei
the town was declared "a be on ih'
verge Of starvation; In others flui
supplies were said 10 be- still abundant
while suppliea OF a certain uharncts
ARE very scarce In Havana, there IN ~
lack Of others, II IL kpnwn, Tor In
stance that while -four may be Hoirue
] large quantities Of beef have reuU DE-,
Havana Most ~ this has come from
Mexico, aud IL has usually been bruurh
over a. the Isle n Pines and trans
shipped IN llght drnft boats TO nlta
bhnO, whence Il II carried by rail int
Havana. only a day OF two ago. wor
reached here that GOO head ~ cattle wen
rounded up al point on the MeNICll
coast near Nuchtan awaiting trHnspnr
tAtiun % BatahHuu.
There has been no running Of M
blockade by these cattle Fhips, notwlth
atnndinR the Spanish stories 10 ~
contrary. AN of the ships that have sn
tered cuban ports with supplies hav
done 81 at places not within the block
AIDE, such as Hatubano and ManEhnIlls
The vessels FOR the additional block
AIDE service will be supplied almost en-
! tirely from the patrol fleet which, un
guarding the north Atlantic coaa
! from Maine to South Carolina.
, This service hHa been abandoned be-
! cause the only available spanish wal
fhlpa are with Admiral Camara thnus
ands Of miles away from the ncarrs
, polnt on the Atlantic coast Tho YES
sells are already on their way Huuu
, ward. having been reinforced by sever.
Of the new torpedo hlnts, whlch ur
particularly adapted because ~ thrl
nrht draft fur blockade duty IN th
shallow waters lying between the lHl
, ~ Pines and cuba.
. The blockade Of san JualL pro
claimed today. H. IN r-ality already {
/ / enect. having been Inflated by zap
. girsbre. last week, when he tLrno
back from that port q llrltlfh steam,
: iodan with supplies The difficulty Z
/ maintaining a blockade NJ this port,
1 ! Inc face OF me Spanish forts and thru
gnarlsh war vessels In the hlrbl
would be- considerable had not cap
, | eirrhee. by disabling the most fOrmit
n nbir OF these vessels made the ts
4 raslsr. A. n ~. the character NJ N
n vessels required 90 maintain The bloch
add nd san Juan, necessarily must
ia 81 a tyne superior to the SHIPS r.
,,,tr.a for the blockade on the Houthrf
Let ~ cuba Probably aomo such We