Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-01

Catalonia ana everywhere else lheTc are
similar accounts Of distress. going from
bad to worse day by day.
The government is painfully con-
sciOus and is now taking energetic
measures. but all Of these are Of a
coercive character. Troops which might
have successfully defended the Philip
pines are being massed at all the centers
where starvation protests are likely to
assume an aggressive form: while money
Is being wasted on warships that will
never fire a shot. The press expects to
be gagged, but it unanimously declares
that no amount of coercion and no de-
gree of dictatorial despotism will hinder
the country from rising and manfesting
its will"
London, June 2S.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of The Times says: The
threat to send squadron to Spain. as
reported from the United States. is re-
gardcd here as proof that the Ameri-
can government is seriously alarmed
at the prospect Of Admiral Camara ap-
pearing in the neighbOrhood Of Manila
1t is argued that if the United States
were to show so little regard for civil
lied warfare as To lombard small open
towns, America might kill few peace
ful inhabitants and injure private prop
erty: but the practical effect of such Il
| fragrant infraction of the laws of war
would merely be to inflame the war
spirit Of the Spaniards.
LAS for the fortified ports. experience
in Cuba has shown that the fire Of men
of-war makes but little impression, and
America would find it much harder to
maintain a fleet off the coast of the
/ peninsula than few hours sail from
/ Key West. The landing of any con-
| siderable armed force is out of the
/ question, because that is precisely what
/ the Spaniards would like.
"Reinforcemcnts are on the way to-
ward Guantanamo to oppose the eX-
/ pected advance by the Americans from
that point. Considerable reinforce
rlrnts are expected also from Manzan-
/ lilo; but they may be delayed by tbs
bad roads and by insurgent bands"
Washington, June 2S.-It has not beer
positively determined by the admin
istration just what measure of reward
shall he meted out to Constructor Hob
son. He will be transferred to the line
but Just what place in the line is TO be
given him is not yet settled. 1t can be
| stated that he will not, as was at first
[ supposed, be placed in the grade OF
lieutenant commanders. With full
realization of the merits of HobsOn :
achievement. the naval officials have
. concluded that so great an advancement
as that. amounting to a promotion OF
, more than $50 numbers. would be un-
wise, 50 it is likely that Hobson fill
take his place we'll up among the lieu
tenants of the naval service, which Off
cials believe will make his reward equaI
to that bestowed upon Gushing for his
daring feat.
Through the retirement for age. or
July %, of Naval Constructor Hoover
Hobson would be promoted in regular
course to the grade of naval constructor
The navy department, while not re.
laXing in any degree its efforts to Sc
cure the release of Hebson, DAME
Montague and their associates at san
! JIdSO, mas ABOUT COHtluutu lIldl UOlUlns
practicable can be done in this direc
tion until the town itself has been cap
tured. The reasons assigned by tn
Spaniards for declining the eXchang,
are admitted to be sound if the facts ar
as represented, namely, that Hobsol
has had an opportunity of seeing mucl
oS the Spanish defenses-ther strength
and weakness-that he could not safel.
be permitted to return to the American
fleet at this time.
1t is regarded as singular that thre
of the sailors of the Winslow who par
ticipated in the affair at Cardenas whel
Ensign Bagley was killed have been re
warded by being advanced to warran
officers, while the man who most O
all distinguished himself on that oC
casion, Lieutenant John Bernadou. lie
unrewarded at Key West, still sufferin
from the effects of his wounds. This
however, is explained by the fact tina