The record-union., 1898-04-28
PHILIPPINES
The NEXT
POINT.
Spanish Hourly Expect
Engagement.
The American AsiatiC Fleet
Sails for Manila.
Thought 1t Will Reach Its Destina-
ton Within Sixty Hours.
The Spanish Fleet Greatest in Point Of
Number of Vessels, but the Latter
Thought 1t Will Reach Its Desiina-
ton Within Sixty Hours.
The Spanish Fleet Greatest in Point Of
Number Of Vessels, but the Latter
Considered More Formidable as
TO Fighting Qualities.

MADRID, April 27.-6 p. Man Off
cial dispatch has just been receivedd
from the Governor of Manila. capital
of the Philippine Islands, in which he
announces that he expects to hear
hourly of an engagement between the
Spanish and American squadrons.
There is a report in circulation here
that some of the Spanish cruisers now
gathered about Manila will be used
later to scour the Pacific and destroy
American commerce in those watera.
OUR ASIATIC FLEET SAILS FOR
MANILA.
| LONDON, April 2S.-The Hongkong
correspondent of the Times" says: The :
American fleet, headed by the flagship
| Olympia, sailed at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon "wednesday direct for Ma
Mia The British cruiser Immortalite
will follow the American squadron.
| The Hongkong correspondent of the
Daily MaiP' says: United States Con-
sui General Williams, after spending
the evening ashore with Consul Wild
man, accompanied the American squad
ron. Thirty insurgent leaders here
wanted to accompany it, but Chief
Aguinaldo, as their representative, VIII
take charge OF the insurgent forces az
Manila
Admiral Dewey has issued strict or
ders that no barbarous or inhuman acts
are to be perpetrated by the insurgents
| The 11riro ar-xr ic Of
the Spanish fleet, which Admiral Dewey
thinks more important than capturing
Manila. He is determined to prevent
it's preying upon American vessels.
| On reaching Manila he will demand
its capitulation within half an hour of
his arrival His men are in the best of
spirits, and in excellent health. There
have been nine assertions, including six
Chinese, one Italian and one German,
during the fleets stay at Hongkong.
Every preparation has been made The
ships are cleared and painted for bat
tie, and the general opinion is that the
fight in these waters will result in an
easy victory for America. Her ships
carry 122 guns, as against 90 of tie
Spanish fleet
/ The cooperation of the American
fleet with the rebels has been kept q
strict secret. The latter await the ar
rival of the fleet when Manila must
soon succumb. It's defenses are in
wretched state. The Manila press, on
the contrary, says there is great en-
| +1Y,e,;
Spain, and that an obstinate resistance
will be offered to the Americans, but
the papers qualify their bold allegation
by referring to the phlegmatic charac-
ter of the natives, which prevents any
excited expression of opinion.
These journals say, too, that treason
| of a few hundred or a few thousand
rebels does not affect the virtue of the
race, and they haughtily add that the
Philippines will prove worthy of Spain.
The Governor of the Philippines has
issued several proclamations. One re-
quired all able bodied Spaniards to en-
roll themselves for military service and
| accorded permission to foreigners 10
join. Exemption is granted to all Amer
lean citizens. One extraordinary pro-
clamation has excited great disgust
here 1t asserts that 1.-The American
people are composed of all social eX-
crescences, who have exhausted our pa
thence and provoked war with their per-
fdious Vaccinations, their acts of
| treachery, and their outrages against
the law of nations and international
conventions
COMPARISON OF FLEETS.
/ WASHINGTON, April 27.-The Unit
| ed States Asiatic squadron, modified
at Mrs Bay, China, consists of the
flagship Olympia, one of the best cruis-
ers afioat. Captain C. V. Gridley, Rear
Admiral George Dewey, Commander
in-Chief Cruiser Baltimore, Captain
N. M. Dyer; cruiser Boston, Captain
Frank Wildies; cruiser Concord, Com
mander Asa A Walker; cruiser Raj
eigh. Captain f. B. Coghlan; gunboat
Petrol Commander f. p. Hood; dis
patch boat Hugh Mccullough, steamer
Nanshan. store ship; steamer Zafiro.
collier
The Spanish fleet at the Philippine
Islands may be able to resist the United
States fleet for a short time with the
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