The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
SILLY SPY.
Spaniard OutWitted at His Own
Game.
CARRANZA'S LETTER IN YANKEE
HANDS,
He Wanted Portland Bombarded-The
Exposure II Comp lete.

Exposure II Complete.
Washington, June 4.-Chief Wilkie of
the United States treasury secret service
today made public the letter which was
recently written by Mr.. Carranza. former
naval attache of the Spanish legation at
Washington, now in Montreal, to the
Spanish minister of marine at Madrid,
and secured by Mr.. Wilkes operatives
was received here about one week ago but
for public reasons 1t has been withheld
until today.
The letter is as follows:
Montreal, Goth of May, '9s.
Topper Street, AZ.
To His Excellency, Senior Don Jose
Gomez Inay:
MY Dear Don Jose-It was my belief
that they would have appointed you to
intention to have sent you telegram
asking that you take me with you to
meet you in the Antilles, or wherever
you might say. The case has not turned
out thus, however, and 1t seems as though
God were not on our side. because the
election of Senior Camara, fear, will be
fatal, although he may have a good chief
of staff. No one could possibly suit him,
because he is very capricious and besides
is not hard worker; on the contrary,
he is lazy and would pay no attention to
the advice Of any one. You will not take
this for hatterv, but today 20 one but you
and Don Pasquale should have command
Of our feet and this is the belief of the
younger element Of the personnel. Now
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light upon him and keep him in His
hands wrote to the minister and with
the confidence due to my special duties,
said to him on reading clipping from
newspaper containing a telegram from
Cadiz, speaking of our fleet and of it's
admiral, that 1t was not Senior Camara
but you who should command It,: and
that We, the lower personnel, who have
travelled about q little. you know very
have made bad impression on him, but
DON'T care. because If I can do SO, I
shall leave the service when this war is
finished. have been left here to receive
and send kilograms and to look after the
spy service, which I have organized, OF,
had better say. am establishing here,
because until very little while ago, was
have had bad luck because they have
captured
OUR TWO BEST SPIES,
-or else they did it for him-and the
| other day before yesterday in Tampa.
The Americans are showing the most ex-
traordinary vigilance. I do not wish to
remain here without taking an active
part in the war, and l desire duty in
which can take the iniative and do
something. I shall be extremely gratifled
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ade. or torpedo boat; anything rather
than playing second fiddle. However. if
there is no other remedy, I would go
perfectly willingly on board a large ship.
I am very sorry that this war f-rds me
SO low in rank for it offers opportunities
for anyone who wishesi to work and to
risk himself.
could be in Santiago as reported by the
American press. He entered it on the
18th and if he had gone Immediately to
Havana he would have met only two
monitors in front of it. make 1t that he
entered that place only to coal and for the
moral effect It would produce in Spain.
Suppose hewent out Friday, the goth. If
he had gone to the north and through the
Providence channel, he would have passed
into Havana right under the noses Of the
Americans, who had only small cruisers,
\ for Schley WAS at sea on the night Of
Thursday Sampson on that Of Friday and
on that of Sunday the 22nd. BE took the
| lower channel for the east, and on We'd
nesday turned back towards Havana.
| Schlsy's squadron has been reinforced by
the Town and Sampson by the Oregon. I
believe that in war ono has to tempt
fortune. II 1t had not been because
| Sampson was afraid that Don Pasquale
might 60 to Havana and that Schley
would not be there, for our confidence Is
we'll grounded that he found himself very
short of ammunition after the lombard
ordnance department., the fact remains
that it was logical for him to remain near
Santiago and Cienfuegos and If he could
| not prevent tho entrance of our SQUADRON.
| to shut 1t up and thus close Its campai On.
as those people over there already believe
| it closed.
But cannot believe such stupid thing
or Porto Rico and that he had ordered a
cruiser or two there to cover the Terror
and that he will appear at San Juan the
9th or 28th. He will coal there and will
rest day or two and then return to DELAY
and annoy them and delay the invasion.
The Vizoaya and the Oquendo at lerst
need to 90 into dry dock. I telegraphed
to Don Pasquale on the morning Of the
goth. when knew he was in Santiago,
saying that the squadrons were at Key
West. He did not answer me. That
afternoon there came another telegram
from Madrid saying he had left Santiago
continued sending messages to General
Blanco in respect to all the movements
and now, SO far as know, Don Pasquale
has arrived at Porto Rico, wbsre shall
try to communicate with him. If he
should have set out for Martinique Or
Havana, having "a hours advantage, he
would have arrived before now.
l am very much afraid lest they attack
Porto Rico by sea and land and put off
the attack on Havana. They are not
going to do more than try. to take the
latter and they think that If they destroy
our feet of taking the war into Spain
with Havana already in their power.
They have no confidence in their army,
but they have in their navy and they are
afraid of our army and yellow fever, be-
cause if the men should begin to die in
Cuba, there would be tremendous row,
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