The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-17

miral Dewey's fleet. She will be useful fol
| river work.
| Admiral Dewey's fleet remains stationed
before Manila. He Is ready to capture the
place whenever orders to do so are received
from Washington, or he deems 1t expedient
| No hostile demonstration has been made
since the battle of May /. Although the
| Spanish flag flies from the citadel, white
| flag is up over the Governor-General's pal
| ace, and many of the guns from Lunetta
have been transferred to the land ap
proaches to the city to guard 1t against the
rebels who occupy all the Surrounding coun.
| try.
Admiral Dewey is reticent regarding hi.
plans. He will continue to closely guar,
Manila water approaches and keep a kees
watch on all the rivers and nearby bay:
for any Spanish vessels remaining. H,
has ships enough to scatter throughout tn,
Islands and capture any city desired.
1t is believed to be his plan to lie in Ma
nila. continuing the blockading until fur
ther orders are received. The people ol
Manila understand there Is no probability
Of bombardment as long as no hostility
is shown. The electric lights were out in
the city the first week, but now they are
burning again.
Manila is suffering from great scarcity OF
food. particularly among the soldiers. The
soldiers are killing horses for food.
Unless ships are allowed to land there OF
communication is established with the In
terior soon there will be dire distress among
all classes.
There is no mail communication with
Manila. The town is under complete
blockade. Strict watch is maintained by
the vessels of the fleet night and day to
prevent the possibility Of an attack, al
though none Is expected.
Guards are maintained at Cavite to pre-
vent the plundering of the naval stores.
which were found to be in great abundance.
Picket boats circle about the fleet every
night, watching for suspicious craft, and
any boat seen Is made a target for the
searchlight: If 1t is suspicious 1t Is fired
upon.
Monday the Concord discovered a large
row boat off short and fired three SIX
Founders. The boat quickly ran ashore. 1t
Ia supposed to have been the Spanish boat
lying in wait for the rebel Gonzales, who
commands the insurgents about Manila.
He had gone to Cavite, and 1t is surmised
that the boat was sent to lie in wait and
capture him should he attempt to return.
Six warships Of neutral powers have come
into the bay since the battle, and FIVE are
here now. The visitors have been the
Bruxby, first-class armored cruiser be-
longing to France; the Princess Wilhelm,
h second-class protected cruiser, and the
Cormorant, third-class protected cruiser
of the German navy; the British first-class
armored cruiser Immortalite and gunboat
Linnet, and the second-class protected
cruiser Naniwa. The British vessel Linnet
has returned to Hong Kong. The others are
here yet The German cruiser Cormorant
arrived Tuesday night. The Raleigh saw
her coming and promptly fired across her
bows. The Cormorant stopped. The Ra-
leigh boarded her. made certain of her ma
tionality and allowed her to proceed to an
anchorage.
None Of them arrived in time to see the
battle. The foreign naval officers are
greatly interested in the results and are
making q careful study of all tho wrecks.
They are greatly surprised at the extent
Of the damage done by Admiral Dewey's
ships, the large number of casualties on
the Spanish side and the absence of fatal
tiles and damage to American ships. Sta
tistics OF the Spanish losses are still
meagre. The latest reports show that the
loss was greater than was Mt first supposed,
according to the best information obtains
able so far s2l were killed and 100
wounded.
The first list of ships burned and sunk
was correct. Small tugs ana sailing YES
sells have been captured since, but the
nal II ha al AvHn 20 &C., =