The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-11
A RIGID CENSORSHIP.
The Department Giving Out Nothing
for Publication.
NO MATCH FOR SPANISH ROMANCERS.
Arranging Details for the Manila Expedi-
ticns-A Token for Dewey-The
CabIe-Cutting Mystery Still
PuzzIing the Departments.

WASHINGTON. June 9.-The activity
and frequent exchange of communica-
tions between the army and navy de-
partments. eliminating in visits by
Acting Secretary Allen, Admiral
Sicard and Capt. Crowninshield in per-
son to the war department yesterday,
led to the belief that either the United
States troops were actually embArking
at Tampa or that the movement is
about to begin. The officials, now
ever. while not absolutely ignorant
themselves as to what was going on at
Tampa, were all under an injunction,
delivered by Secretary Alger himself,
to keep the troop movements abso-
lutcly secret.
There were ~intimationS that took
away in d measure the disappointment
occasioned by this attitude to the effect
that. once the troops are ashore, there
will be Il considerable relaxation of the
rules SO rigidly applied relative to the
giving out OF information as to the
arIny'S movements.
The robust imagination displayed in
the Spanish bulletin ~recounting the
| killing of l,5O0 of SIMPSONS men dur
ing Mondays fight with the forts OF
Santiago, caused Il good deal of III
mcnt at the navy department.. and the
I officers profess themselves. though
willing TO meet the Spaniards with
arms. to be utterly unable to contend
with them in the field of mendacity.
To some of them this bulletin recalled
wildly the stirring bulletins issued al
most daily from the Spanish legation
here in the days of Senior de LONE,
telling how the SpaniarGs. with the
loss Of one man. had managed to an
initiate the Cuban army.
No bulletins were posted yesterday
at the navy department, and although
there We're signs that the department
was in communication with the south,
the newspaper men were assured that
there were no events worth reporting
treated of in the message.
The department is also very busy in
arranging details for the Manila expe-
! tions. having undertaken to make ready
the transports which will carry the
soldiers from San Francisco 20 Manila.
| Work on these is being hurried under
geographic orders. and by the end of
the week there will be sufficient mill
tary force afioat to enable Admiral
Dewey, when il reaches him, to do
pretty much as he picases at Manila.
This is a project very much at heart
just at present. for. fully recognizing
tie good militaEi qualities displayed
10y the insurgents. according to the
newspaper reports. in their combats
around Cavitc, the officials are 10th to
rely entirely upon them for anS length
OF time, fearing a relapse on their part
into savagery that might startle the
civilized world.
The Japanese are the latest to turn
up with applications for permission to
study the technical features of the
present war. and yesterday Secretary
| A!ger granted special permission to
Commander ketsuro Narila, of the i'm
perial Japanese navy. and Lieut.. Sane
yuli A6iyana to go with the army of
occupation of Cuba.
\ delegation from the Young Mems
Business club, of Cincinnati. brought
to The White House yesterday a very
Observation-Disclosures cop Of the
address to the American Flag" writ
tea Uy Drake. This was intended for
presentation to Rear-Admiral George
Dewey as a token OF admiration for
the magnificent ab:iity and great BRAY
cry displayed by him in the planning
AMI execution of the battle of Manila.
the elimination of the great victory
which startled the world, proving
American officers OF the army and navy
arc uneXcelled.
The magnificent piece of pen work
va carried over to the navy depart
meat, where it will be held subject tt
ADMIRAL Dewey's~ disposition.
mere is considerable mystery con-
Coming the cutting OF cables running
Ga of Cuba, and the continuance
OF cable Service from that island.
II was positively established yes
terday that the French ca
bic running from Santiago t o
Cape lIaytlcn, ven out OF service last
Friday. and remained out of working
condition until Saturday. During the
IT iiOuIS lhlCIi uDtt'A lhC CdUle GULL
panr was unable to carry any business
over this line. There is little doubt
the interruption was due to the work
OF the cable-cutting ship sent out By
Gen. Greedy and in charge of signal
service officers.
But the mystery of the affair is that
the French cable began working again
on Saturday. How this came about is
beyond explanation by the best cable
experts. The French Cable
is is much in the dark on this point as
are the authorities here. All that the
company knows is that it could not do
business from the Sd to the 4th in
slant. 1t is apparent that the cable
was not cut, else it could not have re-
sumed service. At the same time,
nothing short of a cutting can account
for the complete crippling of the cable
on the Sd.
The matter is further complicated
by reports reaching the officials here
that the cable again stopped working
at midnight on Monday. The condi-
ton of this cable is regarded as i'm
portant by the authorities, as it is one
of the means onen to Gen. RlancO in his