The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
CARRANzA A SPANISH SPT.
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WARRINGTON. june 4.-Tho famous letter that
was taken from the lodgings OF Lieut.. Carran-
"a, formerly naval Attnch6 Of tho SpAnish Le-
cation in Washington, now hoado of the Spanish
spy service, with headquarters In Montreal, was
made public this afternoon by Chief Wilkle OF
the United States Secret Service, under tho per
mission OF Secretary Gage. The letter has been
In the possession OF tho secret service ofhuiRls
since Saturday. May 20, and as the information
1t contained has been utilized, and as 1t will
make interesting reading. not only for tho Amer
lean, but for tho Spanish as well, the depart
mcnt decided to make 1t public. The letter was
inclosed In a large envelope, plainly addressed
"Exmo. Sr. Don Jose Gomez ImRy, Minister
do Marina. Madrid, Spain" On the outside were
three Canadian stamps, two thrce-cent and one
two-oent, The letter was written in n fine hand
on paper bearing the mark OF the former Span
fish Legation Mt Washington. Don Gomez lmay
10 apparently an uncle of Lieut.. CarranzNs. Tho
letter is as follows:
MONTREAL, 26th OF May, 1sBs,
"TupperS Street. az.
"To Hts ErceHenrp 81. Don Jose GuntsE Imnv,
M DEAR boz jose: 1t was my belief that
they would have appointed you to command the
CadiE feet. and 1t was my intention to have sent
you a telegram asking that you take me with
you, TO mcct you in The Antilles, or wherever
you might say. The case has not turned out
thus, however. aud IL suemsRs though God wore
not on our side, because tho selection OF Senior
CamRra, I fear. will he fatal, although no NAV
have made a good chief Of stnff. No one could
possibly suit him, because lo Is very capricious,
and besides Is aut y hard worker; on The con
trary he Is lazy. and would pay no attention to
tho advice Of any one. You will not take this
for ~fiattcry. but to-day no one but you and Don
Psvquale should have DOMINANT of our feet, and
this il the belief of the younger element Of the
person nel. Now there is no remedy. and may
God shed his light upon him and keep him In his
hands. l wrote to the Minister. and with the
confidence due to my special duties said TO
him., on sending a clipping from, II newspaper
containing n telegram from Cadiz speaking Of
our feet and it's Admiral. that it was not Senior
CamRra, but you, who should command It; and
that we, the lower personnel. who have travelled
about n little. know you very well, 1t may be
that this action may have made a bad impress
sion on him. but l don't care, because, i'll can
90 so. 1 snail leave the service Wn0n LnlH war 10
finished.
"lhave teel left here to receive and send
kilograms and to look after the spy service
which | have organized. or / had better say am
establishing here. because until q very little
while ago | was not permitted to do as l
pleased. We have had bad luck because they
have captured our two best spies. one in Wash
ington, who hanged himself, or else they did 1t
for him. and the other day before yesterday In
Tampa. The Americans are showing tho moat
extraordinary vigilance. l do not wish to
rcmain here without taking an active part in
the war, and I desire duty in which I can take
the initiative and do something. I shall be ex-
tremely g%ratifed to have a ship in order to run
the blockade, or a torpedo boat anything rather
than playing second fiddle. However. IL there
Is no other remedy, l would go perfectly will
lingly on board a large ship. 1 am very sorry
that this war finds me so low in rank. for it
oGers opportunities for any one who wishes to
work and to risk himself.
II cannot believe that Don Pasq uale could be
in Santiago. as reported by tho American press.
He entered 1t on the 18th, and II he had gone
Immediately to Havana he would have met only
two moaiturs In front OF it. make it out that
heCntered that place only for coal, and for the
moral effect 1t would produce in Spain. Sup
pose he went out Friday. the Goth, and had
gone to the north and through the Providence
Channel, ho 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 22d.
he took tho lower channel for the east.
and on Wednesday turned back toward Havana.
Schley's squadron has been reinforced by tho
Iowa and Simpsons by the Oregon. l believe
that in war one has to tempt fortune. II it had
not been because sampson was afraid that Don
Pasquale might go to Havana and that Schley
would not be there, or our confidence Is we'll
grounded that he found himself very short of
ammunition after the bombardment through
the stealing in the ordnance department, the
fact remains that 1t was logical for him to re-
main near Santiago and CienfueRos. and If he
could not prevent the entrance of our squadron,
to shut it IN and thus close its campaign. as
those people over there already believe it closed.
But I cannot believe such a stupid thing posi-
Bile. suppose that h. went to the south Of
Porto Rico. and that he has ordered u cruiser or
two there to cover the Terror. and that he will
appear at San Juan on the 9th or 2Sth. He
will coal there and will rest a day or two. and
then will return TO delay and annoy them and
delay the invasion. Tho Vizcaya and the
Oquendo. at least, need TO go into dry dock. (
telegraphed to Don Pasquale Oh the morning of
the goth, when / knew that ne was in Santiago,
saying that the Equadrons we're at Key West.
He did not answer me. That afternoon there
came another telegram from Madrid, saying he
had left Santiago. l continued sending mes
sages 10 Gen. Blanco in respect To all the move
ments, and now. so far as ! know, Don Pasquale
has arrived at Porto Rico. where | shall try to
communicate with him. II he should have set
out for Martinique or Havana. hnv 'ng twenty
four hours advantage, he would have arrived