The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-10

man he was. what noble men the Span
iards were anyway. and what a nople
stand they had made in Manila now
wonderfully they had defended the cry
against overwhelming odds. They mao
done what brave men could and shoulu
40. Honor was satisfied by their tire
mendous sacrifices. and now
demanded tina they should end the
useless Struggle.
The German consul. Kruger, who sat
next TO Ramsden. put in, in German:
thai II pressed for his opinion he could
not agree that the Spaniards had done
all in their power. and that. as ne
viewed the situation. as an officer In the
Prussian army, N was not yet satls-
fed.
SO the reply of the Spanish was a re-
fusal TO surrender. but a request Tor
"a hour more in which to take care
of the women and wounded. Asa mat
ter Of fact. they rave few and sorry
places for their non-combatants. The
insurgents line the walls ready 10
pounce upon any Spaniard who APP
pears. and are in no mood for a great
show of humanity. Their Is no place IN
the city absolutely safe from our shells.
However. they got the "a hours extern
sion, of course. and In the meantime
the American ships lelsurely complet-
ed the business OF stripping down Tor
the NRnt, WHICH ndp btth b'hhe ~
comfortably and without haste Tor
about a week. The last boats were sent
ashore, all innammable materials were
taken TO the navy yard, wood
work could be spared was removed,
and some of the top side fittings were
sent below. Heavy chains were huns
In bights along the sides of the super
structure Of the flagship amidships
from the turrets, n even the little
Callao protected her sides in the wake
OF the boilers. in the fashion in which
the old Kearsarge prepared to meet
the Alabama. Word went around that
the S%paniards meant to fight. n that
the action would begin on Wednesday
at noon.
with the notification to n Spaniards
notice had gon also to the foreign
warships. As he himself said. Admir-
al Dewey sent word To the Germans
that he needed that stretch Of water
over there" where they were anchored.
Tuesday morning brought a lot of &C
tivity to the neutral warships. There
were four Englishmen, five Germans,
two FTenchmen and a Jap. The Ger
man were first to move.
near them. directly off the city. were
several merchant steamers which had
been captured by the Americans on
May day and turned over to the neu-
trails as refugee ships. They were fly
ing the German flag. and two of the
German warships steamed down the
bay conveying the refugees to a place
of safety. probably in Mariveles bay.
The other three Germans. the big iron
armored Kaiser. flagship of Won Died
richs, the admiral; the bulky, homely,
t-hree-funneled Kaiserin Augusta, which
had kept impertinent espionage on the
transport ships of the first brigade
that day they came up the bay. and
the seventh-rate Princess Wilhelm,
with their strange, new French friends.
the Bayard and the Pascal, steamed
a little to the north of their old an
chorage n stopped.
Then there was a division OF the
sheep and the goats. The big white
Immortalite. flagship Of the English
squadron. steamed slowly south across
the bay. followed by the Iphlgenia, the
Swift and Linnet, and anchored near
Admiral Dewey's flagship, the beau
tiful Olympia. The other Englishmen
steamed further in shore and let so
their anchors among the American
transports. The little Japanese cruiser
Naniwa, that a seen bloodier war
than any other ship in this bay. came
along. too, and anchored neal the berth
OF our Baltimore. So our friends came
TO their friends. and those who would
be our enemies IL they dared hocked
away to sulk by themselves.
on 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon
the Concord and the Petrol got under
way ard steamed across the bay e
the north of Manila. All the way they
were i'm easy range of the big 1O-inch
guns on the water front. but there was
no sign of fight i'm the Spaniards
These guns have been silent sine Their
gunners got that May-day message
from Admiral Dewey that II they die
not shut up he would batter down tn
city at once. The two little ~gunboats
which did such splendid work in tn
action when the boastful Montojo los
his fleet. anchored side by side "A couple
of miles of the city and i'm such posi-
ton that their siN-inch rifles coul'
make IL very interesting for the north
nmo batteries OF the Spaniards
The men turned i'm happy; the loni
wait was almost at an end; n little bl
more and Manila would be ours AM
there would be shore liberty. All tn
afternoon they had been working owe
the guns. cleaning, polishing. greasing
getting everything into shape for tn
quickest possible response To any sud
den unexpected call. working the breecl
blocks and the training gear. givinl
them a last loving pat. Now 1t wa
finished. and one day more.
But there is always manana lnstea'
OF one day more. the Spaniards haN
had several. wednesday morning wa
clear. for a wonder. There were clouds
of course, and that was a good Trims
for they shut of the suns heat, bu
the air was clear and the shore lin
stood out sharp and distinct, so tina
the stadimeters worked perfectly an
the navigators had no trouble In hnd
ing distances. Breakfast out OF IN
way. the last work of clearing ship 70
action was performed. The surgeon
go ont their instrument cases and fix
ed up their operating tables. n
assistants from the pay department
went about with cotton for the ear
Of the gunners and patent rubber tour
niquets for the stoppage of hemorrhas
es. Preparations were made 70 serN
beef tea and light luncheon to the me
at the guns, and about 40 o'clock or
little after. general quarters wa
sounded. The ships were about I
take station when a general sign
noated out from the halyards of N
Olympia. Action Is postponed"