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WAR NOTES.

Spanish taxes are to be increased 20
per cent.
Spain is sending more soldiers to the
Canary Islands.
The Spanish are laying new mines
In San Juan harbor.
Admiral Cervera reached Santiago
de Cuba on the 10Th.
The cruiser Charleston got of for
Manila on the 22d.
Senor Polo left Montreal for Liver
pool ON the Goth.
The battleship Oregon reached the
Florida coast OH the 2ith.
The government may impress boats
to carry troops to Manila.
Thirty thousand volunteers were at
Chicknmauga on the 10th.
Twenty-Five transport ships were
waiting for troops ut Tampa on the
24th.
The big monitor Monterey has been
ordered to sail from San Francisco 20
Manila.
A troop of cavalry for service with
Torrey's regiment has been organized
Mt Cheyenne.
Several lighters have been chartered
Mt Galveston to carry the Roosevelt
cavalry TO Cuba.
Troops are beginning to gather at
Camp Alger, near Washington. Cen
ernl Graham is In command.
Colonel Torrcy is having consider
able difficulty in securing suitable
horses for his caTalry regiment.
Prince Bismarck denounces the Unit
ed States In the present issue. saying
that our government is insinccre.
The regiment proposed to be raised
by Wall street men has been aban-
dOned. rs 1t did not receive sufficient
consideration by the government.
Colorado's volunteers We're much
disappointed that they were not among
the first troops to be sent to the Phil
lppincs. II was due to delays In get
ting TO San Francisco.
The coal supply at Cnvitc Is being
placed on American warships. Adml.
raj Dewey has also bought n supply
from the Nova Scotia coalship Coop,
now In the harbor. The latter supply
amounts 10 1900 tons.
The seal OF silence concerning every.
thing that relates to the war has been
placed upon all officers and employees
OF the government except the Presi.
| dent. the secretary of war and the sec.
rotary of the navy. 1t applies to other
| members of the Cabinet and to Gen.
cral Miles.
No possible contingency can arise.
according TO the War Department nr.
ficcrs, TO prevent the Invasion of Cubi
during the present week. Those In Ill.
rect control OF affairs insist that eli.
matte conditions will hive to be. ig.
norcd. and they can see no other rea.
son for further delay. They think
Cervcra's fleet will soon be destroyed
or chased away.
| Rev. Thomas Ewing Sherman of the
Society of Jesus. connected with st.
Ignatius, Chicago. has been appointed
chaplain of the Fourth regiment OF the
| Missouri National Guard. Colonel Cor
bin commanding. Almost all the men
OF the regiment are Catholics. Father
| Sherman is the son OF W. r. Sherman.
and Is enthusiastic over his appoint
1 ment.
A Washington correspondent says:
The general supposition Is that Gen
cral Miles is having his turn. and that
Secretary Algcr for the time being Is
in n state OF eclipse. These two dis
tinguishcd gentlemen have not been
able to agree as to the conduct OF the
war. Alger has wanted TO jump In
and commence fighting ever since the
Cuban resolution We're passed by
Congress. Miles has argued that 1t
would he n useless sacrifice OF troops
and treasure to attempt an invasion ut
this season.
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REPORTS R,or,no IN MANILA.
Arrival of . Japanese Cruiser at Hong
Kong Prom tho Philippines.


Hong Kong. May 2I.-Thc japanese
cruiser Akitsusi.iirn, which arrived
here to-day from Manila. reports that
when she left there rioting had broken
out and n number OF houses lad been
burned. Food YVES daily becoming
scarccr and horse flesh was sold ut
Sl.50 n pound. The Spanish volunteers
wcrr L.nking angry demands FOR pay
and food. which the Spaninris were
utterly unable to s-iisfy.
Aguinuldo. the insurgcnt leader. had
n great reception ON his arrival mt the
Philippines from Hong Kong. Rear
Admiral Dewey supplied the insur-
gents with two guns and 800 rifles. aud
at the time the Japanese cruiser left
Aguinaldo was expected to make an
Immediate attack.
\ sanitary commission has been ~
pointed Mt Cavitc. Under charge OF the
United States consul.
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REVENUES OF THE PHILIPPINES
The United states VIII Collect Them as
snnn a. 1t Take. rn..c.sIon.

Washington. Ia 23.-1n nnticipn-
tion OF the early occupation Of the
Philippine Islands by .Lc military AMI
naval forces of the Ulit d States. the
Treasury Department has already be-
gun the formulation OF regulations AMI
u scheme of customs tariffs. which will
be collected by the military authorities
and turned into the treasury OF the
United States ms n military contribu.
ton" That the president has author
ity to collect the hilipplnc revenues
under existing &c nditDns. is not a
matter of doubt. II was several times
done during the last var with Mexico.
and the authority of the government
In the premises was sustained by de
cisions of the United States Supreme
Court.
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Colorado uov. Nav start Som,

San Francisco. May 2i.-Colonel Hale
of the Colorado volunteers has received
instruction to have his men ready for
embarkation on Thursday for Manila.
This regiment is fully equipped. only
lacking ammunition, which will be
served to them tomorrow. 1t IL said
that they will sail on the steamer Ro-
nnokc. though that vessel has not been
chartered vet,
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Tho Mon,.ern, Rcachc. spain.

London, May 21.-A dispatch from
Corunnn, Spain. reports the arrival
there of the Spanish auxiliary cruiser
Montscrrnt from Cicnfucgos. She
cluded the American warships in get
ting In and out OF the Cuban port.
Grent enthusiasm marked the ar
rival OF tho steamer. and captain and
crew were given an ovation.
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COLORADO MEN EN- ROUTE.

Have u Chance to Rest Mt Wndsworth,
Nevada.
Denver, May 20.-A special to the Re.
publican from WadswOrth, Nevada,
says:
In the memory OF Colorado soldiers
the village OF Wadsworth. Nevada,
will linger ns the place which has thus
far afforded them most pleasure Oh
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Oregon In Port,

Atlanta. Ca. May pa special {,
the Constitution reports the safe arrival
of the United States battlcship Oregon
at Jupiter, Florida.
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London, May 25.-Thc following dis
patch has been received from Madrid,
dated l a. III. Wednesday,:
Nothing positive is revealed ms to
the situation. Lieutenant General Cor
rea. minister of war, has received n
cablcgram from General Blnnco, say
ing that American war ships are In
front Of Santiago. Captain Aunon.
minister of marine. has received n
lengthy dispatch from Admiral Ger
vera, reply in full to instructions.
The minister of marine receives no.
body. He is working dny md night.
Yesterday he presented to the queen
regent every detail of the plans Mt
Santiago de Cuba, showing the de-
fenscs and the security of Admiral
Cervera's squadron"
A dispatch to the Financial News
from Port au Prince says:
admiral Cervera Is believed to
have divided his fleet. II is reported
that the Vizcaya and AlphOnso Mi.
have been destroyed.
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No NEWS FROM SAMPSON.
Believed That He Has Cervera bottled ur
at sRntingo.

Washington, May 25.-Although little
exact Information can be obtained con-
cerning the Spanish and American
fleets, 1t is undo rstood that Ccrvera's 8
ships are still in the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba, and that the big IRON
clads of Sampson and Schlcy are near
by. ltumors of battles come in from
various sources but are not credited.
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WILL PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.
Admiral Dewey the Absolute Master
in the Philippines.

New York, July 1.-THE Washington
correspondent of the New York Journal
sends the following to his paper:
E. Having whipped Spain. we are ready
to whip Germany if she desires a fight.
After the arrival of the Monterey Ad-
miral Dewey Will enforce his orders in
Manila Bay BY cannon. if necessary"
This is the deci5ion the Administra ton
has TeaGhed concerning the situation in
the Philippines. according TO high official
authority. The Administration has grown
tired or the many annoyances and insults
to which Admiral Dewey has been sub
Jeeted- 1t hopes By the end of the week
that the admiral will be in position TO
take the aggressive
Admiral Dewey has reported 10 the
Navy Department in fuII the interferences
OF the German feet in Manila Bay In
each case the insult was slight but in the
aggregate the annoyance has been great
He has told the department of the Ger
man cruiser which so ostentatiously fol-
lowed the transports carrying the first
re-enforcements under Gen Anderson: of
the presence or German officers in the
country around Manila and their assist
ing Spaniards in building defenses; of
the discourteOus treatment Of American
officers by the same German officers of
the landing of supplies from German war
ships for the Spanish soldiers under cover
OF night; of the movements of boats
from the German squadron around the
harbOr in defiance of Dewey's regula tions.
and. last of all. of the conduct of the war
ship Irene in Subig Bay.
Instructions were cabled TO Admiral
Dewey. though they were scarcely
thought necessary. to continue the same
line of action as at present until the ar
rival Of the Monterey. sTaen he IS TO
take matters in his own hands, drop
diplomacy and become aggressive. If
necessary he will fire into the German
fleet to enforce obedience to his regula-
tions and commands.
The Administration feels that it Is in
much better snaps TO go 10 war with Ger
many now than il was 20 begin opera
tions against Spain. Our army is already
prepared for action, and the navy is
flushed with victory. There would be no
hesitancy in teaching Germany a lesson
should the occasion arise Admiral Died
richs. Prince Henry and the German en-
peror himself Will be given to understand
in no unmistaka6le terms that this couu-
try has captured the Philippines and in
tends to do with them what il pleases
'As evidence of the earnestneSs of the
Administration. Gen Otis has been n lti-
fled to use his greatest efforts to hasten
the departure of his command for the
Philippines. The general was instructed
to leave San Francisco Immediately win
the Puebla and Peru and go to Honolulu.
where he will await the remainder of the
fourth expedition. The troops in this ex-
pedition are the remainder of the Thir-
teenth Infantry, two battalions of the
Eighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry,
detachment from the Third Artillery,
squadron from the Fourth Cavalry, two
light batteries OF the Sixth Artillery and
the remaining enlisted men of the voluu-
teer organizations now en- route 10 the
PhiIiDpiueS
The times., 1898-07-18
Washington Vice and Volunteers

We have received a most sensible let
ter from a young volunteer at Camp
Alger, who has a word, and a shrewd
one, to say in defense of the soldiers.
whose conduct, while on leave in
this city. has been the occasion for much
and uncharitable criticism. Our CORE
spondent admits that, among twenty
odd thousand men, gathered from all
parts of the country, and all classes Of
society. there naturally will be a num-
Der who would misbehave anywhere
and under all circumstances, but he ar
gues that as to the majority of the
delinquents, they are more sInned
against than SHINING. Among other
things "A Volunteer" in the communi-
cation referred to. writes:
| was in Washington on July II. and desire TO
say that ! have been in the mining towns OF
Kansas, Missouri and Colorado and in none of
them have ! ever seen temptations TO drunken
ness and immortality so openly, aggressivcly and
fagrantly forced upon men, as | did during the
few hours of my only leave OF absence in your
CITY.
Most of-the volunteers in Camp Alger are
boys who have never been away from home before
Ii hTaZen alurments to vice were kept out of
windows and off the streets, as they are in many
Western cities, and if the law against the sale of
intoxicating liquors in unlicensed houses of bad
reputation were better enforced, these fncxper-
fenced lads would largely escape the demoraiza-
tion and disgrace which they have suffered in
the lawmaking center of the United States,
where live the pious President and 4 host Of high
and moral officials.
There is food for serious reflection in
what "A Volunteer" writes to us. It
certainly is the duty of the Government,
as far as it can, to protect its defend
ers from the violent contamination of
drunkenness and vice. just as it tries
TO from the insidious attacks of ma
laria and measles. But there is a
reason for an effort to mini
mize the dangers of the division to
the green country boys who are apt to
be affected by them. Our correspondent
The times., 1898-07-18
What "A German Expert Thinks

When the Emperor of Germany re-
ceives the report of Count Won Goetzan,
military attache of the German en-
bassy at Washington, who has BET n
with the army before Santiago as an
observer. it is probable that his majesty
will revise the rather contemptuous
opinion he is said TO have formerly en-
tertained of the military capabilities
and prOwess Of American troops. After
the affairs of July first and second
Count Won Goetzen concluded that the
fighting was over and prepared to re-
turn to this country. Just before start
ing he said
The ishtfng Of the Americans was wonderfully
done, wonderfully Indeed. II was highly credit
able 10 both sides. Il a wonderful thing.
] did not anticipate such fighting. | was a
hill At Fl PosO- near Graham's battery. 30 that
l could not see the infantry charge the hill of
San Juan | only learned how formidable the
place after il had been taken. II appeared
that with 4 stronger army II would have held out
The Spsniards at San Juan fought well. but
the Americans fought better The shooting of the
Spaniards fairly good; that OF the Americans
was surprising. The men spTsng to their work
with tremendous YIgor. II was an important les
son from which other nations may profit. | did
not see much Of the work of the volunteers, but
! am told II was fully UP 20 the regulars. The
dash and spiris displayed by the Sixth ard Six
teenth Infantry which under my observa-
ton was marvellous. never saw troops fight
better.
The American soldiers at Santiago
are typical of all the troops of this
country. As to volunteers, it IS true
that they need some time to reach COM
Mo Isrr
ousiY susceptible OF quick training.
while modern war conditions. demand
ing the power Of intelligent initiative in
the rank and file, as well as among Off
GERS Of the line, in action. gives United
States troops a decided advantage, due
to their superior average intelligence,
compared with the enlisted men Of Eu-
ropean armies. This is a consideration
which has not escaped the attention of
foreign officers who are accompanying
our forces The dash. spirit, accurate
fire and discipline OF RooseVelt's Rough
Riders, displayed in the affair of La
Quasina, is startling evidence of the
celebrity with which composite body of
citizens, drawn from many widely diff
ferent classes of population, can be
transmitted into a fighting machine
competent within a few weeks to meet
and defeat larger force of regular
foreign soldiery.
Modest in extent as our land opera
tions have thus far been in the present
war, they have sufficed to show the
generals and statesmen of Europe that,
if the American people chose to equip
themselves as a powerful military ma
ton, it would not take them long to
evolve an army which would be the
peer of any in the Old World.
The times., 1898-07-18

Spain, destroying the warships now un-
der construction at Cadiz, and reducing
the defenses of that and one or two
other fortified places. and all questions
of Spains submission to whatever
terms we may impose will be at an
end
The naval part of this program should
not consume much time. A short, sharp
movement would settle the matter and
relieve the Eastern Squadron of war
duty in European waters Then il
could proceed, by way of the SueZ
Canal, to re-enforce Admiral Dewey
and, added to the vessels already under
his command, assist in forming an
Asiatic fleet capable of defeating any
foreign design of interference with our
permanent possession of the Philippine,
Ladrone, and Caroline islands.
No one is in as good a position to
realize the necessity for prompt action
in these matters as is President Nc
kinley. Before another week has rolled
around, the probabilities are that a
despairing effort will be made by the
Spanish government to secure terms of
peace, through the mediation of a neu-
tral power. 1t is we'll that our Govern
ment has definitely notified the world
that representations or overtures from
third parties will not be considered
We trust that the Administration also
has not failed to use its diplomatic IA
cilities in assuring the cabinets of Eu-
rope that the United States will not
treat even with Spain on any basis
other than the acknowledgement of Cu-
ban independence and the surrender to
this country Of Spanish sovereignty
over all the late Spanish colonial pos
sessions
As The Times has always insisted,
there should be no liberation of propos-
ais involving discussion of terms. We
are in a position to impose terms and
they should not be allowed to become
subjects for argument. AS was the
case at Santiago, so in that of a general
war settlement, the American demand
Is for unconditional surrender The
conditions of the contest admit of but
one salvage which Spain may possibly
secure from the wreck of her power and
dominion. In giving up all else, she
might now avert the destruction of her
fortified coast cities, with their arsenals
ton of indemnities from her CONNER
cial centers on the Mediterranean and
Atlantic.
The times., 1898-07-18
MOVING ToRAL,s ARMY.
May Cost the Government a Half
Million Dollars.

New York, July 17.-How shall that big
army of Torafs-swelled now to nearly
25. 900 men by the addition of the garri-
sons in various part of eastern Cuba
be transported to Spain? Where will the
transports to carry these forces be found.
and-most important of all-what would
be an equitable price for the charter of
a vessel under these circumstances?
These are questions that the steamship
agents of this port are revolving very Sc
riously, for they know that the Govern
ment will look TO New York for the yes
sells that are to relieve eastern Cuba
of its Spanish soldiery
No bids have been asked for by this
Government, and until they are the
agents are inclined TO treat the question
very gingerIy. They were by no means
inclined to say what price per man would
be sufficient to give the vessel owners a
fair profit.
There are many things to be consid-
cred besides the mere cost attaching to
the transportation of these soldiers said
Emil Boas, manager of the Hamburg
American line Just consider that Cuba
is at present enduring its wet season, and
that some of those troops may contract
yellow IeNeT. his must De taken
into consideration by the agent who char
ters a steamship as a troopship.
IF a passenger liner should be char
tered and yellow jack break out on board
during the passage to Spain, the vessel
would undoubtedly be quarantfned for
an indefinite period in some Spanish port.
This delay would mean many thousands
of dollars 20 the owners OF that liner, be
sides the wear and tear of the furnishings
and the repairs and the thorough disn-
fection that would be necessary after
the troops left the ship.
''In the case OF liner. few alterations
would be necessary. but the charter price
would be correspondingly greater. on
the other hand, If the United States char
ters tramp steamers, the entire interior
of the vessels would have TO be ripped out
and refitted for the reception of these
troops. That would mean large outlay.
So you see it would be impossible for an
agent at the present stage 10 say what a
proper charter price would be 1t is a
very big problem to take this army back
10 Spain, and IL wiI not be done in a day.
Probably some of the United States
transports now in commission Will be
used. but the Government has not enough
TO carry all ilhe troops and others will
have to be secured. Each ship may carry
1GGO men, and at that rate twenty-five
ships at leasl will be needed -
c. y. Richards, of c. 3. Richards &
Co., sand that $50 per man would not
cover. the expense Of transferring the
Spanish troops TO Spain. Even at that
price 1t would cost the United States
$500 900
The times., 1898-07-18
The Progress of the Mnr

Ii was with sense Of positive relief
that the American people learned on
yesterday that the surrender of SantI-
ago and Gen Torars garrison had been
formally accomplished Precedent
movements and negotiations had been
SO tncomprehensible, and apparently il
logical, that the country for days was
In dlscontented and suspicious mood.
and II a satisfactory situation had not
been created by todav it is morally GER
tain that the force of public opinion
would have compelled President Nc
kinley TO take drastic action within our
own lines. We are happy to know that
the necessity for any such thing has
been averted. and that the prompt re-
1usal OF the Commander-in-Chief to
consider a ridiculous proposition, to r.
turn to the Spaniards their surrendered
arms. renders the surrender of Santi-
ago honorable to our forces, and promo
tive Of our interests. Considering the
urgent need Of our volunteers for mod
ern rifles, the REIMBURSEMENT to the
enemy of twelve or fifteen thousand
effective Mausers would have been as
near idiocy as anything that could be
found outside of asylums.
Happily We are spared any such loss
or modification. At nine O'Clock Sun
day morning the Spanish arny
marched out Of the defending trenches.
stacked their arms, and hauled down
the ensign Of their nation. 1t was i'm
mediately replaced by the Stars and
Stripes, and the campaign against San
tiago came TO a glorious end. 1t NAV
be said that, from military point of
view. and Notwithstanding some mis-
takes on the part of those in chief
command, its results promise to be i'm
portant in q degree more than commen-
surate with the cost Of the effort. The
fall of Santiago places most of the
province Of that name under our con-
troll and disposes of the Spanish forces
in eastern Cuba. with the execution of
Gen LuQue's command at Holguin
amounting probably TO eight or ten
thousand men. Count Won Goetzen. the
German military observer, was doubt
less right IN his opinion that fighting in
that end of the island is practically
over. We have perhaps the heaIthiest
part Of the country in possession. and
have taken the second city Of Cuba in
point Of population and commerce. Ha-
vana is still held by the enemy, but its
reduction in due course. either by STAR
walton or assault, is only the question
of little time. Appearances even
seem to indicate that it may not be nee
essary to concern ourselves about il.
as peace may come before active opera
tions in its direction would be practi-
cable.
In all respects the triumph of our
army has made our future course in
war quite clear We have now but to
press forward and occupy Porto Rico
and the Canary Islands. and to throw
R powerful Feet against the coast of
The times., 1898-07-18

One of the peculiar features of Gen.
Torai's policy. was his treatment of his
own non-eombatants. According to the
stories which he and his officers
very industriously spread among the
Spanish soldiers. Americans always kill
helpless prisoners, outrage women and
behave generally as the Spanish yolun-
teers have been wont to do when they
happened on a community of peaceful
Cubans. Yet this general with an ef-
frontery and inconsistency which would
be hard TO find in any but a Spaniard.
drove the women and children of Santa
go into the American lines, and left them
TO their fate. If they did any rea soning
at all on the subject, they must have
concluded that Gen. Toral was either
most unconscionable liar or a monster
of cruelty From the point Of view
which may be supposed to, he nthsirE. his
conduct resembled that of an American
commander. besieged by wild Indians,
and at the point OF starvation, who
should open the gates of his fort and
send the women and children out to be
scalped and tortured, or enslaved by the
Indians. as fate might decree. The Span
ish mind works in curious and crooked
WayS.