The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-20
MANILA FIGHT INCIDENTS.
mines or no Mines, They Won't
Bluff U.s." Says Dewey.
THEN HE GOES AFTER THEM.
The ktuahta Maru brings Nany H.
t~r~stfng accidents of the Sea
Fight Told by Onseers Who Arrive
NJ yokohama-The spanish Ad-
strnrs Wonderful Escape-H0w
Dewey Received His Promotion.

TIE Japanese liner Kinsa!u Marss. which
has arrived here direct from Eonskoag,
brings some interesting incidental news
regarding tbs great sra fight al Manila
arl the aftermath TIE stories come
chiefly from officers ard men who for sari-
Gus reasons have come TO Iionzkofg and
Yokohama since the fight Gathered from
iars Oriental newspapers and from OH
GERS Of the Kinshiu personally are the
following:
Gunner Evans. Of the Z. s. s. Boston,
wao is proceeding noue1ard. having com
pletsd his service with the Asia;ic saiaG-
ron has this TO say 81 Admiral Dewey
There ~as undoubtedly great risk In
cur going into the bay as W did. bat our
brave commander took it regardless Of any
submarine mines. Admiral Dewey said:
Mines or no mines. they won'; bluff US.
Wen go right In and gee what they are
made Of And the whole Iworld knows the
rest
1T is quite possible continues Gunner
/: they were, they must have simply been
.mprosised ones. which, as everybody
knows, are unreliable even at their best
a, any rase we called the turn on iaeir
big talk regarding submarine dangers.
"Thsrs was not a spanish nag Struck
during the entire engagement, reports IL
IN. contrary notwithstanding. But they
might as we'll have Acknowledged they
wcr. whipped instead OF ngEtas- There
was a transpor. ship there which possess
ed tga or three small guns she diTect-
cd enc of thsse ~ a small BOAT from the
Concord but the latter vessels saots how
ever. soon riddea her. and In n Few ma
utes she was like a sieve. but I'll" flag vas
nying tho whole tine
Lieut.. Commander Briggs. OF the Baiti-
more came 10 Yokohama shortly after
tia battle 10 undergo medical treatment
ocessoned by the results OF an acc4deh,
which happened to him shortly ai'.s t.ie
Baltimore was pui Ia commission IN
speaking OF the unpreparedness OF tbs
Spanish fleet 20 meet the attack. Com
mander Br gss said:
'As TO that. of course We had nothing
TO do Plenty OF time had been given them
and Il vas wiiiful negligence on someone
part We were told that they Intended
to inspect tho fleet on the morning OF iHe
fuht The whole thing Is unexplainaole;
they must have known that We had lett
Melrs bay and even had they learned IL
only on the day We left they had plenty
Of time 81 prepare themselves.
s.Our admiral was ae;uAted by humane
motives throughout. He could have blown
Manila 10 pieces and sacrificed human lfc
ana property to at appalling extent. but
he simply held MS hand after dong VIVA.
he was compelled to Go. When no found
that ha had tr;uapls3. he then SET 10
work tn do all that he could 10 save NE.
The odds were agas..J. him; fcF the span
taras outuunibered rs not only In point OF
sh.ps bat In the number OF men Ihat
they Eel, this. Is perfectly evident from
the gallant and stubborn resistance they
kent M 20 the end. Thar pluck was com
fuendahic but their scneEasshIp was very
bad. oh. yes there was great suEpfls"
when the news went around the neet laias
not ore man had been fatally Injured NO
or. VIII ever know the precise number u
standards who met death on that Inemora-
hIa morning died in "a gallant
FIGHT as ever could lie recorded In medeTn
warfare Well did they remember the
wards OF Gen Correa. the Spanish min
lstef OF war. what We must nj All costs
avola Is a spartsh ship striking her colors
10 the American flag.
There were several Europeans al taNlte'
Nj. and Mrs. Young remained during tho
bonhardmeut. They are safe bus th"F
r,~aperty IN considerably damaged. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Eatnslaw ESCAPED ia safety In the
hstls beyond Cavitc. TIE British residents
wero very aasry that ~ British mah-of-
war was there during the fight To a err
tain exten; the position 81 the Briushers
IL pfeearious They Do no; fear the rebels
nor the Americans. bat RS food gets scare
sr s. Is feared thu spanish ssoli!ery. who
have not beer paid for sesiiS time. VIII in
si,l,ge ir footing and then something warSe
may occur. believing that british sympa-
toy Il no actual ai3, has heen displayed
too freely towards the American people
the Spaieiareis would seize upon any excuse
for revtngiaF themselves. The city S half
deserted. NJ sslls'n eses IS being transact ted
Hss8 the outlook rs Tar from plea@aut for
tae unfortunate Rfit'sh traders whosc in
'srvsts rt,dosnlsate ip the Philippines coi;s-
nnercia'ty"
\ ezsnoa;ant on the Oily nQtc speaks IN
high teYrt's - the bravery ~ Spanish naval
onteers Referring - he admiral ~ sail
'rhe second time We came aroand the