Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-24

ni,;t ,a.ic , wreck, as seen from above and
board, ii 80 SutI-
The highest American oftiohals b..,-,
.tie cGiNfldem 'ahht General Blanc~, and
| ,iI@ pIher nigh Spanish officials had n,n
| NtN'"IedSe. direct or indgrect. of nh,
| Fu.on ol a plan to blow up the
nh'lle' ~ such "a PLAN existed, but they
'e"eEe tine Junior Spanish officers who
1'"ih tine Nature Of things aa-a mnra
CONVEX SAINT with modern explosives th9,n
| .AtH eEdeilS and supetri,lS Were. at 5.he
| o~ttcn or the disaster. if There We're
WY ouiSIde agencies 1t is pointed ON
'il'tl III would mot be 'impoSSible TO Miami
| ~ N'i'he OF wet or dry gun COTTON near.
"htHe a foreign war VeSSel was tlGract
eu 10 anchor, such "a mime communic-at
mrs "Nul AN electric battery ON the
S'fGfe' tc is regarded an interesting
poNnt that the Maine. fur th.. FIRST tir, .
! iur'AS her stay i'm the harto,, law rat
| ule Particular spot where she WA. at
| uiit allie or the catgLStrpphe and it is
Stoid, Though not officially verified. thar
ee Marine was the first foreign war YES
S lei, '.n""lya TO oh!s particular buoy since
'he troubles in Cuba grew acute
| All stories elS ITO lax discipLina nn tho
Ms'!Hn- are WHillIout a shadow of truth.
on thc contrary Captalrr Sigsbee was
| complained pf by SOME for the ri eeidnt Y
y! mas rules rnnd the surctnests With
|
| h4e Msi!fe mas been in commission for
| Years, AND never had Il SERIOUS accident
until anchored in thds quiet ,hal,b1,r.
In reply 10 a question put by this COR
|aeSlfoilu@irt TO a high American official.
as TO What the outcome would be if If
wtnr proved that the. disaster. was d,1t
i" am outside agency, the oftic .al i'm
| Question said:
SIR the American people could NOT
De restra'ned. mean war Still,
| ,ioupt whether III would be necessary to
| tlre a shot. Admiral Sicard could am
Choir the New York, the tSllasssac h lsh.trs
and the Indiana in Havana 1harbou 10
| prevent the lnS'reses of the food supply.
| W!.'ilout which the city could not EXIST
| a furunMsiht
Cuba is a waste of ashes and DESC
! HHtlrn. Even the hotels and cafes in
Havana, live from hand to mouth ON
supplies brought from the Unit ed
! States.
| II Admiral Sicard demanded the sur
t1hoer OF Havana. giving itwenty- four
| hours Tor the removal of THE women
| and children. surrender would follow
| The FORTS are Old structures and could
| easily be demolished by a siX-poundk,r
| such new gums aus have been mounted
tFe snort or ammunition and have never
| been tried. If General Blanco sba1rld
dechjlc to surrender, the Spanish mer-
| cnalu mere, who represent so per cent.
| OF 'dhe property and pay Is per cent Of
the taxes of the island, would compel
MN 10 accede TO Admiral Sit-ard's
| terms. AS for The Volumt GERS, the c,lt4n
are for the most part tine employees OF
utlasv. merchants, and the volunteer of
i!cerS are largely their sons or their
| jun-or Partners.
| Ut !S Well to look these things i'm the
race. AT uhe same time it is we'll for
iAr Americans TO restrain themselves
uNWl there rs some proof of am outside
agency of explosion. We cam afford TO
wat a NttIe longer, seeing THAT we have
waited SO long. We could mot wait af-
| Yer ut mad once been proven that the
Mafnc disaster was the result of a das-
IhaTcly pI"t Spanish officers from the
| OLD country hold to THE unaccount!able
pefef that their arms would overcome
| US M "a few weeks. but the Cuban mer-
! chaints nave no such CGe!us..cn and they
would control the situation. Hence 1
believe MO shpt from a big American
gun Will be necessary"
] These sentiments fairly r.,preIsanrt
| those of the best informed Amer, cams
mere. Amy moment, however, may
Ghr0Mcie discoveries at the wreck THAT
would cl3nSe all this. A member of
uhe court OF inquiry who cunvarstsd with
tlhis correspondent to-day, strongly dep
rec3ited any premature expression or
Ie'ldence or Resentment on the pan-t OF
The people of THE Unbted States lnttil II
was proven THAT 1.-THE disaster Resulted
frOm some other cause THAN an acct
DENT, carelessnesS, or the visitation of
providence, Certainly tha man, hs.,>s 90