The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-19
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Sow York. Stay H. a lim,n rpcc'ai
from Washington says.
Every cA,rton Viii bc mads b. tue
navy department 10 INFORM Aampa 90 of
tho location ~ the spanish aquadfDu ana
rgrry pf,cauuun haa been mkrn. 10 90 bee
n,,rd. "a prevent Information COL mo
moves of the United sAtrn ncgh from
i4illns into Iho hands OF The Bpan,hY.
That lt 10 poaalUio absolutely Co y. vent
sch Information citing Into the plHra-
r.ln uf the apauHh ia uUuu,ra. ilr here
4,c many naya ui gotuug m,H0at.a go
hpaIn and th,n Gu lur HhorH ol ih. Car
rDoan a,A besides sending ,hcm to BE"
itA uf boston ip DO, tiauaWittrd ,h.H.u
b5 cable Ibr turtuoub Imposed by
.iUr United autra. hp~,YgI make e'u.-
D. hunlrailun muir dimcut tAau % Nou.l
b., ohctwJa'.
only rrW naval officers could by found
tl t,ik about the Affairs ry,f) uody 90 iu.
t,fcai,d lu. one oi these. a man oi tA-
.uont Juugmvnt c2prrarcd thr opinion
mat 90, d,a,us,fy ot the otdgr 10 put me
monitors on guard D,fore Havana pointed
s,ry uoauy to Mo determination of tho
secretary ". tho navy ana tnc Mar yoaru
600 ruuuso tnv n'ot Og SanVon ot th-
r.lN,sl vessels ap 40 10 enable MIN to
move Wiin Erratrt mWuiy in search oi
almtH ,orNrra ana nla an,pn. tur thy
same reason. ,ummUdoru Sphi,y, ,t 30 aH.
a.mcl. WiI not br dy,Ainva on DiockadinE
r,r,ly, wuio tho Spanish nc,, b. .ysa tnau
.tI miles away uum Admiral aalnpa
uld t0mmuuup synrl ia about 1880, 80
..r away.
Fur aii that DO d,Aug,ly known here.
stmpauu May bc much nearer Go trrvcra
,n4n ln supposed. 10 n lvl, Co De- th'
pan OF She spaulra adiDlrl, TO set pu, oi
uu caribbean sea without ngnuns. To
up that. however. hc must got uut before
commodore Sehlvy can meet Wlth aa.np-
nun luu puan un 80 1hy eastward ot thr
point whore ttpcri was iaht hr,u iu OF
a,r tD ID, aulo 90 occupy him ii Rc be- mot
uuui Admiral sampson can uc brought
van hlr ships 1u make the hAtlc that B,
expected NOT su equal aa D, would Dc %
tho force Mas only Scu.yy ucct Ihis.
plan az auggcucJ bS ono naval otiieer
lacks sumv element OF security,
"it 10 aA ught. hc said. 'iG thc span
.ah dee, 10 prepared 60 staud aud meet our
ncct 10 ,a al rght 10 tho spanish feet
ls 90 hhur uf coal aa tu De- unable Go
mako a long and quick sea voyage. The
mere fact that coal WAC purchased al
curacao does not surely indicate that
Admiral C,r,cra Was out of coal or thA'
be- MAS uhor of IT, tie may have sought
tu give the impression that hc is short 30
aa to urge Admiral sampson To look Tor
hlm at the most distant point from the
United states What our war board ls
not forgetting In that having urged SAmp-
son and Schicy away from cuba and Key
West. leaving the United states coast "a
posed he may start his ships under a
forced duaught reach some city. say New
YORK or Boston. n four or ave days ana
bc ablu TO do considerable damage or col-
lcct some largc Indemnity as the price OF
ahstrnuon from damage, aud tnru have
coal enough lcu lo carry him back to
Spain, do not say this TO create alarm
There have been lnilma,lons from tho
Spanish press TO Justify the belief that
some such enterprise Is contemplated,
only little Importance Is nov attached
to the report that the Spanish fleet Is
lurking Tor the oregon and her consorts,
the Marietta and the Bu1alo. The adj
mlnislration was Informed that these
vessels weru near pcrnambuco. 1t was
said the report was given out by mem
brr OF the cabinet that the oregon has
yet 1871 miles TO sail before she will be
of Martinique, Proceeding at the pace
at winch the three vessels have been
travelling, 1t may bo a wecT before the
Spanish fleet will be able To meet them
Before that time 1t Is hoped that Admiral
Sampson will have forced Admiral GER
vera to hght or quit the premises, Then,
II no proceeds southward In search OF
the oregon, he may he followed and be
obliged at last to fight Admiral SIMPSONS
fleet. reinforced by the oregon, Marietta
ana Runulo,
II appears that the president was well
informed that the chief desire OF the com
mnnder OF tho Spanish fleet just now Is
to reach Cuban port and land 0mmunl-
ton for Blanco, Tho source OF the in
formation is not diVulgcd but 1t Is be-
llcvcd to have been sent from Havana
and by some ono In that city possessed OF
valuable Information within the Spanish
lines. The expectation of war was not
entertained by the Spanish government
In time to hermit Of sending over supplies
OF ammunition for the great guns ON the
fortlhcations Of Havana \ small stock
was ON hand, hut 1t was believed to be
essential to the effective uso of some very
good ordnance In the dctenses Of Havana
that the supply OF ammunition should be
augmented at once,
Admiral Cervera, 1t is asserted with
great posltlvcness, brings much OF this
essential ammunition and will run some
risks to reach u port where with his pow
prf,u tpnt no gnn hrpnk thp hloCkaup