Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Troops Leave San Francisco to Go t,
the Relief of Dewey.

WAX NEWS Vi HE WEEks
Troops Leave San Francisco to Go to
the Relief of Dewey.
Washington, May 26-The important
news on Thursday of last week was
the reported arrival of the Spanish
flying squadron under Admiral Ger
vera at Santiago de Cuba. This dis
patch was subsequently confirmed Our
war department is sadly lacking in
military supplies, and many delays are
inevitable. The French government
gave ample assurance of friendship for
our government. The Spanish torpedo
boat destroyer Terror is ready for sea
at st. Pierre, Martinique but while
the Spaniard was coaling the American
auxiliary cruiser Harvard, for which
vessel the Terror was supposed to be
in waiting, quietly slipped off to sea.
The cruiser Charleston, which left San
Francisco with supplies for Admiral
Dewey, put back with her condensers
out of order. Senator Sewell formally
resigned his appointment in the volun-
teer army, declaring 1t his duty to serve
his state as senator. though he would
prefer to go to war.
On Friday an unconfirmed dispatch
declared that Admiral Cervera's Span
ish squadron, which had been reported
at Santiago de Cuba, had suddenly put
to sea. Other dispatches declared that
the fleet had not gone to Santiago, and
still later it was declared that the fleet
was yet at that place. In the Spanish
senate Premier Sagasta declared that
the policy of the new cabinet would be
war to the utmost. On the Spanish
steamer Argopauta, captured during
the first days of the war, a large guam
tity of ammunition was found secreted.
A Havana dispatch to Madrid declared
that "the rebels have pronounced in
favor of SPAIN
Last Saturday a dispatch from Key
West told of the chasing of three
small Spanish gunboats off the north
coast of Cuba by the cruiser Mont
gomery. The Spaniards escaped. Our
cruiser Minneapolis, which was coaling
at Charlotte Amalie, ST. Thomas ISL
and, was ordered away by the Danish
governor, as she had been in the port
oyer "a hours. General Merritt, who is
to be the military governor of the Phil
ippines, left Washington for San Fran
CISCO. A few unimportant Cuban lead
ers have accepted the offers of the au-
economist government, but Gomez and
Garcia firmly refuse The famous
Sixth Massachusetts regiment received
an enthusiastic welcome at Baltimore,
being showered with floral tributes
Upon streamers attached to the floral
pieces were the words: with mowers,
not bullets" "A united country honors
the men who are rallying to her de-
ho any.x of ho Of
faced by the welcome of '98."
Sundays news added nothing definite
in regard to the movements of our
in Washington and among naval Off
Admiral Cervera's Spanish flying
time 1t is believed the conflict will
be a most desperate one. Spaniards
In Hong Kong and Manila boast that a.
Spanish fleet is en- route to annihilate
Dewey's fleet. An unconfirmed report
from Port Tampa declared that several
hundred United States volunteers, ma
tive Cubans left that place to invade
Cuba and are probably now with the
insprgent army, The cruiser Charles
ton finally got away from San Fran
cisco with a cargo of ammunition for
Admiral Dewey, at Manila, 1t is as
serted that Senior Castillo's reason for
refusing place in the Spanish cabinet
is the fact that France will soon insisr
upon Spain suing for peace. Castillo
is Spanish ambassador to France.
In the Spanish senate on Monday last
Senior Capdepon minister of the in
terror, declared that he had notified the
powers OF the "cowardly and Ubiquitous
attempt of American vessels to deceive
the garrison at Guantanamo, Cuba, by
displaying the Spanish flag 1t was
intimated that Spain would adopt
privateering, but our government Of
ficials are satisfied that this would be
prevented by foreign powers. 1t was
Announced that no suffers will be per-
mitted to accompany the army of in
yasion in Cuba. When he arrives at
Manila General Merritt, as military
governor, will collect the customs tar
riffs as a military contribution
On Tuesday Spaniard named Jim
ipez was arrested on board the cap
tured steamer Panama, at Key West
He is charged with being a Spanish
spy, though there is no strong evidence
against him. He protests his innocence.
The Madrid correspondent of the Lop-
don News declared that responsible
Spanish statesmen are prepared to sue
for peace at the first favorable Dppar-
tunity. Another eablegram from Ad-
miral Dewey announced him still in
control, and that there was a great
scarcity of provisions at Manila, The
tug Wampatuck cut the Santiago cable,
and the st. Louis fired on the forts dur
ing the operation. The attempt to cut
the cable off Guantanamo was preyent-
ed by the Spanish forts General Miles
urges that Lieutenant Rowan. who re-
Gently made a hazardous trip toS the
insurgent leaders in Cuba, be made a
lieutenant colonel. General Wheeler
wants to have William j. Bryan given
a high position on his (Wheeleris)
staff The steamers City of Picking.
City of Sydney and Australia were
loaded with $500 troops, arms and ra-
tions at San Francisco. and on We'd
nesday departed to go to the relief OF
Admiral Dewey at Manila. They will
arrive about June 80. The Tenth Penn
sylvania volunteer regiment arrived at
San Francisco, and later will go to
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