Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-12-03

navy Was unwilling IN cooperate in fore
ing an entrance to santiago is al
ready sufficiently shown. would, how
ever, add to show the good will If the
navy and my desire and untlerstaudins
that in case the enemy failed To come to
terms through bomhardment. the har-
hor should be forced: that in the me n
Whi.e all preparations were compile, ed
Tor counlrrmining. the mines having
b 'en removed for this purpose from the
liesolute to the col Ter Lebanon, Lieu
tenants Roy Smith and r.. +. Capehart,
Nho are mining experts, placed alb, ard
the Lebanon. and everything arranged
fer action whenever desired. The On Y
reason for poStponsnent came from the.
general commanding the army.
''rhe navy has been placed in such
an invid.ous and false position before
lhs country, through the very Unwisa
pnblic1tion of General Skaters t-lr-
grams, that ! think this matter shuu d
in some way be made clear To the pub
lie
I.
fo"lns Secretary Long that steps should
b" taken AT once to garrison and c.ean
up Guantanamo, and says that, While
perfectly willing to aid in the work. he
h, states To take any steps without re-
quest from the army.
IL another r"pnit dated Aug. !, from
Sampson to the secretary of III" navy,
Sampson goes over again all the c,rcum-
stances connected with the joint opera
lien. before Santiago. in order. as he
says. that more complete history of
The action of the fleet in combina ton
with the army may he at the disposal of
the department.
Havana. Dec. 1.--The circumstances OF
Marshal BlancO's departure, particularly
I he landeStine nature OF his movements
ut an early hour yesterday morn ing. hav q
furnished occasion for much gossip and
for bitter vituperation, as the affair
throws light upon his methods and con-
duct during the entire period of his cap
tain generalship. The 0ft-rcpea ted
statement that he was not popular among
.Spaniards in cuba gets confirmatio
from the fact that none of his fellow
prominent in civil. social or
industrial circles. men whose loyalty to
Spain is above suspicion. went near him
20 say farewell.
Now that he has gone, tongues are
lnOsened. He is openly accused of weak
1,,, ..f - Il
for the revcrSes Of the cam
Eaign and the final result of the war, as
the corrupt Instrument of the corrupt
and unprincipled few who rule the des-
TIMES of Spain.
In support of such charges it is pointed
out that, though he had $50. 900 men at his
ne withheld reinforcements
from Santiago, and that, while deceiv-
irg people by announcements that Gen
eral Pando had left for the eastern
provinces at the head of a powerful
army, no such movement was even con-
templated, Pando. instead, leaving
secretly for tour in Central America,
ostersbly On ii diplomatic mission. the
exact import of which has never been
actually explained. Finally, his coun-
trymen make Blanco answerable for the
destruction Of Cerveras fleet. laying at
his door !; command that Admiral Ger
Vera should make dash out of Santiago
!iarbor.
BY no means least in this list of charges
il Blanco's recent decree transferring all
nf n CT Ioac O
of the volunteer and irregularly mObi-
lized forces from military to civil tri-
bunals. This has aroused the ire of the
Spanish population and can be safely
considered the keynote of their present
reviling of Blanco. BY the decree they
claim that their brothers are handed
over for judgment to their natural
enemies, the Cubans, most of the judges
now sitting on the island courts being
Cubans. There is no doubt that this
provision may yet give rise to many
serious troubles.
London, Dec. 1.-The BiarritZ corre-
spondent of The Daily Mail says: Sc
nor Sagasta. who has hitherto been
sceptical on the point, now admits tina t
Carlism is the greatest existing danger
to Spain. The authorities are seriously
alarmed at the indications of an i'm
minent rising. The Carlist plans have
been elaborately devised, even to the
extent of appointing a governor of Mad
rid.
The Madrid correspondent of The
T,; foil
Correa. minister Of war, declares that
the government has 100000 troops in
readiness to take the field in the event
Of a Carlist rising. and will soon have
200, 900 available. He says. however,
he does not believe that the Cailists in
tend to move yet. Four hundred guns,
which We're being smuggled. have been
seized in q Basque village.
Don Carlos, in his forthcoming man.
ifestO. will make strong appeal to the
army. The Carlists must agree among
as to the advisability of an
movement. The military ele-
'nent is impatient. but the civilians urge
the uselessness of an attempt to rise
until the Carlists are assured of the help
Of the army.
Santiago, Dec. 1.--General Wood has
been petitioned by several merchants
for permission to close their stores on
Sunday. Under the Spanish law they
are compelled to keep them open until
room. General Wood granted all such
requests. He has also issued a special
order directing that the liquor saloons
be kept closed on that day.
Havana. Dec. 1.-General Castellanos,
while leaving the palace yesterday,
stopped casually to inspect some food
hat was being served to soldiers in the
palace yard. He tasted it and called the
sergeant and gave him
sound dressing down for putting such
stuff" before soldiers. 1t is not the
irst time he has rebuked the officer for
he same cause since he assumed the
governor generaiship
Discussing the Seal Question.
Washington, Nov. 3O.-The Anglo
American commission had expected to
resume the consideration on the re-.