The herald., 1898-05-01
Will Soon Give Place to a More
Vigorous Program
OF THE NAVY OFFICERS
Seem to Have Produced Some Effect at
Washington
Further Delay Means Increase Of Difficulty and Decisive
Action Has Been Determined Upon.
Insurgents Will Assist
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD.

KEY WEST Fa April 3oThere will be combined movement Of
and navy Cuba within week. day will witness the
beginning of the advance The blockade plan has proved failure
has given the Spaniards opportunity strengthen their dfenses drill
armies and better for the But than that the peaceful
blockade has taken great deal of heart out the American navy has
filled high officers with disgust the jackies with despair protest
from the fleet to Washington has been vigorous discipline would
allow Expressions that officers cannot say officially have been spoken
freely here in Key West, that there misaking their meaning
Two officers of highest rank in the fleet declared today:
"Fuh continuation of this peaceful blockade scheme suicide" and
their language in saying not nearly mild written here
One of the fleet captains said to me today:
"The capture Of Havana all Of Cuba be accomplished with little
difficulty week hence it will times blood
with this fleet which destroy the batteries Manzas Cardnas
other desired point Of Havana and troops landed Then Havana
will be forced to fall before the combined land and forces But the navy
cannot do this alone We have not the land Where the oops
Two thousand could have taken possession of Matan the
day after our little bombadmn We are anxious meet that Spanish
fleet and want get Cuban work through be ready for bigger
game at sea-"
Declarations Of this kind have effect evidently Washington Today
messages have notifying the fleet that decisive begin
at The army The chck-ren be taken off tho
wahps and thanks will 60 up from the fleet Every excams "We
have had enough of this peaceful war"
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TAMPA Fa April 3o(Speal to The Helald) Lieutenant Whitney
inc oma otaeS are VINO saea rom Key west on ooaro m
cruiser Maehad ten days with letters from the president and in
srucion from General Miles for General Gomez landed tho
Cuban coast Corharn Monday night He met by party
Cuban and proceeded to the camp Gomez Remedies
The objective point of Lieutenant Roma sailed Jamaica
the of General Garcia not that of Gomez generally stated
Spanish Ships Not Coming
LONDON, April 3o-(Spea to The Herald) There truth in
the statement that the Spanish fleet has sailed attack the American
spite of SpnS desire to confuse and alarm the American govern
mn by masking the movements of her squadron known beyond all
doubt that her effective standing fleet this divided up
portion having the Cnar one cruising about the entrance
the Mediterranean and the third is south of the Canar
Private advices from Spain indicate that the Spanish plan
been changed and that fleet will the Atlantic until the
and the other ships undergoing repairs for action and then the who
fleet will be combined obvious that Spain sending her ships off
short order to create panic America and split the American
naval forces That all there is to the mystery.
correspondent Tangi ap tonight that Spanish
the neghborhood
actually medhated attack the England
would
of the Spanish
her vessels have