The herald., 1898-04-07

report at once at the Brooklyn navy yard
for duty. His summons was a complete
surprise to himself and colleagues. He is
considered one of the best officers in the
service, and since his appointment as
midshipman in 1866 has had nearly nineteen
Years of active sea-duty.
EXPECT MARCHING ORDERS
| SALT LAKE, Utah, April 6.-Omcers Of
| the Twenty-sixth Infantry at Fort Doug
| las admit that they expect to receive
marching orders within twenty-four hours.
"A cipher message has been received Ly
| Colonel Kent, Immediately after which
he summoned all the company command
ers to his quarters. He says the regiment
| is ready to move at any hour.
HAS GONE TOO FAR
| LONDON. April 6-The Times. comment
! ing editorially this morning on the His
| pano-American situation, says: Had the
pope's Intervention been solicited long ago,
and the Spanish cabinet been all along in
pacific and yielding mood, 1T now ap-
pears an arrangement might have been
concluded, and there is abundant evidence
| that President Mckinley would have been
willing to build golden bridge for the re-
| treat of Spain from her extreme and i'm
| practicable pretensions.
But the controversy has gone far be-
yond this point. 1t is doubtful whether
| either President Mckinley or Senior Sa-
gasta, or the cabinet of either, any longer
possesses free hand. The efforts of the
war party in the United States, malignant
and despicable as their tactics have been
, in many respects, have been apparently
| too successful, while in Spain the omens
are hardly moro favorable.
According to our Madrid correspondent,
| the country appears quite willing to face
the crisis of war"
The Daily News says: "As prudent men,
| the Americans naturally shrink from the
sacrifices of war for the doubtful ex-
pertinent Cuban independence would in
volve. A very little may turn the scale in
favor of peace and perhaps the pope may
succeed"
| BROWNSON ORDERED HOME
| NEW YORK, April 6.-Instructions have
been cabled to Commander w. H. Brown
son, directing him to return to the United
States without delay, says the Washington
correspondent of the Herald.
| These instructions were sent to him at
Rome and it is expected that he will take
passage to the United States on board
the American line steamer st. Paul on
her return trip next week.
| The st. Paul will be converted into an
| auxiliary cruiser and placed under the
command of Commander Brownson so
| that he will be able to carefully inspect
her during her homeward bound voyage
This government could have procured the
armored cruisers Varez and Giuseppe
Garibaldi, but these vessels will be COM
pleted in the fall, and therefore could not
be OF any service in the event of war. A
determined effort was made to purchase
two armored cruisers in commission in
the Italian navy but the italian govern
ment declined to part with them.
| Commander Brownson, while in Italy,
also renewed negotiations looking to the
sale of the Argentine armored cruiser San
MARITIME to tho United States, but Argcn-
tine refused to sell. Any future negotia-
tions that may be entered into will be
conducted by the naval attaches Of the
United States in Europe. But one more
man of war is expected to be added to the
American navy before the outbreak of
hostilities. This is gunboat Of 563 tons
displacement and eight feet draught. She
was built by Yoker of Glasgow in 1896.
She is Of steel, 214 feet long by 80 feet
| beam Her maximum speed is only IA knots.
She has an armament of nine quick fire
guns, up to six-pounders in caliber. She
can be delivered at Key West within
forty-eight hours of her sale.
Secretary Long has recognized the valu-
able service rendered to the country and
the navy by Lieut. Commander Mark,
the Judge Advocate Of the Maine Court of
Inquiry, by assigning him to command the
steam yacht Sovereign, which is now be-
ing converted into an auxiliary cruiser at
New York. Secretary Long selected the
appropriate name of Solace for the Creole,
which is to be converted into hospital
ship. The lighter Saturn will retain her
present name and be assigned to the flying
| squadron. q
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said last
night that he knew nothing of the report
that the government had Inado an Offer OF
$125 900 for the Holland submarine torpedo
boat 1t u admitted by other officials