Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25
RELIEVE SANTIAGO De CUBA
Splin's Fighting General" Pando viii Try
It With 10000 Men.
Americans viii Hasten to Prevent II Ger
,era's Plans for. Defense sampson
WIN EueaEc Ills Fleet

Washington, June 2t-Thc news COM
ing from Jamaica that con. Paudo De-
sending heavy endorsements to tho
Spanish general. Linlrys. In Santiago.
IL likely 10 have the eject of Fastening
the campaign against che town hy the
Americans. Paudu bias 10000 s1id.ois
at Holguin. less than 100 miles from
Santiago. They up che pick of the
spanish army in Cuba. and th..r c0m-
mauder So known as ths nghIug gene
cral Were they 60 combine with enc
spanish force In Santiago the American
campaign would Doc very much pu-
longld and the task 81, i9r our troops
wuld be- much heavier
Two factors have been relied upon
TO prevent this combination. The FIRST
ia the very rough nature of the country
between iiolguln aud Santiago. which
would be- exceedingly difficult flr troops
Go cover In less than fluI ur nv days
nt the earliest The second Do the ace
tive efforts M % CuhluH iu harass The
sIunlatds Ou ihg march. aud returd
their movements with the force th'y
now have lu thIt country the cuhnns
could do this very 90 rUNUly. hut they
could scarcely undertake tu absolutely
check the whole spanish force OF 1000
men.
The reports from Santiago indicate
that the spanish admiral De- using hlH
squadron exactly uH was untlClpat d. 90
defend thH town FROM utiurk Dos pole
dlcrH ln 90. rear This only emphasizes
ln tho minds Hf army officers thU nee
cUaaty ~ speedy action ON iha para OF
the luvaalun.flr WIthpuulu'a mon 90 rec
lnfurco tho garrison ana t'rNoiuh
squadron loo flli play she spauiariH arr,
from "a military point uf Nitw, Wuch
stronger than thH combined furcuH NJ
Americans under shuityr and Cuhans
under Garcia and inhi,
u is believed mat considerable re-
lance must he placed upon The Amrri-
can siege train. fur aH soon az the
heavy guns nrH placed on th' crest NJ
thr hills. 10 o. expected th' position uf
thH spanish below VIII b. exposed 10 a
heavy tire and thay win ha Obliged 90
either surrender ur make a HpUr1tU
No oniolni nrws came 10 the war
DEPARTMENT DURING office hours from
uuT army near Santiago. TNiH
wuH "a cause for r. mild surprise ut Oh"
department nr Gun. Shtftrr has % ca-
DIE at hIH command aud u WIS vN-
reUtld be- would report "a" measure ui
success ho has attained 100 tho dcbafk-
alton of hlH army un cuban soil, and
the beginning uf operations against
Santiago However. tho general has
tho reputation here of being ~ man ~
deeds rather than words and " not
being given CO. many official reports.
Not hearing from him. the officials
were Obliged tn rely upon press re-
unrtH entirely fuf Information. They
/ found these highly satisfactory.
Secretary Algor expressed particular
qualification ut the news that The
] troops had reached point within
rcyon miles NJ MORO Castle without
ouuuntCfinr serious resistance. The
direction taken by the troops after
their landing nj MISUNDERSTANDING
generally Westward IL tnkcn IN some
aunttors here 60 indicate a purpose "a
unite with sampaon'H fleet IN IN at
tack ON Murfo Castle and the other
forts ut the entrance ~ Santiago har-
/ bor before turning their attention "a
I tho town itself. once the forts nra
/ captured. Sampson with small boats
could reach the mines and lf,as report
ed. the MprrlmnC does not completely
nhstruct the channel, some 0f the bat
tlcHhira may BE- Hont In 20 deal with
. Ctrysrn's squadron IN o. last resort.
Something NJ this Kind ~ believed
/ 10 De- necessary In order Co relieve our
troops from the nre of the Spanish
/ noat when thcy attack Santiago d.
rrctly. one or two NJ the hig battle
shipa. supplemented hy "a fgw torpedo
bouts. could De rolled ON Co keep Cor.
v,fn'H squadron so fully occupied that
ho would have mo- time Co Frt o. tho
troops attacking Santiago from the
rear.