The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-06-09
BACK OF SANTIAGO.
Insurgents Are in Force and Well Sup
piled With Arms and Ammunition.
The Alleged Peace Movement of the Queen
Regent Has Not Yet Taken Any Form
Either at the State Department
or Foreign Embassies.

WASHINGTON, June SIT was plain.
ly not ceable at the navy department
Thursday that the officials were ex-
pecting news of the first Importance,
but that they did not look for it inn
mediately. The firmness with which
they have insisted that Schley could
have had no general engagement with
Spanish forces, ships and forts at
Santiago, as was reported, appeared
to be based on full knowl-
edge of the plans under
which the commodore is acting,
and the greatest concession that they
would make toward admitting that
fight had taken place there Tuesday
was to say that possibly Schley had
detected some earthworks going up
and had razed them with his shells.
They were confident he made no at
tempt to enter the harbor. 1t is be-
lieved now however, with Sampson in
the field and in command off Santiago,
with an augmented force, that inter-
esting events may be looked for. These
are expected too, Notwithstanding the
fact that no troops have yet started
from Tampa, as was established by in
quiry at the war department Thursday
afternoon.
The insurgents are known to be in
force in the neighborhood of Santiago,
and through Capt. Dorst the war de-
partlnent not only has been in com
munication with them but has sup
piled them fully with good weapons
and an abundance of ammunition.
The headquarters OF the best of the
Cuban generals, Garcia, are distant
from Santiago only about IS miles,
SO that it is possible Sampson
feels strong enough with their
support to begin the assault by
sea upon the doomed Spanish fleets
and forts without awaiting the arrival
of the United States troops from Tam
pa. The trend of the news that came
to Washington from unofficial sources
during Thursday afternoon all went to
support this belief, so there is some
ground for the eXpection of the officials
that important information may be ex.
pected shortly.
The Spanish government has made a
protest to the British authorities
against the shipping of Canadian coal
| from British North America to San
Francisco for the relief of the ships of
| Adm. Dewey's fleet at Manila, and
also against the shipping of coal from
| Nova Scotia to Atlantic ports for use
by United States war ships operating
in the West Indies.
In view of the ruling by the British
| of war this protest by Spain might
have caused considerable embarrass.
ment, as the Canadian coal is consid.
cred by the naval authorities to be a
superior article for the use of ou1
ships 1t is only short distance from
the British North American coal fields
to San Francisco and the Nova Scotian
coal fields are also easily accessible to
| Atlantic ports 1t is understood, how.
over, that Spain's protest has not
proved of any avail. The subject was
referred to the Canadian authorities
who, upon investigation, learned that
the coal shipments, both from British
North America and from Nova Scotia
were in the ordinary course of com
mercial transaction. They were
made by private parties in Canada
to private parties in the United
States. Whether the coal subse
quently passed into the hands of the
United States government for use by
the American navy, was held to be out
side the province of the British anG
Canadian authorities 1t is probable
that any direct sales to the navy de.
partment would have been stopped, q!
these would have been manifestly {
breach of the neutral attitude main
tanned by the British government anG
its colonial possessi ons, including Can
ada.
If the queen regent of Spain has in
structed Senior Castillo to ask the
powers to intervene for peace, tina
movement has not yet taken any form
in Washington, either at the stat.
department or at any of the foreign
embassies. Among diplomatic Off
cials it is thought to be quite pos
sible that Spain if feeling he
way toward securing peace. but i
active assistance from the great pow
ers. AS one leading diplomatic OF
fetal said Thursday, Spain finds her
self in the same condition of isolation
that France was in in 1s70-71. At tina
time M. Theirs, afterwards president
went from capital to capital seeking
to secure the cooperation of Europ,
with France, but his mission was
failure. The mission of Castillo i
said to be like that of Theirs and tn
diplomatic officials believe 1t will NEE
with the same fate.
Our Flag Hoisted Over San Miguel
Los ANGELES, Cal, June s.-Capt
Waters, the owner of San Miguel is
land. has made the discovery that thi