The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-10
DEWEY AND THE GERMANS.
Attitude Long Delayed the Capture
of Manila.

"
All this week II has been "the night
before the battle" and the fighting
morning has never come. Last week, in
the course Of an interview, Admirh
Dewey frankly stated his position. lie
said that he would do nothing whatever
in the way OF making IN attack on the
city or demanding It's surrender until
after the arrival of the Monterey GER
tainIy. and possibly no, until after the
arrival OF the MonadnOcK He expect
ed the Monadr ock between Aug. III ana
-. He put tho case tins way:
Suppose" hi said, that | sen IN
my demand 10 the captain general that
ne surrender and at the same time send
word to the sdmirais OF the foreign
fleets here that 1 inten1 to bombari the
CITY. Then suppose the German admiral
replies that NJ will n)i hermit me TO
lombard the city. / should send round
10 the German admiral that ] would
sink him first, and then l would bonn
hard the city. And | want the monitors
here when I talk like that"
OF course, ne added. II IL became
necessary he would talk hat way To
the Germans with such ships as ne
had whether the monitors had come or
moi. hut he did not in'erd to take steps
which might p~recipitl-e such a crisis
until he was better pr spared by the
presence OF at least one monitor To meet
il. He was not ready 10 move when ne
aid. hut the army corI1elleo him To 40
so. So on Sunday. Aug. :, h" joined
with General Merritt in tic Tot mai no.
tice which. for con creme 'ake IL
| called commonly the "ultimatum.
The ultimatum was sent IN sllniiy
because i'm the nightly lighting that was
going on between our outposts ga Camp
Dewey and the Spanii~ts ~ front OF
| Nalate our men were bars killed. no
gain Of any sort was resulting. Inc
whole thing was compile ~ useless aad
there was no justification for ,ne loss
OF a man. There were two ways to stop
this loss. one was T. withd'a" our
outposts to the place wntre they
should have been stati)ied a the starr
and where they would have been prac-
ticaIly u Of danger from the Spanish
Are There vas no COM s'Naule reason
for having them nearcr Mllate, II never
having been ,he in'enttcr - undertake
10 capture Malate or Mania by an al
vance OF the land forces. Ale othef
way was to nov on the city at once
with the naval forces AM compel the
Spaniards to surrender .: Knock theii
city about their ears.
The second plan vas adopted. Tht
ultimatum was a joint notice from Gen.
eral Merritt and Admiral Dewey ina
after As hours they would move on tins
city whenever they pleased wlthou'
further notice. Flag Lieutenant Brum'
by took the notice to Captain Chiches'
ter. the senior English officer, on sun
day morning. and II was delivered lt
the Spanish captain general at l2:S'
hat afternoon. Augustin had been re-
moved as captain general, this time ny
orders from Madrid. n Fermin Jau'
denes. the Iegundo Cubic. had been pu
in his place. The ultimatum warned
Jaudenes to get his women n emu
dren and the sick and unde out 81
the way. Jaudenes Is a slight, par
man, something like Weyler In appear
ance and in character. He and 'he ole
archbishop. Be~rnardino. had been tn
head Of the fighting party all alont
and they were much Disguised will
Augustln's well known predisposition &
surrender as q as "A perfunctory re
sistancs had been made JGudenes II
still for fight. Damn the city. he says
il all belongs 10 foreigners and Is bet
ter burned down than in the hands q
the "Yanquis." Damn the sick an
wounded. and the women and children
too: they're in the way and they bottle
him. LEI them get out az best the,
can. Damn the Yankees. who haN,
made all the trouble. Damn eNerybod,
and everything. anyway. Jaudenes .
I'm a bad humor.
The new captain general talked IN
whoie thing over with the consuls
Ramsden. the English IA consul act
ing now in place of Rawson Walker
the consul who died the other day OF M
illness contracted in consequence ~
hardships ne suffered in the blockade
city. asked what was TO become OF IN
women. children n sick. Jaudene
suggested that the Yankees had plent.
% ships IN the bay. let them AXE IN
non-combatants aboard their trans
ports. Very good said IRamsden. !
that were possible. How about thei
food"
oh. let the Yankees feed them. re
Piled Jaudenes; they have plenty u
supplies"
s. hal was ne end Of that propo