The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-08

| at hand but tho Spanish naval prestige
Manila from which It can not recover IN
many yenrs.
Admiral Dewey cut the cable himself and
though he offers no explanation FOR ID do
ing. II Is thought his purpose was not only
to prevent the Spanish government from
communicating with Manila, but also 10
prevent the foreign consuls at Manila from
interfering with his operations by cal !rB
protests to their governments. He made
II impossible for them to summon any wor
vosses to enforce the protest they were *
pcctod to make against the Siege OF hi'nl'a,
A closer examination OF the cablcgrnm
shows that In the news "a originally piven
out the names Of two Spanish vessels have
been omitted from the list OF those de-
sroyod. They were Don Juan De Austria
and the isla De Luzon. The Austria vas
n 1880 ton vessel. II knots, carrying Z
l.uzon was 1000 ton boat similarly n med.
This makes eleven Spanish ships dest we'd
| by Dewey in the short space Of two hours.
| Az he left the navy department this at
ternoon Secretary Long, In answer To a
question said he had nothing further Ia
communicate to the public, He had given
already all the news that The McCulloch
brought save triring detail not OF general
interest and OF importance only to the
department
The receipt OF adyices at tho state de-
parment however, from commercial place
Indicate that further news may he comint
by commercial ocntcrs, n congress- doe
not prematuroly act. ms IL did IN the case o
Captain Wordcn when he achieved his n
nous victory oycr the Merrmac, Actlnl
Admiral Dewey viii become an actual ad
mral In few days. The law OF July ~
1882, provides that naval officers who upo,
the reoomme ndation Of the president re
coIve the thanks OF congress may be AL
yancod one grade The president will d
this In Dowey's case, which win put 500
additional in his pocket aud jump kim ov.
three commodores, az wen as over Actin
Admiral Sampson
The navy department has bought tn
Dorothy steam yacht nav at Cramp',
She viii he sent TO Join Admiral Sampson
, squadron or TO Havana on blockade duty
/ At the embassies AMI legations Comm,
: DIRE newey's REPORTS were read with gTc'
Z interest The ronarkahle disparity betwec
I the casualties or the American ana SpaniS
ships, as shown by the Dewey reports, "
source OF special comment and the mi
: i'ary attache Of one of the embassies sa
4 such disparity probably was without
i parellel IN history
!: How the Snan'ards could love 100 XIII,
an" -" wounned' WINE the Amerloah 10
u Was confined to u few slightly injured.
y regarded by the forelgn observers as clct
u !, disclosing the utter worthlegsnoss Of q
% Spanish srms The ambassador OF one
;" the great powers said II showed that Il
i guns of Che spanish forts as Well as tho
W or The ships. were worthless, otherwise tn
I would have inflicted at least some mo-
iality upon the American sailors
u ~ recalls Soiferipo,'' saii he. AT IN
y time France and Austria we're ut war, h
. The French guns were OF longer rana
N nav ''V'S',. W." ,'s.."'' ''' 'q"" WV
n w ~. ~ ,,..'a, n''a. ,a
e eouipmen, and dcs,ructivcpess while {,
spanish guns were evidently antiquat
and guns In name only
~ = ire lesson OF saner'n' again a
'' !, uas V ,tonrn, tho py,,,sn .mb,s.v ,o
resolve dlroc, advices, ou, none came, T