The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-18


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o. lie bcmsarazzns Of the ea-1Awarks
AZ NzszAExss 8sz1co ays - h.s otssc4aI
report:
s.TAree American cruisers Ersa o. tAe
bst1erses Of Fc-- 4arr.zis a. MatznxzS
witaesss 6oinS any damage We fred
fourteen shots. % which The Americans
replied vita . rn1sz-z1de Of maEralzz@us1
shots whsEn did not % - any damage"
This wzs received IN Madrid vita great
rejoicing. ~ tie Anexxszn reousse AZ
MatznxzA Ths Truth j. shAx Admiral
SamrDcE was practising WITH h.S guns
ard steAdytzg his crew with the same
purpose that . ts.eaxysezl manager VII %
Asso fhe gallery and ted . stage hand
% speak 20 him ca tEs stage shAE ~ may
test The acoustic properties of ths house.
What the ssaxs hand says - OF No Ina
ortaacs - shs manager: 81 no wants 70
know - that the house - adapted fsr tie
real performances. Still 70 come.
Tro0Ds may be landed later AZ MatAnzas.
I'd IL Was 70 discourage work In the b&t-
serie8 which covered the point % shesS
POSSIBLE sandiag that The shots Heze fred
1ne mitra1lssEse referred 20 were esgh.-
Inch gas throwing @epsuni shsszs- and
they did some damage saw them cut
the ramparts down ard Eft them u2 and
threw them TITO clouds ~ EARN afsy fees
ti9h.
One CAT % three shots fired sank fairly
Ito tbs b-szz. uf the ear-hwc-xA AZ
Am ard 100 yards. wa.ch were the d.
ftaees. this waS good Workmanship. Had
the ranparts been bassIesalps Of tbs same
ssngth as the rampartS-19 fees-Ekey
would have been disabled or sunk "a aye
xsinatsA- Contrary TO Bianco's statement,
noEe OF tha AueTicza AMPS was hit
Another dispatch TO Madrid describes
the cruiser xontgcmexy - running ashore
of . rock and three cruisers dragging
her OF In badly damaged condition.
Tbs Is correct. except that a. the TlEEs
the Montgomery was La niles away.
coming south from Norfolk, ard that 10
American snsp has run ashore o. been
damaged. The dispatch was 20 snow how
badly American xarsnips were handled.
The report OF The victorious resG.ze OF
three American torpedo boats AZ Carslenas
By one Spanish torpedo boat and their re-
treat In q shattered condition was founded
On the fact thai the Foose ran TITO the
bay Of cartenas and exchanged shots
with two torpedo boats. She thea turned
and left the harbo-. The Mzcfllas was
running In TO hap her. but turned back
when she saw the Foosa was returning.
None Of ths boats was biz On either SIDE
This was described - a naval victory for
Spain. -
liz fact. all that these people say or do
at pyesent 3 al exaggeration. They are
excited and they twist events out OF Their
proper proportson. They are AL blown up
by burs.s OF passion. fits Of mysteries.
In Madrid the mob pulls down the wood
en- American eagle advertising an .nsssr-
ancs company and feels better. In Ha-
yana man bstes his arm and sucks the
blood to show how he longs for that Of
the enemy. They are children. with all
or ch.ld's unreasonable ragA
Their idea as to how a civilized warfATe
Is conducted Is shown By the fact that tho
crew OF every prize vessel we have taken
receive the boarding officer either on their
knees or with their hands above their
heads Ia token % submission Some beg
for mercy, some try 10 Leap overheard.
some lock themselves in the cabins. They
expect 20 Be ssrot down or hung to the yard
arm.
TIE other day the Foose, q small tor
Tzio boat. ran into the harhor Of Masanzas
and the batteries fred six shots at her.
We learned from the Havana paper La
Lucha later that when this happened the
governor OF Matanzas called the guard.a
civil. the volunteers. the artillery and all
the people TO the plaza and there adj
dressed them. His speech was reported I'm
fun. Meanwhile the Foote, unconscious
OF the excitement. she was creating. was
patroiing the coast. This was on par
with tho cavalry troops that fired at tAe
flagship when she was two miles out ae
sea- They did 1t because they Ike to hear
their guns go of.
They ere a canIc opera people. They
are ridiculous. and they cannot help IT,
Il IL impossible TO take them or their
untruthful war bulletins seriously. 1t ss
not necessary TO say tha. they have no
sense Of honor. All ~ explained when
you point out that they have no sense
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