The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-06-29
|HEBL0CKADE
|w order Increases the Coast
Line to BE Guarded About
Four Fold.
|rt of This, However, Has No
|lIarbOrs For Boats of Much
Size.
|prain Howell's Fleet, Hereto.
fore Doing Atlantic Coast
Patrol Duty,
i'll Assume Most Of This Work.
Sigsbee's Defeat of the
Terror.

WASHINGTON, June o9.-By procla.
luou Tuesday the president gave
k,ce Of the intention OF the govern.
at 10 assume the formidable task Of
btka ling about 900 miles OF Cuban
st line, III addition 10 the sections
Naly Dlockaded. This increases the
ent Of the blockade fully tourfold,
having been confined heretofore to a
e,ch OF little more than 100 miles on
north and the single port OF Glen.
Fros on the south coast Of the island.
demands OH the part Of the navy
artment in tho way Of ships to
tro. the coast will not be nearly so
hyy as was the initial block ade. for
reason that tho coast line lies
hrly wholly within the great blight
the South Cuban coast, on which
water is very generally shallow
the ports arc few into which yes.
Of any draught could enter. The
pst important Of these ports are Man
l.o, Trinidad and Tunas.
The Block ado Tine.
Wo,t Of Trinidad is Cienfuegos.
hlch is already blocked effectively.
fom that point westward for nearly
miles there is no port to be block.
ed until Batabano is reached.
HIS port is distant only about 40
Ple, from Havana by rail and is be.
we'd to DO the prin cipal source OF food
lp.les for the Span ish capital. For
miles west OF this, clear over TO
lle Frances. the western edge OF the
ocNaded territory there are no ports
any vessels of considers BILE drausht.
ld II there were the country III the
terror. Pinar del Rio. is III the hands
the insurgents and supplies could
y be sent through to Havana. The
prpose Of extending the blockade
fstward to Cape Frances was to com.
and the channel between the west
lc Of the Isle Of Pines and Cape
y task Of the blockading vessels.
Howslrv snuadron to Bc Used.
The vessels for the additional block.
le service will be supplied almost en-
fely from tho patrol fleet which under
ommodore Howell has been guarding
e North Atlantic coast from Maine
North Carolina.
his service has been abandoned. be-
use the only available Spanish war
ips are Admiral Camara's. thousands
miles away from the nearest point
the Atlantic coast. The vessels are
Ready ON their way southwark, hav.
been reinforced by several of the
2rpedo boats, which are especially
Papted by their light draught for
ockade duty on the shallow waters
(lng behind tho Isle of Pines and
(uba.
San Juan Already Biocknded.
The blockade of San Juan is IN
PANTY already in effect, having been
Rlnatod by Captain Sigsbee last week.
(ne difficulty Of maintaining block
t'e at this port, in the face OF the
(panish forts and three Spanish wal
|essels in the harbor. would DO consld
Fable, had not Captain Sigsbee, by
I'sabling the most formidable one OF
Rlese vessels, made the task easier.
[rooably some such vessel as the DE
cont or the Montgomery will be as
Pened to tho task.
IN defeating tho Terror, Captain
|iSsbee has rendered most important
frvice to our navy, and. indeed. to al
'avles. He has not only deprived