Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-25
Oewoy's Request for the Ba,tleship
Oregon Causes a FIuttet
WHAT ARE THE REASONSg
Naval bureau l. Specializing I'ron the
Political >ignincaucc ~ the
Admirni's Request

Washington. Fob. 2t-Thc cahlegram
from Admiral Dewey asking for tho
Oregon vnH received with surprise by
tho officials here SO pnr know. or at
least would admit that be- knew. the
nature NJ The political reasons which
tho admiral Gays demand the iminedi.
ate presence OF The Peerless bntticrhlp.
Tho cableFnm was taken t. the cab
met board aud fully discussed there.
Tho admiral, It b. said. possibly fccls
that the moral rneet NJ the presence Of
the big shin upon the insurgents them
selves. ami particularly upon that large
element amoug the Filiplnus that Is be-
liu,cd 20 b. restrained with difficulty
from Joining fortunes with Agulnaidu.
Win whom their Aympathics lie. would
b. good.
iiut there II an underlying doubt
whether mr. not the Admiral may not be
k'"nly sighting a gathering cloud In
tho East, ana II looking 10 tho proven
tluu NJ any possible Intervention or In
trrforrucr 10y European powers In tho
stfugrlg nov IN progress IN the neigh
buthuod NJ Manila
II D. believed that In the big nres
much property ~ foreign residents and
these fires were caused by the insur-
gents cannot b. denied. and ID may h.
that some OF the foreign naval COM
mand"ru In the East are disposed TO
rise upon the pruteNt that their inter-
eHis demand protection which We can
not nffurd them. IN make landing or
do something obnoxious 10 the United
states, and likely To encourage the In
nufg,ntH
with such strong naval force aa
would be- afforded by the reinforcement
Of bowcy'H fleet By the Oregon. there
could not be- any sound reason nor even
% plausible reason for any such action
on the part ~ u third party.
u ~ said here that NJ to this moment
there has been no intimntl0n of pur-
pose on the part of any government TO
Me any Claim FOR pccunlnry rcmunera-
ton for the property OF their citizens
destroyed In the Hires and fighting at
either Manila or iloilo.
Just what disposition viii be made
~ any such demand u not Indicated
here. though there II ground for the
belief that " II can be- shown that our
military and naval officers practiOed
tho precautions required by Nlut'rna-
tional Law IN tho matter of giving due
notice a. foreigners ~ any action IN the
way ~ homhnrdnvnt that might in1ufe
their property. and otherwise dld -vory-
thing that could BE- done e. protect tho
foreign Interests equally with our own.
then thrr" II little foundation FOR a
sound claim Tor damages.
The oregon arrived at Honolulu on
the ath inst. according a. the tele-
graphic IMPORT that came 10 the navy
department this morning, No mention
was made ~ her being In need OF re-
pairs as Il stated In the press dis
patches,
Assuming that the battlcshlp really
needed ten days repairs. she should
have now started away from Honolulu
on her long run to Manila on the 18th
inst. ALLOW INK Tor detention on account
~ coalinu nt Guam. or some other
points between Honolulu and Manila.
IL iH estimated that tho oregon would
reach Manila about the 10Th ~ March.
Meanwhile the war department OIL
cinls were agrc-nhly surprised this
morning 90 learn that Gen, otis ut
Manila had received the first ~ hts re-
Inducements nearly SIX days before
they were expected. They came on tho
scandal. which brought half OF the
Twentieth Infantry. She sailed from
| San Francisco Jan. esth. In company
with the Morgan city. which has
aboard tho remnining hair ~ the Twen-
tleth Infantry and ~ both ships were
at Honolulu 40 the same time, the Nor
gan city Will h. expected In Manila
within twenty-faur hours, unless she
has feen detained. which N not expect
ed. The transports Ohio and SENATOR
with tho Twrnty-Heconi Infantry
| aboard. sailed from San Franclsco only
| four days later than the scandal 80
that within week Gen. otis viii hnvo
| !. 900 fresh men tu relieve those VINO
have been Sighting on tho outpnaih'