Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
The Admiral Thinks Young Man
Meant Nothing Unkiod,
NEVER CLAIMED SUNK SHIPS
lie Reported Them destroyed Lieut.
CallSins, Formerly Navigator Of the
olympia, wonders at IIObscn.

New lOfki sept ~ Al4Nlldl Dewey
who ls stopping at sayy.I. j.. L., talked
today Of the Hobson interview, saying
% hardly think the young man meant
TO say anything unkInl and perhaps
he dld not say what is said there The
three vessels he referred 60 are The
Isla de cuba, 1sla de Luzau and Don
Juan de Austria. They were the least
injured Of the ten or twelve ships sunk
at Manila. Naval Constructor Caps.
a very able man, was with mc, and DE-
and divers and experts from Hong
kong made an examination of AN tho
Spanish ships and decided that these
three were worth saving three out Of
a dozen. They were raised and tenn
poraIy repairs were made Bt Caylte.
The vessels proceeded under their own
steam To Hongkong and had been there
for some time undergoing repairs. be-
fore Hobson saw them,
'As a matter Of fact I never claimed
that we sunk the ships. ! reported that
We destroyed them. / did see with my
own eyes an eight-inoh shell strike the
stern Of the Reina Maria Christina,
Admiral Montejo's flagship. aud that
destroyed her
"The statement that the vessels We're
not much injured below the water line
was probable true. Everyone knows
that II Is impossible for shells to do
much execution below the water line.
as nothing but torpcdocs can do much
damage there A few inches OF water
IS q great protection. Armored ships
are not armored much below the water
linz, the water being protection enough
from a shell.
81 hardly think IL worth our while 10
pay much attention 10 this You know
IL is human nature TO depreCiato what
others have done, ana Nh H0bs0n may
not have been quoted correctly or in
full"
LIEUT.. CALKINS WONDERS.
san Francisco. Sept 2O.-LIuet. C.. C.
Calkns, formerly navigating officer Of
the cruiser Olympia, Admiral
Deweys flagship, but at present hydro
graphic officer 1t this port when asked
20 make a statement regarding the re-
ported interview with Lieut. Hobson.
telegraphed from Vancouver. IN which
the Lieutenant Is reported 90 have said
that the shells from Admiral Dewey's
squadron were not responsible for the
sinking Of Admiral Montejo's feet but
that the Spaniards sunk their own
vessels 10y drawing the plugs and OPEN
Ing the valves. said today.
u have read Mr.. HObgun's utterances
with some interest ana even wonder.
There Is nothing new or startling IN
his declarations, and 10 Is surprising
that be should have made statements
that he cannot ayow Of his own knowl-
edge
ar. i0bson superintendent the re-
pair at H0ngkong Ga long distance from
Manila) Of three OF the raised Spanish
war vessels. Those three were the
Isla de Luzon, the Isla de Cuba, and
the Don Juan De Austria. They We're
not the largest vessels IN MontejO's
fleet, and II Is true that they were sunk
r- their crews, who pulled out the
plugs, not. however until the ships Rad
been damaged slightly and were IN
danger of falling into the hands of the
Americans Those three are the only
vessels OF which Mr. Hobson can speak
with knowledge
"Monteio's flagship the Reina Chris
tino and the Castillo were burned 20
the waters edge as "a result OF the
American shell fire. The Spanards
were unable 90 put out the conAagra-
ton, The Don Antonla de UlIoa was
actually sunk by American shells that
pierced her below the water line
"No one, so far MS I know, ever as
serted that all the spanish vessels We're
sunk h. shots that penetrated the
hulls below the water line.
Admiral Monteio IN his report TO
his government said that the Chris
tina. being no longer controlled by her
helm. and being wrapped In flames ne
gave orders 20 sink her; that the
Ulloa was sunk by shots that struck
her under the water line that the Cas-
tilla became a wreck and was then
sunk. and that he ordered the rest Of
the ships to be- sunk rather than sur
render"