The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
TO let him leave without a decisive action.
was this passage:

Hail Channel or Mole, Hatf report WINDOW
delay situation Santiago"
ScHLEY treats this despatch as justi-
fication for his rotrograde movement
to tho westward:
Il was authorized In this same Telegram TO have
moved as far west as Cape Cruz"
1t is here maintained that the men,
ton Of Cape Cruz, q point 100 miles
from Santiago, ms a coaling base during
tho Santiago blockade allowed ScHLEY
to abandon the Santiago station and
move his squadron there bodily.
OF course, IL this principle OF inter-
preting orders, which runs throughout
the inquiry, lie well found, and the orders
or communications to go To Santiago
and to stay there gave the officer receiv-
ing them discretion as TO obedience,
then practically SCHLEY's defence, with
the exception of the Hodgson CORE
spondence, is sustained. II not, the
bottom drops from it.
Now let us consider the state tho "Hodg-
son colloquy" is left in by the inquiry.
1t was first used by THE sun to show
that the Brooklyn's loop was made.
not to avoid %blanketing the other Ameri-
can ships, as explained by ScHLEY in
his statement to the Senate, but to
keep the Brooklyn from getting into
too dangerous proximity TO the Span
iards. II appeared in this form:
"scH1Kr-Hard apor.
"Hoposos-You mean starboard'
"ScHLRr-No. I don't. We are near enough TO
them tho Spaniardsl already.
"Hopos os-But We VIII cut down the Texas.
"ScBLKY-Let the Texas look out for herself"
ScHLEY's main argument In support
Of his request that HoDGsoN deny this
was that it promotes the notion that
you and I had a controversy at a critical
moment" HoDGsoN, In his letters and
on the stand, showed himself fired with
that notion. His main criticism of it
as printed in THE Sun wa that it in
dicated a give-and-take conversation,
or a controversy. BE denied the oc-
currenee Of 1t in order to do away with
that idea. There was nc dialogue"
he said on the stand. SO trivial was
tfus CTltlCls1u thut cNSh "i' MAINE"
remarked when cross-examining him:
"You have objected to its being called
a colloquy, but whether you call 1t n
colloquy or a conversation or anything
else is perfectly immaterial." After
ward on the stand SCHLEY asserted
that there was mo c%olloquy." He
called it fiction" repudiating 1t par
ticularly as indicative Of a "contro-
versy," something which he said he
would not have permitted and which did
not occur.
The color OF controversy" a be
taken out without affecting the idea,
to wit:
ScHLEr-Hard apor.
HoposoS-Look out for the Texas.
scHLRr-we arc near enough TO the Sraniards
already. Tor. ~ we put the helm astaroosrd. We
shall expose ourselves TO Spanish torpedoesl
Subjected to a most rigorous cross
examination, particularly by the Court,
HoDosoS on the stand finally put the
colloquy, or whatever IL may be called,
into this form:
.Hoposos-I heard the Commodore give the
order: Hard aport-' Capt. COOK replied: Tho
helm is aport.' or words to tina, effect. suggested
10 the Commodore ths, " we vent TO s,arboard
we were in danger OF running
1.-The President-The Court would Ike the exact
language. as far as possible. that was used. Put
it In the nrst person: Il said 10 the Commodore
as far as you can recollect.
"A.-As far as I can recoilect ! said to the Com
modore that the Texas Was very close on our star
board hand and " we turned 70 stArboard We would
either run very close into her come very close to
running into her. or we might get a shot from one
Of her big guns. lie said Damn the TeiAs let
her look out for herself or Let her look out for
that. / don't propose TO 60 in any closer and sub.
ject myself TO torpedo Attacks'
SCHLFY denies giving the order Hard
aport," saying that COOK gave II. he
garding this point We give the testimony
of the five witnesses from the Brooklyn
other than HoDGsoS:
HoDosoS-I heard tho Commodore slhs out.
. Hard ap1u. CooEi- Or words TO that snect. and
cap, coos sans out 10 HIN. Tho helm Is Apou-
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