Burlington Hawk-Eye (Newspaper) - June 12, 1898, Burlington, Iowa THE BURLINGTON SUNDAY JUNE J In City 1 of SOe per J Guantanamo Surrenders to Bom and an Attack by fast friends here are losing Her candid friends of the press deplore obstinacy with which she accepted war when totally and declared that to continue fighting when her cause is hopelessly lost will only alien ate whose good words would prove serviceable In the day of settle TRANSPORTS STILL AT Expedition Has Not But May Go SPECIAL TO THE June expedition to capture Santiago was still at Tampa today and may not leave until Mon It was decided yesterday that the transports should sail at once for Key where the navy department promised to have two Sampsons war ships It was argued that there would be no danger from a Spanish attack between Tampa and Key but General Miles succeeded in having the instructions When the order came he immediately wired a protest to Washington and car ried his He said the navy had raised the question of the phantom armada and should dispel the illusion or destroy the reality before ing the He argued that a single ship of the enemy might sink several transports and cause the sacrifice ol many lives and he insisted on Spaniards Make a Feeble Resistence and De sert Their an American In Base for DEADLY MM IS OH IT The Insurgents Are Swarming Against the Spanish in Savage DEWEY WILL PREVENT r June navy de was in communication today Admiral Sampson off Santiago by cable and by mail with the result that it is now known officially that the American flag floats over Cuba that it was raised by United States marines at the mouth of Guantanamo The marines who have thus glorified them selves were eight hundred in glorified themselves were 800 in They were obliged to fight for their lives and in the course of the fight to burn down the town chosen as the site for the All is ready at Guantanamo now for landing the United States regular as soon as they arrive The marines are holding the ground they won and are being protected by the guns of the Marblehead under who has already during the present war so and the work of disembarking distinguished himself by his energetic I The first boat load had scarcely and valuable services as to encourage the belief that he will regain numbers he lost some years ago through an un fortunate Regarding the fleet of transports no is ob at the war department and it IE believed that the situation is as it officers say they can be taken In fifteen minutes when The Vixen and have been off the entrance of the harbor several and yes morning sailed into the chan A mile further up they opened sending fifty shots at the fortifica tions on the The hills on the right of the entrance were There are no defenses oil the right side of the Nn attempt to land was made until the Oregon steamed in early this Captain Clark at once sent forty marines and twenty from the Marblehead They found evidence of a very hasty de parture by the hammocks and ammunition were scat tered about the and a Spanish flag was found in one of the rifle The little detachment of marines held the place until the Pan ther when they were recalled GRANTS BATTLE Hew and Difficult Watched With In to rent by June event to day was the execution of General Fred Grants battle which included a number of new and difficult manu They were watched with great by many They were carried out well and demonstrated that many of them would be useful in act ual A sham battle in which they were developed lasted from till nearly and was participated in by half a dozen MUST American Commander Will Bee That Na Do Not Commit on New June special cable dispatch from Hong Kong says that a battle for the possession of Manila is in progress today between the Span ish forces and those of Aguinaldo Admiral Dewey has promised to pre vent a should the insurgent capture the The Spanish governor has been not fled that unless he withdraws the prici put upon the head of the leader he will get no quar Otherwise the rules of warfare will be strictly adhered to As a result of this price being placet on his three attempts have bee made to take Commander of Gnn Boat Notified by the Paraguay Buenos June govern ment of acting upon repre sentations of United States consul at has notified the com mander of the torpedo boat now at that he must dis arm his vessel if he desires to remain in The Spanish commander re fused to do and was then informed that the leave cion as soon as the repairs of her ma chinery were which must be done Blood yesterday with respect to the starting of the The only subject for an official bul letin today at the navy department was Hobsons glorious feat in bottling up the Spanish squadron with the hull of the with the frankness and candor peculiar to the Ad miral Sampson withheld no credit from Hobson for either the execution or pro jection of the well marked out scheme was first and without the loss of a moment the column started up the rocky hillside to the For an hour the brown column of ma rines filed up the narrow ally taking up a position at the top of the As soon as the American flag swung out to the breeze from the flag staff of the captured Spanish h Oregon steamed away to rejoin the fleet off The marines will hold the position until the arrival of expected meantime scouting in the with the Vixen and Dolphin ly ing by to protect Sampson now has a harbor and a if supplies on the south side of the and troops can be landed at laced two steamers at the disposal of he soldiers and will take of them around the bay to obtain a view of le The Kansas regiment has a banner from the Ladies Re ef Corps of The distribution f new uniforms to the Montana men as and the command will be equipped in few The volunteers are now fully quipped and ready to march at a mo ments Recruits to the number of 850 arrived rom Fort this and will go into camp at Camp Merritt The Red Cross breakfasted the men at the so headquarters near the ferry and distributed bouquets of flowers to hem just before the march to Camp Merrill The new arriv als are well lacking arms and these will be furnished imme from Ihe slores now in this SPAIN CAN HAVE PEACE Correct IB Began to June regard to the rumored peace propositions of Spain the Pall Mall Gazette says Balfour well sums up the We should be delighted to do anything to but we could not think of it unless both parties seemed likely to welcome it and mean which they dont Thats Just America is ready for but only on terms which she is entitled Spain is ready for peace but on let us pretend nothing has hap Until Spain sees thi childishness of there is no hop for In the meanwhile no powe is likely to invite a snub by babbling about uninvited interven tion or 1 Mentioned by Admiral Sampson in His Official Report on the Merrimac to which the constructor was entitled j and he has cleared away at once the I The troopship Panther reached the small cloud of dissatisfaction that had I Santiago early On the I way over the fired a dozen shown Itself among a few line officers j imo because ot the selection of a staff officer TO REPAIR THE Cape June received here by way of Port au Prince states that a large force of Americans landed yesterday on the shores oi I near It is understood the cable terminus at that point is in possession of the Amer and that every effort will be at once to reopen communication with New via Cape A forco of cable repairers may be sent out from Cape as soon as a steamer can be sent here to take them MERRITT WANTS THE Reported Be Will Alk tor Fully to Preparation on the San June th that arrived yesterday and to Major General Merritt has a force of about From good sources it is learned that during the past forty eight hours he has been in communi cation with the war and has finally demanded that the full quota of specified by him be It is known he contemplates leaving San Francisco for Manila ten days from next and Is de sirous that his expeditionary forces shall precede him to Ihe The Colon and China being loaded with were expected to be ready to depart early The Senator and Morgan City are be PRESS mm TONE It Has Voiced a Hatred of Bu Admits Spains Sure RIDICULE OUR ARMYS WORK Scoff at aa Alliance Between and Still Astw Media War for The HawkEy by the Associated June Although an anti c THE me Story of Act From One Who Appreciates Its Merit June The navy dei has Ihe giving the detailed official report from Sampson upon the heroism of Lieutenant Hobson and his men In the sinking of the Merrimac in Santiago channel On Board United States Flagship New off June Per mil me lo call your special attention to Assistant Naval Constructor Hob As stated in special be fore corning I decided to make the harbor entrance secure against the possibility of egress of the Spanish ships by obstructing the narrow part of the entrance by sinking the collier at that Upon calling upon Hobson for his professional opinion as to a sure j method of sinking the he mani a most lively interest in the After several days of con sideration he presented a solution which he considered would insure the immediate sinking of the ship when she reached the described place in the This plan we prepared for execution when we reached American feeling continues the The plan a crew of only latest war news coupled with official warnings that such comments were en ing fitted for and both will be commercial interest to Ger ready by the end of next third fleet will probably comprise the many have compelled the newspapers OFFICIALLY June navy de has posted a bulletin an nouncing officially the landing of ma rines in force at Mill Morgan Ohio and CenI to modify their ultra pro sjm if the latter is accepted after pathies and some of them are In the person of Hobson to conduct the desperate Reference was made in Sampsons statement to the in spiring letter of Secretary Long as the basis for the request for Hobsons pro With the consent of Secretary into but received no Guantanamo is forty miles east ot and is a location for base of supplies for the blockading It is understood the island of Cuba is entirely cut off fmm cable communication with the outside A report here has it that the cable i JL me the particular passage in the letI cut the caWe at ter to which Admiral Sampson referred is now made It Each man engaged in the work of inshore squadron should have in him stuff out of which to make a possible Cushing and if the man the recognition given him shall be as great as that given so far as the depart ment can bring this Signed John Hobson has won and if he escapes trora his present thraldom the navy department will redeem its A consultation of the records of the navy department shows the recognition ac corded Cushing was advancement one fall In addition he was given a vote of thanks by If Hob son la rewarded in the same be if kept in his be raised to lank of lieutenant commander at least that the same day the Louis cut the cable running from Guantanamo to Mole She was interrupted by shells frr m the but the Marblehead sent several shells at the soldiers and scattered TRANSPORTS ARE How the Chased Two Boats and Turned Them Special Dispatch to The Port June the time when the unwelcome message de laying the expedition to Santiago reached General General i at the Tampa Bay hotel having re made full constructor instead of Jt from thirty large which he now were lying at anchor off this BULL STILL FOR ALLIANCE It Is One Point Upon Which Brit ish Tories and Liberals FAVOR UNION WITH for The HawkEye oy by the Associated point with steam up and crowded with horses and immense supplies of ammunition and general stores Speech With France In by to The June animated de bate in the house of commons last This was pay day for the Nebraska and North Dakota about forty thousand dollars being disbursed to ihe and twentyfive thousand dol lars to the ning to admit that Spain is in a peril seven men and who begged that it might be lo Anchor chains were arranged on deck for both forward and the plan including the anchoring of the ship almost As soon as I reached Santiago and ous The Deutsche Zeitung nad the collier to work the de says it thinks the moment has arrived for diplomatic intervention In regard to the Philippine islands and adds tails were completed and diligently hoping to complete them in one as the moon tide served best confidently expect foreign offices he after our Not Off June via j to on one of the most im Port June Invasion of Cuba by the American forces began Six hundred ma Ines pitched their tents about the ruins of the outer fortifica tions of and the stars portant military expeditions ever un by the United States govern Two of these the San Marcus and had already starred on their way to Cuba when or ders were given to the commander of stripes for the first time float on j thp gunboat Castine to overhaul the a Spanish flagstaff in To Cap and notify them to return to Port Clark and the battleship Oregon Tampa at The transports are fast and it was not until after midnight that they reached their the honor of accomplishing the first successful landing of the marines from the battleship 1 former the Castine having had a hard chase to catch up with GENERAL LEES of mmd Men to Be THE Went ashore this morning and pied the left entrance of the bay until troops from the ship Panther arrived 600 tinder the of CoL R Hunt arrived at 3 and within an hour they had burned the of the Spanish camp and set to the miserable little village which the beach under the hilltop The whole operation silencing the guns and landing the forces was as easy as placing a Sun day school The by the Vixen and fire on the earthworks yester The shores to the right of the were lined with guns and but the Spaniards stampeded firing a few The city of amo lies four miles up the ana a Spanish came to shore but just lone enough to turn Numerous shots were Bred by the but not one landed ana Americans were The main fort lies within the city limits and IB to be but It is not In June Lees force ts to embark at the censorship at Tampa is so rigorous that unofficial Washington is in dark about what is going on but a private letter received today said that General Shatter had only about men in his expedition and was about to take thirty As there are forty odd transports and about troops he will leave a large force and many ships lor General The un is that and Lee trill take only or men in their night on the motion for a reduction in j the foreign office vote is the most em phatic evidence yet produced of the complete unity of the English radical tories on the question of ican most powerful attack on the governments foreign policy in general especially singled out Chamberlains worded assault on in t Then pars ing to the bait which Chamberlain held out to Asquith add in words which will live What have we done or suffered hat we now have to go touting for alliances in the highways and byways Eu rope The phrase brought down the but so did immediate exception favor of an ican and on this one matter every subsequent whatever hi it was the only point in Chamberlains speech to awaken liberal The unani mity was much more striking because of Ihe wide difference springing up be tween Ihe and the Rus and the advocates of European military alliances and Eng lands continued At the same time there is a wide spread feeling that Chamberlain is too even in the matter of AngloAmerican in tor much of a too almost on Englands need of American It is very difficult to trace in the minds of Englishman generally any realization of this need They welcome American on the broad grounds of mutual inter est and racial but they wil not admit that England is any the less prepared to work out her worldwide THE THIRD FLEET OF MANILA to Carry Thou of the Uncle San June far as is now the third Manila fleet will consist of the Vic Arizona and possibly the City of The steamship Peru is the next Pacific mail vessel due from She is an American ship and may be taken for a The City of Rio de Janeiro and the Alameda are also likely to be chartered or im pressed into service when they arrive from across the The govern ment has fixed the following war valu ations on Pacific mail steamers already taken City of City of If any of these vessels are destroyed by the the government will have to pay the If any of the vessels are lost by the action of the the company must stand the The it is to act speedily and as we cannot allow the islands to pass into withstanding the hour of four in the morning had the preparations the hands of The j were After a care Zeitung says In the Philippines j Of the final preparations Spains punishment for centuries of j was relinquish the plan for that as dawn was pays a day for use of the Zea landia and For the tug Fearless was th tug Act and the tug The colliers Peter Johnson and now the Brutus and ost the nation The char uf the Morgan City is a The Senator and City of Pueblo laving been must be returned or their which is consid paid to the Pacific Coast It is regarded as SPANISH FRIENDS HOPE June A Sunday special destiny as Mr Chamberlain Is pushing the bagman to his hurry to finish off bis deal and misrule is the Posl of city admits that Spains affairs have arrived at a critical stage and says If in addition to other the throne is upset by a civil Spain would lose all the sympathy hitherto felt for her by the continental The newspapers continue to charge Americans with cowardice for not at lacking the Spaniards whom until re Ihe Americans regarded as foes unworthy of their A member of the general staff in an interview with the Associated Press said It is hard for the trained soldier of the Eu ropean mold to suppress sentiment akin to contempt when reading the accounts of what thus far has been done or rather left by the American army the Spanish troops in Cu With no Spanish fleet to worry money and transportation in all the men needed at their command they have been unable to thus far even effect a landing of after the enormous boasting of the American press and who sys belittled Ihe Spaniards for months before the outbreak of hostili ties this failure is doubly The above are apparently Hobson begged to try It at all this which proved more pro as a prompt start could Nothing could have been more gallantly We waited impa after the by the Span had When they did not reappear from the harbor at 6 oclock I feared that they all had The steam which had been sent in charge of Naval Cadet Powell to rescue the appeared at this coming out under the persistent fire of the but brought none of the A careful inspection of the harbor from the ship showed the had been sunk in the This afternoon the chief of staff at Admiral Cervera came out under a flag of truce with a letter from the ad extolling the bravery of the crew in an unusual I cannot myself too earnestly express my ap of the conduct of Hobson and his gallant I venture to say that a more brave and daring thins has not been done since the Gushing blew up the Referring to the inspiring letter you addressed to the officers at the begin ning of the I am sure you ot fer suitable professional reward to Hobson and I must that Commander Miller relin his command wilh Ihe very greatest believing that he should retain command under all cir was finally convinced that an attempt of another person to carry out a multitude of de tails which had been in preparation by Hobson might endanger their proper took the lib erty to relieve him for this reason There were hundreds of volunteers anxious to were 150 from the nearly as many from this and a large number from all the other officers and men I DEBATE GROWS Hitt and Dinsmore Take Extreme Positions on the HITT SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT Out ot and tn Take What June Hawaiian debate in the house began Hitt of Dinsmore of Arkansas ranking the republican democratic members respectively of the commit tee on foreign opened the debate for and against Clark of spoke for opposi probable that they were impressed be cause Senator Perkins one of the and no member of congress can a party to a contract with the gov Seven of artillery will gc lo Manila if plans are car ried Orders have been Issued for K and of the Third now at the to Join the command of General Merritt for duty in the Light Bat teries D and from the Sixth artil stationed at Washington barracks and Fort will Tuesday for San They will also report lo General Besides the now al the Presidio and those from the the expedition will have the Utah A of mountain howitzers for use in the Philippines has arrived at the It has been placed in charge of It is semiofficially announced that Brigadier General Otis has choa en for adjutant general of the Fourth brigade Captain son of United States Senator of New and for brigade son of Amos Kim at present depot quar at New York Adea The of ropean intervention of little encouragement held out by the cabinets A high official of a foreign office has positively assured j the Associated Press that neither France nor Russia intends to intervene at the present The feasibility and probability of an AngloAmerican alliance is widespread in the German though the idea is universally scoffed at as Papers here profess not to believe in the possi bility of such an and point out an array of alleged showing why Ihe of Ihe Iwo cannot travel in parallel declar ing Englands anxiety for alliance due to fear engendered by her present isola The foreign office does not take the matter It Is said al that Cornelius fearing capture by the Spanish is to leave his yacht at Odessa until peace Is A great deal of importance is attached to Emperor Williams lo II Is suggested thai besides ending the pretensions of France lo Ihe right to protection to all Chris tians in the easl may result in securing Asia Minor as a field for German colon ization by the conclusion of a state treaty with It is pointed out that Ihe sullan will find difficulty in refusing such proposal from the em especially as it is a fact that Germans are already invading Asia Minor as well as systemat ically and Walker of of New Gillett of in advocacy of he of chairman of the com littee on foreign opened Ihe lebate in favor of He re viewed the history of Ihe of the past five and of the desire of the Hawaiian republic for an He said the only question for consideration was whether it would wise for the government to take whal was Referring lo Ihe strategic importance of the islands h said nineteen great powers kepi rep constantly there to watch their because of the peculiar location of the Hitt quoted many naval authorities as to the importance of their posses He pointed out that no flet could sail from Asiatic waters to ap erate against our western coast without at The control of these islands would be practically an effectual barrier to attack on our west ern Hitt paid a lo the character of Ihe Americans who have in Ihe place of a monarchy revolutionary move Hilt said They are the men who took the worthless queen and her from her throne when she at lo disregard Ihe property rights and ignore the constitution wrung from her Dinsmore declared his belief that no constitutional power existed to annex by joint as proposed and op posed annexation as being Replying to those who contend that Hawaii is a commercial and naval necessity as a supply station he declared there was already a route lo Hong and Manila from San by Ihe way of ihe Aleutian American 800 miles shorter than the Hawaiian Dinsmore argued that annexa tion would mean foreign entanglement in this He protested against the suggested AngloAmerican alliance as being something much to be desired by England but to be by ihe United of opposed the reso He spoke against an enlarged colonization policy as something gorg eous in but fatal in experi ence or else all history declared the Missouri mem in a if this policy is pursued as jingoes want it and if you are here presiding over the twenty years you will be called upon to recognize the gentlemen from the gentlemen from the gentlemen from Porto the gentlemen from the gentle men from Hong the gentlemen from and with fear the gentlemen from the Cannibal as they gaze with gleaming eyes and glistening teeth upon your Imposing tempting A great laugh fol lowed this speech from the of New was Reed occupying temporarily a seat upon the The laughter was renewed when Clarke added Its un necessary to say I prepared that for tha regular occupant of the It June an is It has been cer tain from the moment the republican national convention at Louis de clared for There has been tremen dous opposition to this republican policy in many but it will go by the Whatever strength there may have been in the argument of tha inadvisability of acquiring foreign ter and creating a socalled rotten every consideration of that sort has been swept away by the exi gency of Without design tha American flag has been raised in the distant Orient at of and whether under the die y in Hawaii and who now dare to act in Luzon at least is sundered dependently of the world in the time of I the Spanish government Ihe After re The importance the trade with
