The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1898, Page 1

;er not " This Pa L to. be taken from e e " the Library. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Call SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1898. CUBAN INVASION WILL BE DELAYED NO LONGER PRESIDENT WEARY OF INACTIVITY Large American Force to Be Landed on the Island Immediately. VOLUME LXXXIIL—NO. 170. GLADSTONE WITH THE MAJORITY England’s Grand QJd Man Summoned to His Final Rest. Peaceful Close of the Career of One of the Greatest Statesmen of the Nipeteenth Century. .Dec. 20, 1809 | namely, an address to her Majesty, ..1831 ]praymg for a funeral =at the public 1832 | ge, and a monument erected in 1839 | Westminster Abbey. 1843 | 7Throughout the whole kingdom, every 1868 | public gathering added its words of 1874 | 8rief to the volume of national mourn- ., clearly volced in the telegram | from the Prince of Wales to Mr. Her- > | bert Gladstone: 1886 | "Ly thoughts are with you, your mother and your family at this trying tme you are experiencing. God grant that your fatkcr does not suffer. “ALBERT EDWARD.” At the banquet of the Home Counties Liberal Federation last evening, Sir | Bora at Liverpool... Graduated at Oxford Entered Parliament. Married..... Member of Cabinet. Prime Minister Resigned.... Second term. Resigned. Third term. Presented Home Rule Bill Retired from active public life HAWARDEN, May 18.—Will Gladstone died at § o’clock this morn- Mr. Gladstone had been uncon- though at Navy Department Receives News That the Battleship Oregon Is Now Sdafe. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, May 18. e Atlast the administration has.decided on a vigorous prosecu- SEIONN SUENED sy William Vernon Harcourt, Liberal . ¢ - ! : times he seemed to recognize for a mo- | leader in the House of Commons, in- | tion of the war. The President, tired of the dilatory tactics of ment some of the wat him. s '1vflf(,(,l,Tl\.w\(flgfe;n;mrf‘:‘r\-taxx\]-:»rg:t?; 1 the so-called Naval Strategy Board, and the failure to definitely “‘:l“::‘: grief, and left the room. The Duke of locate or overtake the Spanish ‘‘vanishing squadron,’’ has in- Haroto| e ‘:7‘;\')]i;)é(nrs]);i:x(:i?;g "éef;‘;: | structed Secretary o_f War Alge_r to prepare fo.r the immediate her hUs- | po pritieh Empire League, referred | invasion of Cuba without waiting for the Spanish fleet to show AP- | touchingly to the mourning scenes at itself. ed a few words xrnfiq‘n | ;:n‘“x;lry:::h ‘“ hp;?nwlivhgast:::(:::ayg{ Great activity was apparent at the War Department to- amy way; words which | In other places, Lord Horatio Davis, day. The members of General Miles’ staff were again ordered Lord George Hamilton, the Secretary tate for India, Henry Campbell- | nnerman and many others in Lon- don, as well as in Birmingham, Swan- sea, Cardiff, Liverpool, Edinburgh and elsewhere, at all sorts of gatherings, politicians, divines, agitators, refm‘m-‘ ers and women joined in the expression | of national and individual grief, while the press, without exception, published columns of detail and columuns of edi- | torial comments. It was the topic of the hour in Great Britain, but abroad the evidehces of sympathy were almost as universal. M. Faure, President of the French repub- to hold themselves in readiness to go south on short notice. It is understood that this sudden change in policy was brought about by the President himself, who since Sunday last has been very much disturbed over reports from Havana that only a remnant of the reconcentrados survived and that these were on the verge of starvation. Inasmuch as the relief of these wretched peoplé was the very reason for our armed in- tervention in Cuban affairs, the President is keenly{ sensitive to the criticism which points out that the very object of the war with Spain is being defeated by the present dilatory tac- tics of both army and navy. national funeral will prob- e accepted by the family, there e doubt that the remains 6f Mr. »ne will be laid to rest in the cetul graveyard at Hawarden ad- 1g the church where he was mar- go. other =z o THE NATION’S NAVAL HERO. Admiral George Dewey, as He Appeared on the Flagship Olympia, Amid a Rain of Shot and Shell, During the Fight With the . . . % he ifi f many of our | authoriti -d; v 3 Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. T Chhanel e n o eanle s ’s Weekly. now realizes that the longer it is de- | the report came from was not made T layed the more difficult will be the cap- | known, but the mere fact that Seere. ture of Havana. Blanco is not only tary Long regards the Oregon as sate taking advantage of our delay to throw | makes it possible that she has ;mssed 19.—Every 0000000000000 0C000000000000000 00000000000 00000000VOO0O00CO000 While President McKinley was at|ican battle-ship on such unequal terms first anxious to avoid shelling Cuba’s | was far from desirable and might capital, attended as it will bé by the | bring serious results. For this reason destruction of innocent live-. to say | the official information reaching the Reproduced from Lesl: WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE. stone. tension most keen and heartfelt—the House of Commons and Hawarden. Just before the House e yesterday a telegram from Mr. C one reach- ed Lord Stanley anr ng that his father was s Already, befo of grief seemed to fall over the scene of his triumphs, and from the present men turned to ings and doing A great lion lay dy- ing, his old colleagues, his one time enemies and followers, watching his last long fight with his last and im- placable foe, as they watched in past days his fight againet foes whom he could overcome. True to himself, he was ylelding slowly, inch by inch. It was generally felt at St. Stephen’s that his dying was but the sequel to that great scene witnessed four years ago when, his last speech spoken, he quitted the House without one word of spoken adieu. Anticipating ‘1e Inevitable, the mem- bers of the Government discussed the appropriate procedure to be observed, and resolved that no effort on their part should be wanting to mark a suit- able sense of ielr loss, Disregarding recent precedents, it was decided that the programme in Parliament should be the same as that | In two places, perhaps, was the his death, the hush | celved every bulletin. The press of Belgium, France, Italy and Greece, in a spontaneous outburst, recalled how many oppressed people during Mr. Gladstone’s life have offered hymns of praise for his intervention In their be- half; while in Madrid, even, the pros- pect of his death has caused a twenty- | four hour suspension of war animosity e past, recalling say- | edopted in the cases of the Harl of Chatham and of the younger Pitt, against England. Not the least point in this tribute to Mr. Gladstone was its profound una- nimity. STORY OF THE CAREER OF THE GRAND OLD MAN. How Gladstone Became One of the Greatest Statesmen of Modern Times. No Englishman of this century stood so high in certain qualities of states- manship as Mr. Gladstone. It is un- necessary to institute comparisons in preceding centuries. - The leaders of those past generations were not states- men of the legislative national type at all. They were the heads of parties, mostly aristocratic, on one side or the other, Whigs or Tories, or they were the personal agents or favorites of the monarchy. Statesmen professing to act for the people can hardly be said Continued on Fourth Page. NEW YORK, May 18.—While naval authorities believe Ha- vana is the ultimate destina- tion of Admiral Cervera’s squadron, and the Herald dis- patches show that General Blanco is expecting it, Secre- tary Long has the impression that it may turn up at Porto Rico. The question is, Where is it nowe? Advices to the Herald from Panama state that the rumor is current in Colon that the Spanish ships may come there to coal. Navy officials believe if the fleet is not already at San Juan, it is coaling somewhere off the Venezuela coast. Neither the Navy Department nor the Herald has been able to con- firm the reported presence of the fleet at San Juan, although ‘the Washington authorities place great credence in this report. One thing is certain: Admiral Cervera’s delay in seeking battle has afforded Sampson’s and Schley’s fleets an opportunity to effect a junction of their forces. Copyrighted, 1888, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, May 18.—No one here knows exactly where the Spanish fleet is. ~ In official quarters a rumor is current that it will reach Porto Rico. Popular comment is that it has gone to attack one of the United States ports. The German war frigate Geier ar- rived this morning. The city is absolutely quiet. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Benmett. PANAMA, May 18.—No re- port has reached here of the Spanish fleet since it left Curacao, but a rumor is cur- rent that it may put into Colon for . coal. As the declaration of neutrality re- 'gards coal as a contraband of war it will not be supplied. Copyrighted, 1898, by_J_n_mu Gordon Bennett. PORTO PLATA, May 18.— No Spanish fleet has been sighted here. The censor eliminates everything con- cerning the movements of the American warships. The Dominican cruiser President, from San Domingo, passed Mona Passage to-day. NEW YORK, May 18—A Washington special to the Herald says: The State and Navy . departments place WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE PHANTOM FLEET OF SPAIN? much credence in the report trom Porto Rico, published by the Herald, that the Spanish squadron has reached San Juan, but they have been unable to confirm it. None of the scouts have re- ported the fleet. Consul Van' Horne, at St. Thomas, cables that the only Spanish vessels sighted were three small gunboats and a trans- port. bound for San Juan. If Admiral Cervera’s squad- ron is not at San Juan, the belief here is that it is still coaling off * the Venezuela coast. SANTIAGO DE CUBA BOMBARDED. Three American Warships Reported to Have Fired Upon Morro Castle. NEW YORK, May 18.—The Sun in an extra prints the follow- ing from Havana: Three American warships to-day bombarded Morro Castle at Santiago de Cuba. Only slight damage was done. No details of the engagement have been received here. —_— Madrid’s War Faker at Work. MADRID, May 18.—An officlal dis- patch from Havana says: The food supply is assured for a long time. Ves- sels are arriving here from all parts, even from the United States. with pro- visions. up serviceable earthworks along the north coast, but there appears to be a | fair prospect that Admiral Cervera’'s fleet on this side of the Atlantic will soon be reinforced by the powerful bat- { tleship Pelayo, the cruisers Emperador | Carlos V, Alfonso XIII and several more torpedo-boats. He realizes that a mistake was made | in not following up the Manila victory | with the reduction of Havana's batter- | jes and a bombardment of the city in-| stead of sending Sampson on'a wild goose chase to San Juan, where little | was accomplished beyond damaging nsi principal fortifications. But it is not | not yet too late to recover from this! lost opportunity, and it was sald to-day | that the President had determined to | send 100,000 men to Cuba if necessary. | Secretary Long gave out the welcome | information to-day that the battleship | Oregon, the second largest craft in the American navy, had successfully com- pleted her long trip from San Fran- cisco, making the entire cirele of South America, and was now safe. Whether or not she has joined Admiral Samp- gon’s fleet the Secretary would not say. The rigid secrecy of the Navy Depart- ment was relaxed only enough to make known the best news the Navy Depart- ment had received since the battle of Manila, as it meant not only that the Oregon was out of harm’s way from a concerted attack on this one ship by the whole Spanish squadron now in southern waters, but also that her great fighting strength would be added to Admiral Sampson’s force in the near future, if. indeed, it had not already augmented the admiral’s strength. In all the trip covered more than 13,000 miles. The last stretch, from Bahia to the Windward Islands, has been followed with anxiety by naval officials, for, by a strange coincidence, the formidable Spanish squadron of armored cruisers and torpedo boats approached the Windward Islands at the very time when the Oregon was due there. It had been suspected that the Spanish admiral would try to in- tercept the battle-ship ,with his su- perior force, and before leaving Bahia Captain Clark of the Oregon was warned to keep a close lookout for the Spanish fleet. In reply Captain Clark expressed his confidence in being able to hold his own single-handed against all the Spanish cruisers. The only apprehen- gion he felt was as to torpedo boats under the Spanish admiral’s command, for these ara a new and practically untried element against the modern battle-ship, and Captain Clark, while confident of hclding out against these also, said & chance blow might be struck by them. Notwithstanding Captain Clark's as- surances. the Navy Department con- tinued to feel that a meeting between the Spanish squadron and the Amer- 5 to the northward of Islands. The cruiser Charleston, which started to-day on her long Jjourney to meet A_dmiral Dewey at Manila, should ar- rive there in about twenty-four days, allowing a couple of days at Honolull; for coal. The stock of ammunition which- the Charleston carries is believed to be the great essential just now, the fierce en- gagement at Cavite having consumed a the Windward | large part of the American admiral’'s shot and shell. There is a good deal of talk at the War Department to-day of the possi- bility of an issue by the President of another call for volunteers, but care- ful inquiry tends to warrant the state- ment that this is at least premature and that no further call is likely to issue until the aggregate number of soldiers already called for have responded and have been duly equipped for service. This last matter. the equipment of the new troops, is the main source of de- lay and promrises to become even worse in the near future. The Kearsarge and Kentucky will soon be ready for service; likewise the Newark, and it is belleved the cruisers Columbia and San Francisco, which have been stationed off the New Eng- land coast, are also under orders to pro- ceed south and join either Sampson cr Schley. The auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, Captain Sigsbee, arrived at Key West to-day. The addition of these war vessels will greatly strengthen the fighting and flying squadrons. There | will be a sufficient force not only to ef- fectually maintain the blockade of Cuba’s south coast, but for the siege of Havana. Blanco’s forces will be attacked by our land forces before re- lief can reach him from Admiral Cer- vera. Meanwhile the Board of Strategy, facetiously kncwn here as the “Board of Letharrv.” is without any informa- tion as to the present whereabouts of the Spaniards or their probable des- tination. All it appears to know is that the fleet sailed northwesterly from from Curacao. No confirmation of the report that the squadron iz now in the harbor of San Juan has been received either through the press or official dis- patches. If the Spa=!zrds are at San Juan no further strategy will be re- quired. They will either be fought to a finish in their own harbor or else its mouth will be )lockaded, and the Porto Ricans starveC into submission, while the slege of Havana is progressing. If the Spaniards kept on their north- westerly ce- o they should, by this time, be ves~ near Clenfuegos, where there are only a few small American vessels or else In the Yucatan Channel, with the idea of descending upon Ha- vana and ra!sing the blockade, It is altoget’ er improbable that the