The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1898, Page 1

AT oy / » — I‘I\‘. { O graT=E Call This Paper not to be taken from the Library.++++ i) T YOLUME LXXXIII.—NO. 172. SAN FRANOCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ® WILL THE ENEMY RON OR GIVE BATTLE? This Is the Most Serious Problem Now Troubling the Adminis- tration at Washington. General Merritt Will Leave To-Day for Sam Francisco.! He Is to Have All the Troops That He Thinks Necessary. ' CALL OFFICE, RIGGS HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2zo. Instructions were to-day tele-| graphed to Admiral Sampson at Key West to coal and provision his ships without delay, 'to take on board all| available supplies of ammunition and start at the earliest possible moment in pursuit of the Spanish fleet now be- lieved to be at Santiago de Cuba. tory instracsions sje beieved| LAY £ ERIC 5 ] to outline. the preparations re- DrOblem that the ad‘{ e, Wl St ministration. would ernoon, stating that “events give mUCh to solve‘ of surpassing interest are ex- ‘(O-night. pected to develop near here| 5 within twenty - four hours, | If Cervera means either to details of the movements not | ?a1l to Havana OE to offer bat_- being permitted to pass the"le tq Sampson’s fleet, for it censor.” Secretary Long to- | 'S believed he has been ad- day suspended the rule re—;V‘SEd from Madrid to-day of garding the giving out of the whereaboutsof the Amer- news concerning fleet move- | /€40 squadron, his shortest ments long enough to con- | COUrse would be to steam firm two important press dis- estward along the Cuban| patches, one locating the coast and attempt to force a| 5 1 g Spanish fleet at Santiago and | passage through the Yucatan R GUNS BATTERING AT CUBAN FORTS : DON PASCUAL CERVERA. Rear Admiral of the Spanish Armada, Commander-in-Chief of the Squadron Which Has Just Succeeded in Getting Into Santiago de Cuba. (From a Photograph.) the other announcing the ar- | rival of Admiral Sampson at | KEV West. | This Shows the Approximate Positions and Probable Movements of the Spanish Fleet, Reported as Bound From Santiago de | Cuba to Cienfuegos, and the Several American Squadrons as far as Known. Concerning the first report the Secretary would only say | BIRDSEYE VIEW OF CUBA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS. that from the information re- | ceived by the department it | was believed that Admiral Cervera has entered the har- bor of Santiago de Cuba with his fleet. The earliest report made to the department by Admiral Sampson upon his arrival at Key West embraced the intelligence that the mag- azines of certain of his ships were in need of replenishing, having been depleted during the bombardments in which | the vessels had been en- gaged. Subsequently, by an ex- change of dispatches, it was developed that by a redistri- bution of the shells of cer- tain calibers among the ves- sels of the fleet only a few of the larger sizes would be : lacking and could be pro- channel. Dispatch boats of cured -at Key West without | tNe blockading Sqtiadies e delay. Hence the depart- patrolling this channel and ment does not expect that would speedily advise Samp- Admiral Sampson will remain {son of the presence of the more than twenty-four hours | Spanish fleet and thus pre- off the Fiorida coast. * cipitate the long - expected Will the Spanish encounter. Looking over the charts of fleet fight or run|santiago harbor to-day, the War Department soon discov- ered that the place would be a veritable rat trap for the Spaniards, with its narrow entrance, in which a single American monitor could blow up the whole Spanish fleet. v The officials of the Cuban Junta here have carefully canvassed the probabili- ties regarding Cervera’s movements, Continucd on Becond Page. Sreesan SCHLEY IS . BOMBARDING SANTIAGO 'Attack on the Cuban Port Bedun by the Warships Early This Morning. 'Hot Engagement With the Forts Is On, and the Result of the Combat Is in Doubt. LONDON, May 21.—The Chronicle’s special cable from Kingston, Jamaica, says: , Four of Schley’s squadron approach- ed Santiago last night and exchanged shots with the forts, but retired later. The dispatch says the bombardment ‘'was begun again this morning and the result is yet doubtful. The engagement is hot. CERVERA’'S MOVEMENTS. PlololololololelolotolotololololoSolOToroSIoToorSIooYotololOYoYolokol § MADRID, May 20 —Midnight—It is as= g |® serted that Admiral Cervera’s squadron has o '8 left Santiago de Cuba. 8 ® ® forololclalarororolclolololololoolololoRoRofolOJOIOJOI I CROY Y OROJOROR O] @ & | Daily Mail from Las Palmas, Canary MADRID, May 20, 8 a. m.—At & ys: ¢ 10 o’clock last evening the Minis- & [ ter of Marine, Captain Aunon, re- & | Ciudad de C: ceived a dispatch from Admiral © | the Cape Verde xeported Cervera, in command of the Cape © | b jncr 5 o B adea % | to be badly in need of rep o Verde squadron of the Spanish fleet. It read: “SANTIAGO - DE CUBA, May 19.—This morning I have without incident entered this port accompanied by squadron. CERVERA.” The Minister of Marine imme- diately went to the residence of the Premler, Senor Sagasta, and communicated this information. He then proceeded to the palace for the purpose of informing the Queen Regent, but her Majesty had already retired, and the news was conveyed to her by the Infanta Isabel. Captain Aunon then went to the Admiralty and c#bled his congratulations to Admiral Cer- vera on his arrival at Santlago de Cuba. Admiral Cervera, says a cable dispatch from Santiago de Cuba, did not sight an American ship during the voyage. He an- nounces that the crews of his ships are in perfect health and enthusiastic. Continuing, the dispatch says: “The blockading vessels quick- 1y left on the approach of the squadron, whose arrival has created the greatest excitement and enthusiasm at Santiago. Immediately crowds of people thronged the quays and cheered our sailors. Havana’s relief at the safe arrival of the fleet is very great, as it was feared the American ships which left the blockade there had gone to inter- cept the Spanish fleet. It is now believed the Americans fled in or- der to avoid a reverse.” A Spanish official version of the engagement they say has |ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE PLEASING TO SPAIN. | [ | Copyrighted, 133, by James Gordon Bennett. | | VALENCIA, May 20.—People feel re- lieved here that the advanced Spanish | squadron finally arrived across the At- lantic, even if only to play a game of hide and seek among the West India Islands. Its return to Spain without striking a blow or giving any evidence of fits strength would have been regarded as a moral defeat. A large and influential section of the Spanish press, far from regarding the suggested Anglo-American alliance with apprehension, hails it with a sort of grim satisfaction. With England as a declared enemy, openly allied with the United States, Spain, it argues, should no longer stand alone in her tre- mendous and unequal struggle. The big European powers, which, under | cover of selfish neutrality, have hitherto turned a deaf ear to the cry of justice and outraged international right and morality, would then be forced to take up the cause of this country from mo- | tives of self-interest, the only lever said to move them. EVIDENCE OF THE STRICT CENSORSHIP. 0000060000000 99000000000000000000060000000000000700000060060000600 ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, May 20— Important arrival from the north at noon to-day. This dispatch illustrates the strict- ness of the censorship which the Gov- ernment for good reasons has estab- lished over cable dispatches. Corre- | spondents are not permitted to cable anything in regard to the movements of American warships. The Herald-Call's correspondent has done the best he could. As there Wou;d | hardly have been any objection made taken place off Santiago de Cuba - @ | {o his cabling the arrival of foreign yesterday previous to the arri- | ships, the message evidently has refer- val cf the Spanish fleet says the © | ence to the arrival of an American American warships were re- @ | warship. What one can only be con- pulsed, and adds that one of @ | jectured, but it may have been the aux- them “u injured. & iliary cruiser St. Paul. @® T o - e iesbhar e b s ae IBRITISH STEAMER S SRS, Wy s heattog] - - PUTS INTO: WILLEMSTAD. s . to a Madrid dispatch Admiral Cer- copvrichted. 1898 by James Gordon Benpett. vera telegraphed that after coaling at | B;V}LLEMSTAD}:{ Curaco»lx. Mlxr 20.—The San tish steamer Restormel, with a cargo tiago de Cuba he would sail for | " ;) pound for La Guayra, put in here e | this morning, regcrUng that her machin- e i ery required slight repairs. This Govern- < alll 1 - SPANISH TCRPEDO J%’,“Jufi‘f‘ifii sthamer This has catsed OO@O@@0@?@@;@)@@00@00000000000006096@@\9‘/@@@@@(‘)@0@ @ BOATS AT CANARIES. | & belist shat fhe vorme mun Bave bcn LONDON, May T—a @ispaseh o tae mifal Corvera's Sosch