The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1898. PLANS OF CONQUEST HAVE BEEN MATURED SPAIN'S DEFEAT LOOKED UPON e CERTAIN The Taking of Havana Will Be the Great and Decisive Battle of the GALL: S@FFICE: War. Riggs | Porto Rico are being as seri- [night that he had no doubt House, Washington, May 31.|ously considered as if we [the Spanish fleet would be —The Associated Press re-|were already in possession. }captured or destroyed within ports were from Cape Haytien It was decided to in- shown to Secretary yade Porto Rico imme-| |a short time. It is evidently the ex- L\irwf; by The Call correspond-| djately after the capture |pectation in naval cir- ent nmnedl.ate;y upon their | gf Santiago by a com-|cles that when Commo- receipt to-night. When told hinedland and sea force. |dore Schley begins to that the batteries at Santiago were being bombarded hej seemed not to be surprised. | He was evidently expecting | some such information, but| when informed that a later report from the same source indicated that Schley had| given battle to the Spanish| fleet he shook his head and| saidismilingly : “I do not be- ‘ > that statement cani vould seem to indi- t while Schley is ex- to reduce the fortifi- | , and may be doing 50‘1 w, he will not enter the roor. Secretary Long said that a| dispatch had been received| from Commodore Schley this ernoon stating that another | r had been seen in the : making three alto- He has no doubt that | whole: six are \vithin,i : the Maria Theresa, Viz-| , Cristobal Colon, Oquen- | and the two torpedo boat | irlons [ viz The general feeling in Washington is that,while | the war is by no means| ended and may be pro- longed, Spain is already | defeated. With her Ma-| nila fleet annihilated, Blanco and the entire island of Cuba sur- rounded and being starved into submission and Cervera’s ships and men in a miserable plight in Santiago har- bor, Spain has only her so-called reserve fleet now, and it is by no means as formidable as represented. The list as wired from Madrid from time to time is formidable enough, but it is all on paper. The bureau of naval intelligence has re- ceived reports of its condi- tion. There are -only two vessels that are worthy of notice, the battle-ship Pelayo and the Carlos V. The rest are in a badly dilapidated condition. That the President and his Cabinet are of the opinion that Spain is already beaten is indicated by the discus- sions in the Cabinet confer- ence, where the disposition of the Philiepines apd of It was represented to the | President by Senator Spooner | and others that in order to| hold Porto Rico or any other | of Spain’s islands, they must | be in our possession at the| close of hostilities, or when the treaty of peace is nego- tiated. Senator Davis, chair- man of the Foreign Relations Committee, concurred in this | opinion. Therefore, believing that the war would end with the capitulation of Havana, the President and Cabinet]| decided to invest Porto Rico by land and by sea. and cap- | ture and hold the island tem~- | porarily at least. The impression is growing here that President McKinley | is in favor of the permanent occupation of both these isl- | ands. So far as the Philip- pines are concerned it is hard to put any other interpretation on the policy of the adminis- tration in strengthening Dewey’s position by such a| formidable array of warships and big body of troops. Still another vessel is to be sent to Manila besides the Monterey. Secretary Long said to The Call correspond- ent to-night that the monitor Monadnock will be sent as soon as she can be made ready. She has been ordered to San Francisco. The Mo- nadnock is a vessel of nearly 4000 tons, has a speed of twelve knots, and carries four 10-inch rifles and two 4-inch rapid firing guns. The vessel will undergo some repairs at Mare Island. Like the Mon- terey, she will have to be towed, for her coal carrying capacity is limited. Secretary Long when asked if any ves- sel would be left for coast defense at San Francisco, said the Philadelphia would re- main there. There is no longerany doubt that Santiago is the objective point of the troops now depart- ing from Tampa. The Navy Department has thrown off much of its re- serve since it became defi- nitely and positively known that Cervera’s fleet was inside the harbor. Secretary Long is well pleased with the naval cam- aign thus far. He said to- knock Santiago’s forts to pieces Admiral Cer- vera will be in honor bound to sally forth and give battle to Schley outside the harbor. It is pointed out that any other course would be an exhibition of abject coward- ice. But whether or not he emerges from his present security, his vesse!s will soon be stormed by the siege guns {operated by our land forces from the hills surrounding Santiago. The capture of Santiago has been undertaken for a two- fold purpose—the destruc- |tion of Cervera and the es- tablishment of a Cuban Gov- ernment there, under whose auspices the work of reliev- ing the reconcentrados might be undertaken. The city was | formerly the capital of Cuba, |and is in a province which is now in the possession of the insurgents. Already the President has begun to prepare to help these | people, and the commissary general of the army has pre- pared an estimate of $g5,000,- ooo for the purchase of suffi- cient supplies to feed 150,000 reconcentrados for three months. Santiago will certainly be under a state of siege tefore the end of this week. Many |of the troops have already embarked from Tampa and have now reached Key |West. These include the | heavy artillery, with siege | guns, the engineer corps with its pontoons for landing and its force of road builders and intrenchings tools. Blanco is helpless. He can ido nothing to aid Cervera. | The length of Cuba filled with a hostile army lies be- tween them. The Spanish force at Santiago is small. It is not believed to number {5000 troops. The batteries of Santiago and the ships of Cervera must depend on themselves to repel the Amer- ican army and navy. It is said without reserve by the highest administration officers to-day that immedi- ately after Santiago’s fall the occupation of Porto Rico will be undertaken, and the inti- lmafion is made that Bo.ooolot the steamer was full of water. This Shows the Harbor and the Coasts for Twelve and Fifteen Miles BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE VICINITY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. to the West and East of the Entrance and the Several Approaches Therefrom to the City, With the Spanish Fleet Inside and Admiral Schley’s Squadron Guarding the Entrance. about one year ago and registered about 1800 tons. Her cargo consisted of 26,000 bunches of bananas and 300 bags of cocoanuts. NEW YORK, May 31.—A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says: The feeling has grown almost to conviction here that the Spaniards wrecked the steamer Belvedere by changing the light on Cape Maysi, and captured Dr. Domingo Mendez Capote, Vice- President of the republic of Cuba, who was a passenger. The Belvedere had men will be landed in the western part of the island. Then will come the siege of Havana. One hundred thousand Amer- jcan troops will join from Kingston, Jamaica, says: The | report is current here that the deck of | the Belvedere, which was wrecked at Cape Maysi, was covered with blood, indicating a severe fight. Captain An- derson of the Beverly, which arrived to-day, says the Belvedere is lying on | the rocks pointing seaward. She seemed to be stripped of nearly all that could be moved. The lighthouse is about four miles away, but -on account | of the hills the coast tenders probably | cannot see the Belvedere. As the coast is usually deserted, the vessel is not likely to be boarded from the shore. ROUGH RIDERS PASS | THROUGH NEW ORLEANS Nearly a Thousand Officers and Men and About as Many Horses and Mules. NEW ORLEANS, May 3L.—Roose- velt’'s rough riders have been passing through New Orleans all day. The command consists of 900 officers and | stronghold. Army of- ficers are of the opinion | that this will be a great battle. General John M. | Wilson, chief of engi-| neers, says that Havana | is now one of the best fortified cities in the world. Defensive works, of which he has plans, have been erected all around Havana for a dis- tance of twenty - five| with General Gomez in|twenty other passengers, who are i ,_ | thought to be in the enemy’s hands. attackin g Blanco’s| NEW YORK, May 3L—A copy-| & righted cablegram to the Herald | 4 miles, and 100,000 well | dr.nlled Spanish SOld'e_"S O e e will be there to resist ——— the American invasion. 0009900000900 980 0690900062080 00000000 0 STRENGTH OF SPAIN’'S RESERVE SQUADRON LONDON, May $1.—The Madrid correspondent of the Standard, telegraphing Sunday by way of Bayonne, says: The reserve squadron now undergoing speed trials and gun trials outside Cadiz is composed of the battle-ship Pelayo, with 821 men; the armored cruiser Emperador Carlos V, with 417 men; the cruiser Al- fonso XII, with 361 men; the auxiliary cruisers Patriota and Rapido, each with 175 men, and four torpedo-boat destroyers, each with 120 men. When these vessels are ready to start Admiral Camara hopes to take with them seven transatlantic steamers now prep g at Cadiz. > They are armed with Krupp guns and quick-firing g a y 250 men each. They will serve at the same time as car of war stores for the squadron, which will also carry a strong force of marines and provisions for six months. A XXX 2 XX 4 ERCRCRORORORCRORRORCROR RO RCROR R X 3 @ PR XX R R IR R I S S R A R S A Colonel Wood led the first|seen to-day off Port Antonio, on the Colonel Roosevelt is with the | north coast of Jamaica, twenty-five mules. division. | last section, and did not arrive until | miles northwest of Morant Point, on after midnight. The command occu- |the eastern extremity of the island. pied 100 cars altogether. | ———— BIG FLEET SEEN l OFF PORT ANTONIO. Supposed to Be the Vessels Under Command of Kear Admiral Sampson. LONDON, May 31.—A dispatch to the ‘ Daily Mail from Kingston, dated Tues- day, says: country, but that if the Government is A large American squadron, supposed | unable to protect them they will be to be Rear Admiral Sampson’s, was |forced to abandon the Philippines. Friars Ask for Protection. MADRID, May the various missionary or Philippines ha —The superiors of in the friars are subject to persec assassina- tion through the machinations of secret | societies there and in Spain. The mes- sage further declares that the friars are willing to give their lives property in defense of the ADVERTISEMENTS. This will be the great| and, it is believed, the concluding battle of the war. FAKE OF THE YELLOW “JOURNAL” EXPOSED. It Claims to Have Possession of a Flag Captured by Admiral Dewey. NEW YORK, May 31.—Under the caption “Fake Flag for Fools,” the World prints the following dispatch from Washington: Claims are made by a New York newspaper (the Jour- nal), faked for fools, that it has pos- session of a flag captured by Admiral Dewey from the flagship of the Span- ish fleet at Manila. These claims, ac- cording to the statutes, are without foundation. Section 1564, Revised Statutes, provides: start on. If he nurses it and amends for the waste, you are “The Secretary of the Navy shall cause to be collected and transmitted to him at the seat of government all flags, standards or colors captured from the enemies of the United States.” The next secticn directs him to de- liver them to the President for the purpose of being “preserved and dis- played” under the direction of the President. These laws are mandatory, | and must be obeyed by the President | as well as by the humblest citizen. Before these flags can pass out of the | possession of the Government, a special | act of Congress is required, and as proof of the correctness of this state- ment, a measure is now pending in Congress authorizing the President to return the captured Confederate flags. SRR STEAMSHIP BELVEDERE LOST ON CUBA'S COAST. Spaniards May Have Captured the | Vice-President of the Island Republic. BOSTON, May 31.—The Boston Fruit | Company received a cablegram to-day | announcing that its large steamer Bel- | vedere, which left Jamaica last ‘Wednesday night for Boston, is ashore on Cape Maysi, on the eastern end of Cuba, and is probably a total wreck. The fate of the passengers and crew is unknown, although it is thought they were rescued. The company states that among the passengers was Senor Capote, Vice-President of the Cuban republic. i It is thought that the Belvedere was wrecked late Wednesday night. 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