Show OPERA BOUFFE WAR The London Times commenting on the war says that little seems to have been done on either side except to consume gunpowder remarking also that there is one thing at least the admirals ad-mirals and generals on both sides are accomplishing with great steadiness They are spending large sums of II money which their governments must provide There is but too much truth In this Little is being done and there seems to I be small prospect that much more is to be done Our squadrons in Cuban waters I wa-ters are going around shelling various places but accomplishing little or nothing It seems that they locate I few batteries but if the batteries are not destroyed what good does their location do In the bombardment of Santiago it appears that great shells were thrown all around the Cristobal Colon making the water splash like a lot of boys in swimming but not hitting hit-ting her Engaging in bombardments where the ammunition expended costs anywhere from a quarter to half a million mil-lion dollars and accomplishing prac I tically nothing gets to oe expensive And what is the army doing It is indulging in sham battles while the Cuban patriots are suffering under the yoke of Spanish tyranny In the account ac-count of this great sham battle at Chickamauga such important news as this is sent out to the country and tha world During the engagement Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Astor who was greatly interested in the battle became detached from the generals staff was surrounded by the enemy and was being be-ing carried off as a prisoner of war when an officer Interfered and ordered his release He was in a terribly dangerous position posi-tion wasnt he Who was the officer that interfered and ordered his release re-lease This officer should be kept within easy call when the army gets to Cuba if it ever docs The historian of the war to date should be an Offqnbach |