Salt Lake Herald | 1898-05-14 | Page 2 | Spain Fears the Results

SPAIN FEARS SHE RESULT Admitted That Sampsons Fleet Is the Stronger Madrid May 2Tne entire press greets the sole success of the Spaniards at Cardenas and at Cienfuegos as being a god augury for the future and hope is a 1 1 o revived on the subject of Manila th bi hef balng expressed that the port my be recovered owing to the time n aci must elapse in preparing the edo fOnMnrnts for Rear Admiral Dewey which i is claimed here will give time for th Spanish expedition to arrive at the Philippines Muny of the newspapers express satisfaction satis-faction at the arrival of the Spanish squadron at the island of Martinique while others question the wisdom of erS psing the Spanish ships to those ot Rear Admiral Sapsons fleet which is ad mttcd t be superior to the Spanish fleet The naval and military men in this city Buy they would have preferred to have lizul Admiral Cervero bteer direct for the Anurlcan cost of the ports United States and bombard A dispatch received from Fort de France island of Martinique says en thuolasm is great among the crews of the Spanish ships there Government officials daIs refuse to say anything about the instructions cabled to Admiral Caver