| Show i CAMARA TAKING GOAL I But His Squadron Is No Longer to I Be Feared I i LOSS OF THE DESTROYERS I I H BUT TWO GOOD FIGHTING VESSELS LEFT 1 Delay at Port Said Will Give Deweys Reinforcements lime to Arve i I American Consul Buys Up All LI I Coal Commodore Watson Preparing I Prepar-ing For I Expedition I Cairo June 30The following official of-ficial announcement was made this afternoon The Spanish ships at Port I i Said began coaling from their own colliers col-liers which arrived from Spain I The Egyptian government notified them that they could not allow this I and that i must stop forthwith and that they must also leave Port Said a the 24 hours limit had been greatly ex cetded The Spaniards then stated that their ships wanted repairs and began discharging coal and other material in order to repair Port Said June 30 10 p mThe Egyptian government this afternoon guve its sanction to the Spanish fleet I ccaling from its own transports and L the warships are now engaged in the I wcrk of taking on coal Additional coal hagarrived here The I Egyptian government had previously from tak I prohibited theSpanish fleet ing on berfrd any more coal than I enough to enable them to return to SsUn It is said the Egyptian government has invited the Spanish minister nowhere noW-here to advise Admiral Camara to withdraw his fleet from these iaters CATVrARAS COLLAPSE H Squadron Greatly Weakened Americans Buy the Coal Washington June 30 While not abating its close watch over the Cadiz fleet the navy department does not I i I feel the same degree of apprehension I respecting the movements of those ships as it did when the start was made for Port Said The government I has done everything possible within fair lines to prevent this fleet from reaching the Philippines and the I agents of the state department have been particularly successful in their work United States Consular Agent Broad bent has just made a master stroke which he reports to the department While the Spanish ships were seeking I permission of the Egyptian government govern-ment to take coal at Port Said the consular I con-sular officer succeeded In quietly buying i buy-ing up all the coal available at this place This amounted to 2000 to sand s-and i is in a good place to be shipped to Dewey to serve as a base of supplies sup-plies for Commodore Watsons eastern squadron when it enters the MediUr I ranean sea or to coal any American I vessels that may pass through the Suez canal bound to the Asiatic station if i it should be permissable for warships to take on coal at Port Said I I The news that reached the department depart-ment through the press reports that II Admiral Camara Is about to leave his torpedo boat destroyers at Port Said because they would be unable to I weather the monsoons that rage in the I Indian ocean at this season is believed at the navy department to presage the I dissolution of the squadron and the I b oft sc dp n abandonment of the cruise to the Philippines I ippines As these torpedo boat destroyers de-stroyers have proved their ability to I cross the Atlantic in bad weather it is Atatc the real reason for I turning them back is one that is almost most chronic in the Spanish navy namely a breakdown in the delicate I machinery of the war craft Leaving out the three destroyers there is very little left in the squadron of an offensive I of-fensive character aside from the battleship battle-ship Pelayo and the cruiser Carlos VAt V-At any rate the dropping of the destroyers de-stroyers will weaken Camaras squadron j squad-ron so materially i as to make his defeat de-feat soa foregone conculsion if IStg I should come together I I WATSONS PREPARATIONS A Four lilonths Cruise Off the Coast I of Spain Washington June 30It was announced an-nounced at the navy department this nounce I afternoon that the Spanish Cadiz squadron had paid the heavy Suez ca na tolls and was about to proceed I eastward through the canal though this statement was probably erroneous I in view of the later reports to the press indicating that the Spanish vessels were stopping for repairs The advices I ad-vices only hastened preparations making mak-ing for the departure of Commodore Watsons eastward squadron The commodore has reported to the navy department his arrival oft Santiago and is in consultation with Admiral Sampson respecting the details of the cruise which i is expected will occupy fully four months provided the war endures that length of time i The delays to which i the Spaniards It tt idt j i I are subject at Port Said ifP redound I very greatly to the advantage of Admiral I Ad-miral Dewey if Camara Is still in reali I ty bound for the Philippines for they ensure the arrival of almost tne whole I I of eGneral Merritts forces and almost certainly the cruiser Charleston and the monitors Monterey and Monadnock I before the Spanish squadron could I reach Manila harbor I SPAINS FLYING SQUADRON j Commander Sobral Will Conmand Montejo to 25e Courtmartialed I London June 30Toe Madrid correspondent cor-respondent of the Daily Mall says The I government ha ordered the formation of a small flying squadron composed I of the cruisers Alfonpo XII Meteor formerly Havel and the Cludad de I Cadi under command of Lieutenant Commander Jose Sobral formerly naval na-val attache of the Spanish embassy at Washington I The cabinet has decided to court martial Admiral Montejo for the Ca vite disaster and It is probable that General August captain general of the Phlpplnel will receive a large reward I re-ward wardccordin According to a special dispatch from Madrid the Spanish trunsAtlantlc steamers Isle d Luzon IgaacJo dc Loyola and San Augustin have left Cadiz for Porto Rico on fn important mission carrying large quantities of stores real and ammunition |
