| Show M1M STRIKE Tilt ASIATIC SQUAD nn BpnnUh Flee Hint loulil Vullj Ontclsit Treat Par or 110 liuirUnu Nsily New York April IA naval officer volm Is I close to Admiral Dunce COlli miindant of1 the llrouU I1I navy yard said last night I believe Ihe Spanish fleet will not strike In Cuban waters or even make it demonstration on the Allalllle coot It cannot cope with Capt Sampson I four battleships and three monitors I believe the Spaniards will strike In an unexpected quarter Mink any words n squadron of their OliO ormo1 cruisers will go to Pan find the whole world will he 1 kept npeculat Ing as to Its destination This squad ron Avill not he hd of for sometime some-time It will confront our Asiatic squadron AN l1lch mean life has moved on the Philippines and seemingly seeming-ly swept every thing before IU The Vlzcayu Oquemlj and Cardinal Clsneros or any three nf the eight Spanish erlllr would he moro than n mitch for our whole slallc qll < Iron I-ron which consists of the protected cruloern Olympia Baltimore Italelgh llonlon and the gunboats Concord find Petrel Only the failure of the Span lard to fight their shlpa or the most supreme valor And lupsrlor gunnery of tho squadron could Five our cruers from disaster |
