| Show TAKING Tllr MlMSII TU IT Admlt lek p I IIk I Play be a Long Jail I sointleig noston Moss May t6Heor Admiral Ad-miral George K Uclknap retired Is I aekiiaw ledged as 0 man of rare experience experi-ence and ability Ho was one ot the luvys best tacticians and knows the West Indies waters thoroughly Ho sold last night f think If the Spanish squadron la I really blockaded In Santiago harbor that It will eventually be destroyed by our ships How long before this happens hap-pens Is of course hard to tell In Santiago 1 Cervera will be all the while eating up his provlxlons nnd there Is I no In tins by which he can obtain anew a-new supply I xuppose Cerveia knew what he was doing when he selected Santiago harbor The blockade of Cervera may last 1 long time I our ships destroy the land fortifications nnd make I uncomfortable for him he may come out and fight or he may send his torpedo boat destroyers out In the night There would be danger from those Iouts comIng nut along tu warl morning when the crew of our chips worn out by long watching and constant eXpectation are weary and tiled The destroyers would then have their best Opportunity They leave at such tremendous rate that It takes pretty rapid work to train I the rapid lire guns on them Of course tile seuich lights of the squadron will be I dlircted upon the channel all the ble I Into but even they are not Infalli bleOff Off Charleuto In the maneuvera seve1 our ago ono of the torpedo craft slipped by the blockading squadron squad-ron without being detected Cerveras wisest inclement lolid of course be 10 send out more thnn one destroyer all that he has at com I andot the Same time Coming fium different i noJ nldf directions our ships would flnd It moro dinicult to resist their deadly force As I have Paid the blockade maya may-a t I long time Cerveras pro 1lon tar rlnrlg horler hower all the time I and he may be forced to tattle I do not believe he will ever surrender without n battle Our ships will have to right to destroy or cap Sure him |
