| Show TIE FLEET I IS THERE The Spanish Squadron at Santiago de Cuba Sure REPORT BELIEVED TO BE AUTHENTIC nor Uiiriailil Thinks tile Tlnco In UulrM Bin Iliinr ot Supplies tit I Washington D C May 20 The navy department posted the following fol-lowing bulletin at tho close of otc hours 1 The navy department has information informa-tion which U I believed to be authentic that the Spanish squadron under Ad Intend Cervera Is I at Santiago cle Cuba WHAT QUESADA THINKS Washington D C llnv 20 1 the Spanish let la at Santiago de Cuba the fact Is I p bably not known I o n m n nH r officially at the navy department today to-day notwithstanding the fact that the department has been using all of the machinery ot the consular service In addition to the Services of numerous outing vessels tu got and keep track 01 the elusive foe Tho war board went Into session early In tho day probably to consider and weigh the newspaper 101 iiorts na to the the movements of the Spanish fleet klie fact that tile first J eiiad tri eams favra Aludild wag regarded as lit taelf a suspicious circumstance for It U I hardly to be supposed that the Span lard I are such Simple stiatetrlete an to advise us 01 their plans In that manner Tho other report regarded ns confirm tor of the Mnilrlil cable namely that 11 the steamer Dula upon 1 close readIng read-Ing failed to Indicate whether the warships war-ships seen from that vessel were American Ameri-can or hpai jsh Altogether the general billet at the department was that the Whereabouts 01 the Snnlur are still In douht Oen Miles had another long consul atlon today with Socictary Long antI ant-I hose repented meetings are construed firm to itimn that a poInt has ben cached In the campaign where the nny finds 1 necessary to call upon the navy for convoys to take lh troops to Cuba 1 Is I realized that this vork la I extra hazarelou at present Como always are exposed to destruction des-truction at the hands of a determined enemy and with a Yquadron 01 it ret Spanish cruisers still torpedo gunbnata o great speed lying In wait some her near IJubn nothing hut the most formidable conoysuch as would be nf lorded by all of Samson and Uileys Ironclads solve the monitors mould ulee to give II reasonable doge do-ge o protection against attack There are Indications that the military tar expedition will make Its real start from Key West unless the atmosphere clears through the destruction or disappearance dis-appearance from Cuban wa term 01 the Spanish net I the start Is I made from Port Tampa the ships with their heavy lOad nf troops and store will be exposed ex-posed to attack almost thirty hours not allowing for the possibility 01 pending much additional time off the Cuban costal J 11tlg for San opportunIty opportun-Ity to land On the other hand If the tort Is I made from Key West the final starting ot the journey will be reduced to the daylight hours nt one day While the report from Madrid that the Spanish squadron la I nt Santiago is I received with some mllvllg yt the officials 01 the Cuban delegation hen Consider the report accurate ns I bear out mhat there officials olnt1 out when the Spanish fleet first reached Martinique as to the probable course the Spanish admiral would take Ilelng well acquainted with the Cuban coast Its facilities for larding etc Secretary Qudn sold at the outset that Admlr I al Ceera would seek to elud the American fleet and by n circuitous route would mk for fntago Thin Mr Quesada pointed out was the natural nat-ural move by which the Spanish admiral ad-miral would escape battle and would be most secure In making 1 landing < on Cuban soil The present repoilanppcnr to bear out this theory Mr Quesada Field today that the Spanish admiral would IIml hlm1 rsrloiuly hanllcappe1 1 nt Santiago I I will be useless for him to utcmpt 10 land provislonva land upple to succor Blanco at Inonl all i theo Is no railroad rail-road communleation between Santiago and Havana unit nn overland trip would tko alt 1 weeks or two months Braider Ill rl A jueaada Bass tho I Cuban troops overrun the eastern end of the Island mounding Santiago and It would bo Impotnlbli for Span Ih ouplle tn be I carried overland through a country full 01 Cuban hands hem are said to be about 2000 Cuban troops In tho Immediate neighborhood of Santiago but report recently brought to the Cuban official here Fhow that they lack ammunition sufficient suf-ficient for nn elTectlvc assault on Santiago If he Spanish fleet Is I at Santiago Mr Quesnda says about till It can aecomlol Ill I to secure n base of operations In a fairly well fortl fled harbor nnd Hire to lay In coal from coUers which ate l1ndrtoo to have red1 the fleet there I LONDON INTERESTED London tiny OTho report nf the arrival of Admiral Cenera Ot at Santiago di Ciibn List revived the Interest In-terest 01 London In the wAll w-All the Information thus far come from Spanish Fourcea and there li I much fpciulalltn an to why the Spanish Span-ish authorities permitted the news to bo published I 1 MtTI ttlNU TIHVR1 OUT ne hterq Ipr to Cialry Toa 10 tlir rillllni San Francisco May 20Th Evening Ilulletln pays Arrangements have Ioon md nr the chnrirriir nO I landla due hero from Honolulu on the 21th of Hi1 t l h th the chartering of tho steamer China duo here from the nil 1 < i h ore restart it g consummation Tills makes five stearturst chartered hy the government govern-ment to lit I ud tali trarsrt grn Philippine Iland as follows Steam err Cltv 0 Ilcln City of Sydney All stralla 1lanl unit ChIna Th Ort throe named will leave this city within a fv lay 01 kich Ither Ilia morrow ality of The lltkin probably anti Veliandia Falling cannot can-not go hfor the 151h 01 next month anlIll probably Ist I arneorted to their deal I lI by 1lr Philadelphia tl I r Is I almost rend to go Into ommllon I I |
