Deseret Evening News | 1898-03-19 | Page 1 | No Mines in Havana Harbor

INO o INES I IN HAVANA HARBOR Marshal Martinez Campos Says the Story Is 1 I Invented by Spains Enemies I Woo lt In no a Foitlr AITalr Des rhuontnl In the ofictunstrore or the Port Jew York March la Marshal Martinez Mar-tinez CamiKjs replying to a question or the Madrid correspondent of the WorldS World-S isWhen When I was captaingeneral of Cuba Cu-ba rot the llrtt time I examined Into the question of land and coast defenses at lanl as el W the other Cuban Cu-ban Ports Nothing having hen don and In Iw or the Improvement 01 the still lory nl the end of IS05 1 again Ial attention to the matter But I dId nothing for the Interior defenses of the port nor did I think that It was the moment for doing so In any case I would not have 1 thought of constructing mines In I a port frequented by so many vessels 1 would have been very costly work ant would have driven commerce from that P9rt The assertions that hole been made c enoenlnl values In that port are among the may Infamous clllm sites invented by the en6mles of Spain