| Show A SltMMI SHOT KrltlKIH At thin clUtnno and with the lights now before m It looks very much al Ir our naval cOlnlnnnJr To pro 01 tlmps ocronlurome It nol Mmewhol rash They are hunting continually for a fight and ran only get It by hcirdlns tho User In his Jungle but It seemi hardly necessary to give tho beast nil tho chances If there Is n out lit Foe containing Ionlsh ship 1 onywherno mrlr how many or them there maY ho nor 10 hol extent they may bet nlded by 1 fortifications and on < l batteries our ships tire up and at em rcgtirdes of confluences providIng pro-vidIng of cnnrnn they ran ltorl nil ell trance al nil Thin Kind of thing shows the noUve pluck whlh ah01I11l ivllh the American morlnp 11 there Are undoubtedly times when It should 1 be tempered with good cool Judgment As a result of our forces taking such large chances the Spanish have at last uMe1 In obtaining somewhat the jettrr of nn action Wednesday afternoon af-ternoon two gunboats and the llttl torpedo boat Wlnslowwhose Inndleis never om 10 measure the else or co Pacify of the enemy entered Cnrdenat harbor and engaged the Spnnlzli veo sets 1 at anchor these being heavily flanked by fvrtlflcallons on both sides of the bay The entire fire of the SpanIsh Span-Ish which altogether mint have been terrific was concentrated upon the Winslow ami leturned by It and Its associates as-sociates with vigor Things were gong go-ng along at a rapid gait and no great harm being lone to our aide until a solid shot crashed through the wooden side of the little torpedo boat and burstcd Its boiler making great Imoc and killIng I kill-Ing live men the first we have lost so I far The Winslow was brought back for repairs and for the proper disposition dispo-sition of the dead and wounded A cheer Arose from the Spanish forces when It was discovered that at last one of their shots had taken effect Then can Ie no roonnahl ohJcUon to such a demonstration especially when It It considered that those who made It were Spaniards But there are other days and other occasions close 111 hand Ana exuberance or feeling cannot be sustained without bcng constantly fed Spains position Is I as hopeless now as before the Cardenas affair It could not well he more so |
