| Show f1 M ViAUS IIII New Igtod racist T hen f131rn Urgnl Wk Washington May 16 Senator Gray and other Influential men he moole strong protests against the cruller Columbia Co-lumbia and other line warships being kept on the New Kngland coast when the enernys ships are In southern wa ere Senators Gray had buslnesi with I the President today and called his attention at-tention to the matter It Is I ttated that the hlp are kept on the Nw Enland coast to allay apprehension ap-prehension said Senator Gray Well that Is all foolishness I1oro those ehlps are kept on this coat when there In I not a particle oC danger while the Spanish qudron Is I not far from southern waters I do not believe Anybody Any-body he 8 any Idea that the Spanh fleet would Attempt to mail 3000 or 4000 miles from Its present position 10 attack at-tack New England and toe wthout n lines oC supplies when It got there While our ehlp remaIn on the New LORI a nd coamt the southern coot much nearer to the Spaniards Is I unprotected un-protected go < to I < the coast oC the Illd die Atlantic states Our ehlptt should Ie with ono or the other squadrons It Is I old that several other Now England senators take the same ground am Senator Gray |
