Show CUBA INVASION I PUT OFF Just When it Will Come Is a Very Uncertain Matter PORTO RICO IS I TO BE TAKEN FIRST When t1 3I 00 it tU 1h Tbe Nu 00 boerroent ee UulolNo 1U 0 Prod New York May 2RA special to the Time from Washington says Though today has Len devoid of definite developments of a military nature It has bom marked by a strengthening of the conviction now general that Peoria nice and not AIn A-In I to be the first object of Invasion by the combined land and naval forces of tho United StutCB The administration Is I not making Its plans known nor Is 1 the war de pertinent taking the Public Into If 1 conldne but thlo ar othr Way In which coming events Inle thOr way Imown even In war Holes A significant Indication 01 tho out tude of the military arm of the COv ernment toward the Port I loan tn IIlon Is I Afforded by the e < ntn b with which high members 01 Unelal Mies etarr urlO the measure The commanding general If lhebarmY 11 I not talking for publlcllobutt 1 understood tnt the memuers 01 ale staff vi ho declare umefccrvtdly In faor at taking Porto leo without dela reflect his view on that subject Tho Innounclnenl that Un 111101i may leave I Washington In a day 01 two un a tour of Inspection of the tinny camps In the South Is t rtguided II can flimatury of the Understanding thaI there 15 to an Invasion Cuba at i once I has been taken for irritated that General Miles will go to Cuba with the army If the ft uIua I a abe a-be put oil and i oto llco taken t I Instead his iplalncd present tour 01 Inpccllon la easily The ont argument used for thc a tuck on Porto Inca now U that It Is I the easiest thing the arm can do just at present and In fact about the only thing It can do The tie clUon was leached long ago that nu less I than 50000 preferably 75000 men will be needed for the first army that Is I sent to Cuba Not more than 15000 men are now In hale for n foreign campaign There are the regulars and the equipped olunteers at Tampa The rt of the volunteers army Is I till trained and It may be accepted once for all that 1 Is I not going to be sent to Cuba until It Is I fully equipped and to some extent at least Instructed In and Inured 10 the Practices of wnr With the 25000 men already nt Tampa I urged that Porto lllco could bo taken and subdued while the rest of the army Is being put In shape nt Chlckamaugn and the other camps Then when all has been made ready for tho grand move on Cuba the regulars regu-lars cull be withdrawn from Iord Rid and Used to lend the Army against Danco The facts thllwhie giving needed training to the regulars themselves and delivering them from the debilitating Inaction nt Tnmvi this move would strike n deadly blow at Spain In u vital part of her colonial structure and rob the reserve Spanish lee of Its only be of supplies on i this side of the Atlantic tire urged no masons In Its for which are Ili leed to have had tho effect of de temlnlng the powers that be to un drlak It There doc nol sam to V It li I pointed point-ed out anything to prevent the prompt execution of the plan Ince the troops the uppl and the transports are all at Tampa and nil according to the reports received here are ready to move on short notice The fact that General Shaft has ben authorized i to send a i portion of his command a t Tampa to Jacksonville eo an to make them more comfortable In amp Is taken here 10 Indicate that thee Is I no Intention to tend them to Cuba at once I General 1 hatter knew that his entire force would be called upon to go to Cuba 10 next week or the week following It I urged that he would not i go to the trouble trou-ble ot having thm break camp ant move over 10 Jacksonville The plan as It Is I construed here Is I for General Shatter to send the least available of his volunteer to Jacksonville Jackson-ville While holding the regulars and the pick of the new troop to the number of 18 000 or 20000 ready for the expedl lon to Porto Rico Private letters m let Ived here say that 1 the Indlcati nt Tampa point to an early departure of the military force maspd at that point with much anxiety t to where the epdltlon Is I bound Assuming correctness of the report that the BIIIh fleet la shut UI In Santiago 1 Is I claimed that there would be no dlfllcult In Admiral Samiiso supplying enough Fhipo to convey tire transports to Porto Rico without weal nlng the blockade off Havana still holding tn reee enough ships io attend at-tend to tho Cadiz squadron should u appear suddenly In I these waters 1 One suggestion made to account for lmlr1 Sampson a last appearance In the neighborhood of the 01 llTnalmma channel Is that he Is I acquainting himself him-self with the route about to be take by the Ships that ale to carry the expedition ex-pedition to Porto Illco not neccisarU to San Juan for 1 Is I more than guessed that the landing In Porto Jtlco will beat be-at some Point whise Infantry and per hto cavalry en lit I flat on ehole to attack the detenr of San Juan i In the rear So much attention 11 l being given to I the Porto nice Krupntlon by the mill tary authorities that I N I assumed by ofllcers thnt the arm end nwy plans have gone along the ground When the moment of the attack arrives It may b expected that Pamppon will bp outside out-side the harbor prepared to attack the t batteries he has already tested while the Innd forces are trying the ability 01 Spanish troops 1 to defend land Positions CAPTAIN Of Till OHMIIV nh To Olhe nnle Captain nell1 11 Washington May 29 Secretary Long received a cablegram from if mlrl Uevey informing Wm of the III riess C Captain drUley and two other officers who ho been > Invalided and I be seat ham an has been slated In thesa dispatches DUWHYS DISPATCH WashIngton May 23The navy de rartmt this Afternoon made public the following dlpteb CaMte lay 2 via Hongkong Hay 28 189STo Secret ry Navy Waah Ingtoni No change I ryh e situation ot the blockade Is effective Is Impossible Impos-sible for the people of Manila to buy provisions except rice The captain of the Olympia Orldle condemned by medical Serve V 1 ordered home Leaves by Occidental Oriental steamship front Hongkong the 23th Command Laml ton appointed commander of the nplaDEWny DEWEY U8 UISPATCII 1IIIAT UlLB toinntf Sn A t u 11 lu 214 lou 0t It14md 1 Rlngtol Jamaica May 2 Copyrighted Copy-righted ISM by the Associated Press The United States dispatch boat Eagle arrived at Port Antonio this Island lost evening It Is I said she came direct from Key West but there Is a belle that she may he lsrAtche 10 fomard In few 01 the neutrality low her commander hap been formally nol ned that the Eagle must leave at the expiration of twcntyfoi hour The dispatch boat will Ink on board 48 ton 01 coal I and viIIII sail today The British learner Aduli is I expected ex-pected here today from ClenfueRos When Phe reached that port o Mon da the harbor master found that she had on board n waiter wbowa not on the ships articles and refused to at low I the strainer to leave until Thursday Thurs-day when she Was released upon the 1 Urgent repentton nf the British consul at Cleuelo The Adula has on board n number ot refugees IANtLA IS lEIFnATl Ummed tn by Ameeln 11 Oe 60 nt Inor eAt on tile Othr New York MAY 28A dispatch 10 the World from Manila via 1ongkonl says eayTh situation of the besieged Inhab Itants of tariff IB growing more and more desperate owing to the shutting oft of supplies of food The blockade of the bay by Admiral Deweys squad ron Is I complete 1010 the insurgents surrounded the city ou the land Fide thus effectually closing the place In InAdmiral Admiral Delvcy bu deterred further aggressive action at this Point until the arrival 01 the United States cruiser Chuliston with coal and ammunition and of the promised troops for the mill Iry occupation of the Island The Spaniards In Manila have heard a report that h squadron of eight SpanIsh Span-Ish warships Is I coming hern to attack the American fleet The story about th smallpox rid dmle on hoard the United States vets sets Is I without 10undlIon Everybody lu the 1uadrn 13 I new In excellent health the weather Is I nol severely hot and no sickness Is t ar reliemlcil I edTBIR THIS IS SPANISH Madrid May 28A private dispatch from Spanish sources nt Manila alee that Agulnaldo the Philippine Insur cent leader after receiving arms and Ieldplece from Rear Admiral Dewey declared himself In favor of Spain The dispatch alpo Says that other near cent chiefs followed Agulnuldo nl NeW r1cortrIcat Apparatus Boston Mass Iy 2QA now and powerful apparatus lion jut been com nleted by Piutr John Trowbrldgo ot Voted arva nb university for experiments In electrical force his principal object topIng top-Ing to test further the Penetrating power 01 the Xray The apparatus consists of a series ot 120 Franklin plates or Lei Jon Jars j euppllcil with power by a storage battery containing 10000 Plante cells Tim voltage notes I ary for experiments Is I 21100000 Prof Trowbr1ge bas Already made export merits which prove that an apporatus t i powerful Sol this car lake Xray Penetrate not t only human llesh hut also bones and tendons thus probably making Pos lble still more remarkable attainments In surgery by their old I No riiropcin Agreemrut all to 1hlllpuliici Berlin May 8An article In the 1 Post says It Is I declared nemlofll daily that the recent rumors ns to the transfer of the Philippine Islands tl Trance or to Germany or to their par tition among the European powers with Interests In the Far East have no foundation whatever America U not yet In Possession Itils I true and I Is I quite possible the may not ever occup them Hut nny laying 0 hands on the Islands at present would bo a hostile net against America nor would It be tolerated b the other European Paw era havIng Interests there This utterance may 1 taken an es pllclt proof that the continental pow ers have come to an agreement on the Subject America to await further acton by 4 4CAOIZ CZ ILECT rAn Delilah Inlce Who lont IIUevo Admllul Cum Its n hql New York May 8A dispatch to the World ficun London 8111 The chief Officer 01 a tamer Just In from Cadiz Bald last night When vote li ft Cadiz lost I Friday tha only Spanish warships there wen thti battleship Ptlaio the cruiser Emitter Em-itter Carlos V one torpedo boat and the converted cruisers Intrlotla and ItapIJo The cruisers were at the ar Serial iverythlng I bore the appearance of unrealo The 1Iyo hUe n ently put In at Toulon had just bean condemned b the nuperlntendlng engineer at untow Codlz 011 tho ground that aira they t We hivullIcent I ing h T Thy hey alweve we N The Ia pldo and the 1atrloUo Ila not blen bl4 an msa with I1t < gun a I no had a crew I0 nelt Tber Was no In the that the fleet act going to report Mnlla I leasZ l here Ie for Rome weeks Oat limit n cooblt let Rome May 23The Italian caKi 1oliBn cOblne has resigned ICIng relFne Kng Humbert Ila Instructed the Marquis dl I calla t4i tc reorganize the cabinet |