| Show jjlNg M I EXPLOSION El I of a Fl031ing Submarine Caused by the Explosion one Mine 00 fROM AN ELECTRIC BATTERY roelblY A 1 I Nurt or Ilbe Ig omno uf be anlsli oncer Testing the Circuit rU is Ill 7cy WI bOut a = ErS conjclure and pural of tool Z nuHng ot the comrnlng P hcles Inquiry II 10 I fair lu MY thaI 1tt of th lIaval tier of fact most of the Ila am llI1att here and at Key West Incline oflctrs that the court will nnd 10 the opinion disaster to the Maine was ltd he explosion of a floating the cause d W min under the port side of submarine 1I1Tra 10 opinion foluard nlpfo The ship mine nas made of hllh the tetlur Fuel i tip wt and dry gun tip Inalve ordlary gunlwdor wlton or nol onlY 110 to the istilee Ornlon l of mine In the harbor but NIsuace this one wa laid purposely 1 Ask that ulsere foreign vemsel buoy 11M the Ile directed 10 moor anti 1 N0 1 IIId mere Electric battery oil Otter J g rtial Ihe Pink lie ed hardly possible thathe III ot the min wal the r 1 ull of uplon o or Ignomcu of Spanish Ilell In 1 I I ill I ge ot the mine Iallon om tile O testing the circuit but kel it a surfs ben ItIon 10 toll to be Irob either regarded no settled by it I before the court that tile ovldence the hull forward wa com rorl 1 idle blown of to pieces awl that tho IktM on tile Mln except nIY I isolated elillFlOn cases ot Itxd ammunition at of saluting of 000 Iund that 0 dr pored fonlrd and of which 1uLc a can Ise found no lrace om fleus an gnlhrOlI from 111 ese and he talk with gal reserves W the assurance that their nlY upon JI never Ie ruvaled ThA JdntltY fut remains V that only the member ot lit court of Inquiry know all HIP test the elicited and none 18 I authorized many ml1er1s0klSoWaStlnrS In ad to make soch In after known sues ot I the linal I adjudgment I A good deal of sLrpilse was ex I j by merlearo hr on Icrnlnt 1 that the Spanlh divers were to be Ir milld t make an examllltlon ot the SofThe Ine especially as It 1 10 snl1 American naval omcer 8 abl glee ouch dlvr all consistent licllltles s1 would throw no obstacles In the fay of a thorough submarine frncctka It Tn net at first understood as It cam to lie I later that the Spanish I arch was to lie entirely I Independent Isebe and ihjie It was being l made theAmer 1 < 80 Investigators oul1 proced IIn dr Cart Picbees supenlslon As un oerrtood here the Spanish request made Immediately after tile dlsalir for a point Imertlgatl us prompt Iy refused at Whlnglon but After that the Spaniard hill a moral and In ternaUon1 right to diselieer the cause 01 the wreck for IhomI VeP If poI Ne Therefore permission for An Independent In-dependent examination WA grant1 on the grounds ai iiin divas here that It could not IIP refused 111 u friendly power In her own harbor That the permission was not accorded until un-til after the court of Inquiry had finIshed fin-Ished its Mrk bore aM gone to Key West Is I regarded as significant 1 ii opens a tide field for I speculation stun 1 assert tbst I the court now haM ha-M Wctlo to t fpanl8h l Inquiry foi rpeoftworesNons liner the court has ffl r fd sulliclent evidence Ritrowly I Of accident or miHceerldenee that cannot lie controverted by the Bptnlards 1 at Ur a llcent search the mystery re trait I m deep as ever and the court lifts not think the Spaniards will reach 2 concluded where the Arnerl care hav conclude-d IOIIn murie all I this refers principally la Insrection of Parts of the l ship nVr > than the hull Illitil the guns into engines and debris of all kinds lave been removed and the > fl has teen Pumped out of the hull it cannot i examined thoroughly by anyone SOTS IOMI alit hrities thing It will be neressary to build a coffer darn around the rok rII hf ble etc Thai any Important testimony be I fore In court his found Its w ay to the Public Is very unlikely since ot the ultneiics have told cer tain corrotnonilents of alleged loan mony bnt 10 ever case Investigation I Ml shDisn their stories to be widely Improbable and controverted hy known acts or else 1 absolutely Irrelevant Som of the correspondents have tried OcelltitTnfofmni fm members of the court or from naval N I Ilne08 byputting clever hypothetical Inter romtdries But the questioners were 001 expcrts In naval architecture unit l tteou stlons were 0 the results wr mutisfactory Prohbly 110 courl knew before It left Hanna fur Key Wt hlhr the tlnrb olOgale on sit o starboard torwrd did or did nol ex plod hut the members gave no sign and the divers other hn Ihy talk al all contradict each Douhllc even the contractors be the rem1 I of the Inner Ihrl and I the raising of the hull do nol fully Ap I PrecI the dllllcuill 10 Ise noun tL t Certainly the tug tight Arm I n O Rlio value thus tAr hr rap > ln not hlnt nlllclnl I authority until Ilandar to mploy the hell ia or to I hlThW lipbed lighters their While criticiping tlni aval lIvm for IsIns twoe It must be remembered tht th n to I Brim tlincerous cult ge rous an 1 dim volts In muddy feel finals water I throuh orrtfetedXirbe trials of rhetd feet Iron shattered oral bent ITer mntlngs and ladders upturned hatches ttn2f altered amt electric 1 am-t gun chI IORchlury a1 vilren ihey Ildr Intricate Ihey mut make or cut 1vur Thy mupt Elio exr he mat core list their air tubes will Wldliltred hy ohntl projectiles AI I y tar rlAlo man have find hnol falls In the light and difficult Th PAOR h Ine Ink huge deeper weight ot th wreek enue te barl into the soft mad of b Ih a more making the Ink nf raising clea herculean cle is Whll 110 out rrn RIIOOll 11 the wreck the 1111 to pa 1 Z4 the bol fire of to 0914 I no formerly taI 4111te eloo 1orsAre allowl to I to Ih mass of debris A1IFHltANS IN I1NOnn I I 111rana f Unity 1 March 9The que aI t I on Is uskcd Are II 6 tex 10 HaVoa r Nillellcum In given The only truthful I I n I Or think American I by a affiri well II I nformed or laYman real Is I emve anti X don I know Of fpnlnb oflidalsI onlell an Ili who N I III talk danter A 48 lubjet but the they r depcat t 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