Show Rwff Ill It Staggered Z England by its Over whelming Character 0 EXPECTED A CLOSER RESULT Z Splendid Seamanship and Valor of the Americans Amer-icans Opens European Eyes I I WAS BUSINESS FROM START TO FINISH Luroprnns wow see that the Spiandards are No Mitch for Americans la Either Art of Wav orlnc New York May 3A dispatch to the World from London says England has been staggered by Commodore Com-modore Deweys overwhelming Victory Vic-tory The superiority of the United States squadron was recognized but It was fully believed that It would have been more than counterbalanced by the assistance afforded the Spanish fleet by he submarine mines and the powerful shore batteries The splendid seamanship and valor of Commodore Dewey In forcing an entrance en-trance to Manila harbor In the face of these defenses excite Intense ad nitration while among naval experts tho dispatch with which the American squadron disposed of the Spaniards Is held to prove that Commodore Dewey employed the resources al Ills common with the highest possible amount of effectiveness Lord Charles Ileresford said It was a brllllait stroke everything 03 I said to you before depends upon the man In modern naval marfare Dewy Is I an able officer He brought I r L his coal and workshops with him He thought out and planned the w hole affair I I fair with consummate skill and foresight fore-sight Do you gather that the shore bat lerlea uere uselefifir No I should not say that Deweys strategy was thoroughly good It wa business from start to finish ot course when he got Inside the harbor he could easily pound the Spanish hips and he did It splendidly It was a came 01 ihoVr sharp and decisive work If you like but from the Inn In-n already to hand I could not lay It teaches ua much except as 1 contend that everything depend on Ihe Individual man It was Vwey victory As to the political results Do > ou think Germany will like It No Germany wont nor will the Japanese either but the United States should be satisfied an > way Sir John Colomb a high naval authority au-thority and artillerist said from the accounts available I gather that the Spanish fleet Is destroyed complete Iy and In every respect I dare may that when we receive Information from nonBpanlh sources Its completeness com-pleteness will be even more striking What nppear 10 m aDd those with lgipe wom I have dlcud the neus the mot dlgracful feature at the action Is the failure of the Spanish batterle to give effective assistance to their fleet I Of course the fleet Itself man entire S outclassed But that does not account for Dewey being permitted to enter the harbor which Is provided with modern defenses 1 have no doubt the Americana have mad a landln In some convenient 10 Itlon and 18 no damage to Dewy shipshas been specified he can easily make good what Injury may have been done The fact that he was able to form up the squadron for the blockade of Manila Immediately after defeating the Spanish fleet proves that his ships could have sustained no material injury In-jury The result ot this engagement sustains sus-tains the view I exprvss l to the World some time since that the Spaniard are no match hatever for the Americans either In strategy or In the skllld use 01 modern Wapon at war Wilson IloIes I M P also an authorIty author-Ity on naval matters said U Is I very clear In my opinion that the Spanish fleet has been knocked Into In-to a cocked hat They ore only letting us know the fact by degrees and some things In their dispatches are not easy to comprehend Thy say that the Americans landed land-ed heir wounded but Dewey would never do that unless he had taken abase a-base of operations on shore and doubtless doubt-less I we shall hear later that he haa don so Hut unless he gets assistance from the Insurgents he may find It difficult to maintain himself He has under the circumstances been unable to bring soldiers to make the power of tho fleet effective But nevertheless he achieved a brilliant piece of work and s hlch the more we hear 01 It the mar admirable It In I likely 10 appear Pollllcal consequences are likely 10 ensue from tile United States capture 01 the Phlllppln which has caused Immense Interest her Germany has long hd a covetous eye upon theme rich lanU while British Interests have bn tt bar to any deal between Spain and Onnan In relation to them Japan Ja-pan i also h l known to eagerly dealt these possessions cweys victory has suddenly placed the United States In an Important position po-sition In connection with the far eastern east-ern question European Interests In Cuba are remote almost academic but the Phlllppln x Is I an enllrelY different matter It I helled thaI the United States can ure the PDPPQBslon or the Philippine as R powerful lever to force Spain to abandon CuM through the pressure ot European Powers who dont want a Spanish colonial dlsrup lion i In the far Past to take place untl the Chinese problem Is I settled Sir Charles Dllke said The United Unit-ed States possession ot the Philippines reflex numerous Important and dell I cat point for the consideration of the powers I should not be surprised II I vltuall the United States cured the aluiblo good will of Japan by handing over the Philippines to them The Idea If not the hope prevalrn here that thn Spanish fleet would prove a tough opponent for the Unite states has now been entirely dispelled and all confidence In the Spanish fighting power Is I gon Th ugellon was thrown out that the Cape Verde squadron had a rn dervous with the coaling transports atom at-om out of the was Wand In the Wat Indies where It will replenish the bunkers before appearing opposite Havana Ha-vana Hut the belief of Spanish foresight fore-sight Is so entirely dissipated that It la I doubted If the Spanish have taken even that essential precaution to equip them for a decisive engagement |