Show DEWEY WANTS SHIPS SAYS THE OREGON SHOULD ba B SENT TO MANILA AT ONCE destruction of iro reign property Iro perty may serve an a pretext for the iho I 1 orelan cowert tu to MIX saix up lip la in the situation washl washington agton aeb 2 20 0 the following dispatches have been received at the navy department manila maidla I 1 leb eb 21 for political rea bons the oregon fili should b be sent bent hero bere at once drwey 11 manila I 1 cl 25 yorktown arrived charlston and petrel cruising around the philippine blandi affairs moie a qu quiet let 14 fy I 1 ahe lie cabat grun from adal rul dowey dewey asking for tile tho orgon was received av with ith sur surprise firke by the officials here bere no one knew or at least would N admit that lie knew the nature of the political reasons which the ill says demand th the L presence of the peerless bantli I 1 alic lie cablegram was taken to the cabinet board and fully discussed then I 1 ahe he admiral it la Is said bald possibly f fels feels els tile the moral effect of the hie presence of the big ship upon the insurgents nta themselves and upon that large element among the I 1 ill pinos that lit la believed to be restrained with biffl culty from joining fortunes with agul naldo with whom their sympathies lie he would be good lot hut there is no an under lj 13 ing doubt whether or not the admiral may imay not be keenly high lighting ting a gat gathering bering cloud in tile the cast and Is in looking to the prevention of any possible poa intervention ot 01 interference by E european powei s in the struggle now in progress in the neighborhood of manila itis it is believed that in the big fires propel ty of tot eign re residents and business concerns were vere destroyed that these fires were caused by the insurgents cannot be denied and it may bo be that some borne of tile foreign naval com comin in andera in the east are disposed to rise upon the pretext that their interests demand protection which we can not afford them to make a lan ian ling or do something obnoxious to the U united it cited states and likely to enc encourage outage the with such a strong naval force as would be bc afforded by tile tho reinforcement of do moys ey it fleet by the oregon there could not bo be any sound round reason nor even a plausible reason for r ny such action on uie Y jy tt 4 party biot A I 1 of third lly a i ge tie oregon arrived at liono honolulu lulu on assuming that the battle hip needed ten tea days repairs she should hould have started away from froin honolulu on her long tun lun to manila on the 15 t it lost allowing for detention on ac counti of coaling at guam or some soine other polo point t detwei betho t n llono honolulu lulu and lit manila anila it Is N estimated that the oregon would id i ewh manila about tho the loth of march |