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Show HOLLAND SUDMARfi iM Inventor Kays II He tf alarm Cast!. fHVaer Waihlngton, April 30. - Wj Long haa announced hi IntentKoI purchaalng the Holland aubmarlnof torpedo boat on Assistant Secretary Sooaevelt'a recommendation, nolwllh aaindlng an advera report made by" three naval officer, who were dclo gated to make an examination of the' Teasel. The department I convinced that If the boat w re allowed to go, tho Trench government would purchase pur-chase It. Mr. Holland propose to place) tho boat In Immediate service at Havana. Ho haxofTcrcd hi aervlce to tho government gov-ernment na couiuiHiiJer. nnd aaya ho can havo n picked rew on board and be In Havana within ten ilnjs. Ill proposition I to utlllte tho Iwat In blowing up Morro Castle. Owing to tho location and peculiar construction construc-tion of tho fortress, hn Bay hla lioat can do this without dlniculty. Thobo.lt can also lio used Io great advnntago In destroying submarine mine In Cuban water. Mr. Holland' olTer la under advlao-tncntattho advlao-tncntattho department. It la highly probable that the leanel will bo aent to Havana to join Admiral .Simpson' licet It can 1m placid on ono of tho battlcshlD or cruisers and carried without dlfllculty to Havana harbor, where It can bo put Into nctivo aer-xleo. |