Show STAGGERED THEM english astonished by deweys victory assistance or the forts expected to have made the engagement more favorable to spain americans have demonstrated chelp superiority brilliant strategy displayed new york may 3 A dispatch to the world from london says england has been staggered by commodore deweys victory g the superiority of the united states squadron was recognized but it was fully believed that it would have been more than counterbalanced by the as Bi stance afforded the spanish fleet by f submarine Bub marine mines and the powerful bhore batteries the splendid seamanship and valor of commodore dewey in forcing an entrance to manila harbor in the face of abee excite intense admiration among caval experts the dispatch with which the american squadron die posed of the spaniards is held to prove that commodore dewey employed the resources at his command with the highest possible amount of effectiveness lord charles beresford Ba resford said it was lan a brilliant su everything as I 1 eaid to you before depends upon the man in modern warfare dewey is an able officer lie brought bis coal and workshops with him thought out and planned the whole affair with skill and foresight do you gather that the shore batteries were useless no I 1 should not say that deweye strategy was thoroughly good II 11 was business from start to finish ot course when be got inside the gerbor he could easily pound the spanish ahins and ho did it splendidly it was a case of short sharp and decisive work if you like but from the information already to hand t could not say it teaches ua much 1 I 1 contend that everything depends 1 on the individual man it was deweys f victory f ae to the political result do you think germany will like it c germany wont nor will the japanese either but the united states should be satisfied sir john colomb a high naval authority and artillerist said from the accounts available I 1 gather that the spanish fleet ia destroyed completely and in every respect I 1 dare say that t anen we receive information from non spanish sources its completeness will be even more striking what appears to me and those with whom I 1 have discussed tho news the most disgraceful feature of the action is the failure of the spanish batteries to give effective assistance to their fleet of course the fleet itself was entirely outclassed fiut that a does not account for dewey being permitted to enter the harbor which is provided with modern defenses 1 I have no doubt the americans have t made a landing in some convenient po firtion and as no damage to deweye fc i ehica has been specified he can easily make good what injury may have been done the fact that be was able to form up tho squadron for the blockade ct manila immediately alter defeating the spanish flaat proves that his could have sustained no material injury the of thia engagement sustains the view I 1 expressed to the world some time since thai the spaniards are no match whatever for the americans either in strategy or in the u of modern weapons of war gibson bowles M P also an authority oa naval matters said it ia very clear in my opinion that the spanish fleet haa been knocked into a cocked bat they are only letting us know the facts by degrees and some things in their dispatches are not easy to comprehend they eay that the americans landed their wounded but dowey would never do that unless he had taken a base of operations on shore and doubtless we k ahall hear later that he baa done so but unless he gets 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 0 the fleet effective but nevertheless he achieved a brilliant piece of work and which the more we hear ol 01 it the more admirable it ie likely to appear political consequences are licely to ensue from the united states capture ot the philippines which has caused immense interest here germany has long bad cotet oue eye upon these rich lands while british interests have been a bar to any deal between spain and germany in relation to them japan aleo ie known to eagerly decito these possessions deweye victory has suddenly placed the united status in an important position in connection with the far eastern question european interests la cuba are remote almost academic but the philippines Is an entirely different matter it ia believed that tha united state can use the ot the philippines Philip pinea as a powerful lever to force spain to abandon cuba through the pressure of european powers who dont want a spanish colonial disruption in the far east to take place until the chinese problem is settled sir charles dilke said the united of the philippines raidee numerous important and delicate points tor the consideration of the I 1 not be surprised it eventually the united statha secured the valuable good will of japan by baudine over the to them the idea it not the hope prevalent A here thai the spanish bleet would prove a tough opponent for the united states has now been and all confidence in the spanish fishtick power is gone the suggestion was thrown oat that the cape verdo squadron had a rendezvous with the coaling truo at some out of the way island in the west indie where it will replenish the bunkers before appearing opposite havana but the belief of spanish is en dissipated that it is doubted if the spanish have taken oven tuat essential precaution to equip them for a decisive |