Show STRUCK TERROR i into manila by destroying the fleet t i 1 fiaai deweys victory impressed the natives and spaniards bat the failure to bombard the city is looked upon as a weakness new york may 14 A dispatch to the herald irom manila via says the american victory at cavite and the complete collapse of the spanish navy have etrace error ato manila the blockade continues but the public ia calm it thinks that the european powers have intervened to prevent the bombardment of manila the country ie quiet the natives will not actively or openly favor the americans unless assured that spanish rule ia over forever far of reprisals the desire to break the spanish rule ia general throughout the country and the Anie invasion is popular as a means to raining thia in the end the native mind ia only influenced by an exhibition of strength ibey think the blockade is weak and that this is due to foreign intervention manila can draw aupp lles from the interior and hold out for months the trompa at manila consist of about regulars and volunteers the volunteers volun teera have no instruction and their fire is wild and dangerous to the troops the artillery has no machine guna public opinion which first favored admiral montejo has now changed the spaniards freely criticize hie defense of cavite they eay the americans within range of his guns and that ats artillery was good enough to do great damage to tho american fleet if well bandied the captain gen eral ordered admiral to anchor his fleet off manila and unite the strength of bis fleet to the batteries montejo replied that bis place was to defend the arsenal of cavite the defense of manila without a fleet was impossible |