| Show establishing communication i telegraph line will connect shatter ir and the cable terminus T i seyed severt miles of a llop to be constructed at once sampson seeking a harbor of refuge for his ships to avoid cyclones washington jure 0 23 3 gen gre greela received a dispatch today from col alien allen of the signal service in charge of the cable station established at playa dal Este Caba it did not relate to military operations bat but fact that no reference was made to any important development it was inferred that the situation hae has not chanced changed materially birce list eight night when the landing of t akas wa was ao 10 progress U A alien Is will wilt make playa del este cable base but in addition to this a military cable line will be stretched from that point westward wei along the cabet to the headquarters of general shatter by this shore loov 1000 gen shatter shafter will be brought into direct cabla communication muni cation with the war department cul alieu is hurrying forward anians in this direction lie ile baa has the material necessary for tile chore shore loop with instruments and operators ready to work the line as soon as the army headquarters arc are fixed it is not quito clear thus fa far at wait point gen shatter 11 and bis big main main body of troops have 0 established their bate ane official dispatches to the secretary war and secretary of the navy speak of landing ai at Bal quiri and a demonstration at cabanas cabaniss other official messages mese agea stated that the landing was going cm on simultaneously at two points with a view of making assaults on santiago front and rear the press dispatches also epack of daiquiri Bai quiri as a p jilt of landing at whatever point gen beafter takes up his headquarters the military telegraph will connect them with playa del estes and thence to Vashi neton bellig strictly a military mili fary line the cable line from playa del fetes estes will not be open for commercial busi bod nets although the authorities will be ds deposed posed to give the press such facilities as are possible under the circumstances stances most of the ua unofficial messes messages however will have to be handled arom playa del estes in order to avoid glutting elat ting the military loop the cable elation station is ij within seven miles of the point where the debarkation is going on the officials here say that this work cannot be completed for several days although a of course the troops without their supplies may be ell all shore ashore before that time it appears that general shatter is himself arranging the details ot of landing advised by sampson and perhaps garcia and that the military authorities here have allowed him w exercise bis his discretion in this for they do pot know whether be he will make more mor a than one landing or where that landing is ono effect from the landine landing at daiquiri Dai quirl will be to distract the attention of tho the spanish from the harbor of guantanamo the mines having been probably all removed and the forts that commanded the lower harbor having been silenced with the disappearance pe arance of the spaniards from the country surrounding tho the bay the navy will be in full fall possession of what it has bas lone long wished for an absolutely eafe safe and landlocked land locked looked harbor in which all of sampsons ff fleet ee t and the transports as well can find refuge from all west indian cyclones |
