| Show THE SPANISH FLEET IS AFTER cadiz squadron sighted in the the mediterranean en route to manila but washington authorities are undisturbed and confident dewey can give the spanish a warm reception lon 4 A washington june 21 24 that the spanish 0 cadiz adiz fleet is proceeding steadily eastward is no longer doubted here trusted amenta agents of the govern government meat on an the shores of the mediterranean are movement of the ships and availing themselves of every rell reliable atile source of information so when word came u from one of these agents today that the cadiz squadron was wab babied sighted oil pantelleria day before yesterday the officials were bound to accept the statement as beyond question cn the first 1 report to that effect which came through an lin italian was taken with some reer reservation 0 aning it ing to the known efforts of the spanish government to mislead a our nasal naval author authorities itle by just such appearance appearances in friendly neutral pape papers e according Accor dinc to the officials the squadron should nw be nearine nearing caudle crete at the rate they are progressing the squadron should reach port said at the ei entrance trance to the suez canal about monday or tuesday beyond thid point it is not believed the squadron will ill go for it is confidently believed that the whole spanish movement is nothing more than a spectacular display rotten gotten up to ineat the irresistible demand from the spanish populace and to allay local feeling that something should be done to save the philippines Philippine 3 there ie Is a question whether the canal authorities will allow the heavy spanish armored ships to risk the passage of the canal even if admiral camara ie is willing to undertake it their draft of water h EO so great that they might easily ground in the canal and thus obstruct it to navigation indefinitely bat but even it if all their expectations are not well founded officials rely on deweys dewe yea ability b I 1 t to 0 resist rah e A attack by y the the spanish squadron Equa dron accordine according to their calculation the splendid double tur feted monitor monterey is very near manila anila Nl under convoy of the Bru brutus fund band ber her arrival may be expected kittila two or ahrea days there is not aa ironela din camaras farce that would care to eland before her then it buet be kemem remembered that long loii before the cadiz squadron could possibly naich reach manila gen merritts erritts 31 troops will be in conjunction with the insurgent in la possession it 0 all the forts surrounding the harbor and the guns manned by american artillerymen artilleryman artillery men will be expected to give a better account of themselves than they did when they went against dewey it is authoritatively stated that if the spanish cadiz fleet once passed into the suez canal catal a powerful american squad ron roo made up lin from some of sampsons fleet and some of the best beat ships will start abonce at once across the atlantic enter the mediterranean and bombard the spanish ish seaports calculations have been made to show that this is entirely fekei h ae MESSAGES DIRECT FROM SAMPSON only half lafan an hour required Keau ired to get word from me the fleet washington june 24 admiral sampson ie Is now in constant and practically 0 o immediate cable communication with the navy department six dh dis patches were rece received rec eved ved in rapid eion on through the early hours this morn tog to the last one bringing the situation q I 1 let night they ebow wll 4 oey baly I 1 half an boar hour elapsed ltv wite thug ot of the tile message by the ol 01 ADS 4 the ih receipt of it in wash 67 authorities here are I 1 rw cing tf flog only balf half anther bell ids ow 1611 at 6 of action ti y t he e only me ceriale riale b the general situation was one sampson said bald that a il be learned that hobson a I 1 men were well and had ad been removed rem oveil from awo cadue to the city of santiago four miles distant this lifted a weight of anxiety for the condition of this brave band of heroes for ince since the recent bombardment in which morro alorro suffered somewhat there has been uncertainty as a to whether globson and bis his men were dead or alive although it has never been seriously believed the spaniards would expose these men to such dangers n sa would lead to their death the dispatch was farther further reassuring in that it m made a do clear that admiral sampsons as assault sault upon the harbor entrance to which morro is the main defense would not be crippled by having the fire kept away from that fortification in order to protect hobson II it leaves the result of each such an attack open to the usual of war and not to that unusual and cruel device which it was feared had bad been resorted to ot of preserving morro by exposing Ilo beon this action coupled with the report ol 01 the surgeons sar geona that our dead marines were not mutilated conveys a sense of relief to the authorities here as the thea feel that the warfare now about to culminate in blood and fighting will be at least mitigated by those humane rules which govern the action of modem armies in the field the other dispatches from sampson covering a multitude of details have been deferred in the absence of quick communication they made requisitions for or routine supplies of every de and indicated needed repairs mostly minor in character to the vessels of the fleet not a word was said as to any engagement by the troops under shatter and rod as the dinimal din iral is in close communication with shafter naval officials regard this failure of the admiral to mention any action of troops as conclusive in showing that no action took place yesterday as was reported by the spanish daring the forenoon a dispatch came to general greeley chiet chief signal officer from lieutenant colonel alien who is in charge of 0 telegraphic communication with the army it was dated of playa del estee estes and simply indicated that be was matins making arrangements to extend communication along shore as far as Agu adores which is probably about 18 16 miles further to the westward than playa del Est Eat eThere was contained no mention ol 01 any battle battled or any action military or naval from the fact that alien allen is fl working his line westward to Acu adores it is is evident to the authorities th bat t the field of land action will ba stretch rd a considerable distance along tho the shore probably from five ito fifteen miles this constitutes the base of supplies where the stores will be kept and with which the advancing army at all times will keep up its lindof liue of communication the first essential of an advancing army being considered to be that of keeping up uv its linn line of 0 communication with the base of supplies |
