| Show KINDNESS MAKES THEM AgRO ARROGANT CANT captain casts a reflection on sigsbee the spaniard proves himself an ingrate and just before departing for home horne boasts of what he could and wo would uld have done if colon would not have been destroyed new york aug 20 the express says captain emilio dioz diaz marenof Mor moren enof of the 19 spanish ship cristobal colon in an in ter view ow discussed the events ot of the last few weeks without bitterness there was even a playful suggestiveness e in bis his tones whan he replied to the inquiry whether be he would say good bye to the american fleet as he passed down the bay on the Norm normalie Nor manie anle yea yes be he went on why should not I 1 have friends on board your ships we did not fight aa as personal foes captain cook of the brooklyn you dont know him ah a fine man half an hour after the battle I 1 bad had given him my photograph and be had given me bis his on mine I 1 wrote we have just fought two hours and a half each did bis his duty we were not personal foes now that it is all over we are comrades and friends that is the way I 1 feel toward the americans I 1 believe thelha they have ve a different opinion of the spaniards from what they ey had before the war captain do you think hobson will raise the colon no he will not she is tipped on her side and her 7 inch guns have smashed her any vessels saved there will cost twice their value the colon was a beautiful vessel ventured the reporter beautiful and every inch a fishtine fieh t tine ing ship I 1 would have got rot away none of them could have stopped me but the captain paused and said gos got away I 1 said you understand I 1 mean it schley knows it sampson knows it and so does cook I 1 told them it was not the brooklyn nor the oregon that kept me arora escaping they eay say I 1 went only 61 64 miles I 1 tell jou ion it was 72 divide that by the time and you will see my average was knots an hour and at times 18 the oregon could only eo co 16 and I 1 was steadily dropping the brooklyn behind ob oh no neither of the two kept me from escaping but I 1 cannot tell you now why I 1 was not able to eave my splendid ship and the captains voice trembled you wont have long to wait though you wont have long to wait he repeated when I 1 tell why it will be on the floor of the cortes as a member of the spanish parliament I 1 will represent the montria district in granada province I 1 have been permitted by the president Is to go home now that I 1 may be present at the pening opening of the cortes it will take place in a few days then I 1 will explain and many man 7 things dark now will seem clear I 1 know many americans dont beem quite clear from their own accounts acco unta as to why I 1 did not escape when I 1 was in the lead and gaining gai nine they will know loon soon 1 I am not caving this to detract at all from the achievements of the american fleet the men did all they could but there Is 3 an unwritten chapter yet to be known before history Is written K one quo will eay cay the colon coon was mater matey tally rally damaged by the american fire he went on ehe she was hit only six times by your own reports I 1 made twenty six holes in the brooklyn and there theta were forty two traces of hits on her side does not that speak well for spanish gun gunnery cery they say our could not shoot well the brooklynn Brook lyns sides tell a different story why did you not sink her then I 1 our guns were too small the three vessels with big guns the vizcaya maria teresa and the were on lire fire I 1 was left alone with only rapid tire fire guns of a comparatively email small calibre it I 1 bad had had bad 13 inch guns or 11 or 12 inch well there might have been a different story those holes in the brooklyn would have meant more your naval men have learned a great deal from their fight with the colon they will not give up their heavy guns for the light rapid fire sampson told me ai as much I 1 told them they could not and they smiled when I 1 asked them where they would be it I 1 had bad had heavy guns it was the fortune of war that but the heavy guns on board the ships with woodwork would catch fire the shell that struck any of our ships started a fire there was no fire on my ship because ebe she had co no woodwork she was as like the brooklyn and would not burn what do you think of the new york A bad ship it was lucky enough for her she did not get into the fight she would have burned liko like our three chips ships hear admiral sampson was in perfect accord ith me on that subject and agreed that a shell might haie haye set her oa on fire are and with her woodwork ahe she 1 F tabs r I 1 would have gone th the way ol 01 the vizcaya ff who should ret get the credit lor for th victory sampson or schley he was asked doth both officers are men of great intelligence and high character be he said but Si sigsbee gebee ah ali what shall I 1 eay say of him said the captain bitterly after the maine explosion he lie was in captain engates eu En lates cabin on the vizcaya there with tears in bis his eyes he said bis his career in life was ended because be he bad lost bis his ship he rescued the american seamen while their officers were drink ing champagne on shore and then sigsbee goes into court forgets all about bis his tears and lamentations in eudales Eu lales lates cabin find tries to shoulder the blame on ns us never did we have a band hand in blowing up the maine and I 1 am convinced that niter the straightforward ward square way we have fought this war the american people do not believe that we blew up the maine mirve 9 do you expect to be broucht before a court martial on your return we will appear before a court of inquiry that is regular and formal no matter whether it is a defeat or a victory it a anything happens to a spanish fleet the proceedings go before a court of inquiry y |
