Show THE CAPTURE OF secure was regarded as a very serious matter rumors about french german and british warships denver april 22 artho following special correspondence has been received by the denver post manila P I 1 march 21 the french liner casenta which was seized by the united states ship baltimore outside of hongtong Hong kong with stands of arms and rounds of ammunition and twelve maxim guns was towed into the harbor today no one Is allowed to board her and a company of marines guard the precious cargo which it the ship had escaped would have so aided the insurgents that many a boy in blues bones would have bleached and whitened on the island of luzon manila P I 1 march 19 it the stock markets of the world were affected by the authentic reports of the french and german consuls of the city of manila today stock would be below par on march ard 3rd advises advices from hong kong stated that on monday last the U S S Ba JUmore put to sea and overhauled the french steamer casenta Ca yenta loaded with salt and searched ng stands of arms and rounds 0 ammunition the captain said he was bound for the ports of singapore manila and samoa but his manifesto did not designate that he carried arms hence the baltimore towed her back to port and will bring her as a prize to this port her captain on behalf of her appealed to the german consul and the ships owners appealed to the so today comes the startling news that the french and german fleets in asiatic waters are on their way fast speeding to manila to protest against the seizure the news was at first discredited at general headquarters but later was confirmed french consul berard admitted that the fleet of his country was on the way her the german consul would not be seen by the press excitement reigns supreme in the city tonight and grave results are feared yet avery amerlean bom citizen fears riot tor the german bluff haa been called too often and with fifteen of abo best fleet grand old man denev holds the balance of power still the sit grows hourly more critical and the long prophesied european war will yet have its rise in the far east nor will dewey have to fight the battle alone for late saturday night march 18 admiral seymour with the english fleet arrived and anchored outside manila bay it was all done so quietly that not half a dozen inov that john bull Is so near at hand |