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The light of the coming time.
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colleges, etc., a total of 227 with- a
valuation of $16 739, 788, and an en
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THE BATTLE OF
MANILA BAY.
Further Account of the bniiant
Victory of the American
Squadron.
SPANISH GUNNERY POOR.
Every American Shot Told and Spain's
Fleet Was Soon Destroyed, With
Great Loss of Life Batteries
Hoisted the White Flag.
Copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press.!
Hong Kong, May 8. Among naval
men, military men and civilians,
Europeans and natives here to-day,
there is only one subject of discussion,
the brilliant, dashing, annihilation vic
tory of the American feet under Com
modore Dewey, over he Spanish fleet
commanded by Admiral Montejo in
Manila bay on Sunday last.
Owing to the fact that the cable be
tween this port and the Philippine
islands was not in working order, hav
ing been cut, it is said, some distance
from the capital of the islands, there
has been delay in obtaining a detailed
account of the battle, and facts in- the
case were only available when the
United States gunboat Hugh McCul
loch arrived here yesterday, and even
then the tremendous pressure of busi
ness suddenly thrown upon the cable
comoauv necessarily made the earlier
accounts of the engagement somewhat
brief.
A Wonderful Achievement.
Commodore Dewey's orders were to
capture or destroy the Spanish fleet.
and never were instructions executed
in so complete a fashion. At the end
of seven hours there was absolutely
nothing left of the Spanish fleet but a
few relics.
The American commander had most
skillfully arranged every detail of the
action, and even the apparently most
insignificant features were carried out
with perfect punctuality and in rail
road time table order. r-''
At the end of the action Commodore
Dewey anchored his fleet iii the bay,
before Manila, and sent a message to
the Governor General, General Au-
srusti. announcing the inauguration of
the blockade and adding that if a shot
was fired against his ships he would
destroy every battery about Manila.
The position occupied by the Span
iards. the support which their ships
received from land batteries, and the
hig guns they had ashore gave then
an enormous advantage. Therefore,
when it is considered that the Span
iards lost over 600 men in killed and
wounded, that all their ships, amount
ing to about fourteen, Were destroved
and that their naval arsenal at Cavite
was also destroyed, with its defences
it will become apparent tnat tne vie
torv or tne American commodore is
one of the most complete and wonder
f ul achievements in the history of na
val warfare.
Not a man was killed on board the
American fleet, not a ship was dam
aged to any extent, ana only six men
were injured slightly on board the
Baltimore. ' y
This grand achievement is quite as
much due to the generalship of Com
raodore Dewey as to the fact that the
American gunners, ships and guns are
superior to anything in the same lin
afloat anywhere. Credit must be given
to the fullest extent to the officers un
der Commodore Dewey, for, to a man
they seconded their gallant commander
in every way possible, and thus helped
mm earn the laurels which are so
justly his.
- When the squadron left here it
touched first at a point in the Philip
pine islands hear Boliuao, as Commo
dore Dewey wished the insurgen
agents to disembark the"e, ascertain
the strength and disposition of the in
surgent forces, arrange to preven
needless bloodshed,, and inform the
insurgents of his intention to change
the government of the Philippine
islands, the Commodore strongly ob
jectmg to giving the rebels a chance
to commit excesses. The insurgent
leaders, however, refused to disem
bark under any consideration aud the
imer.cnn ship coasted in search of
the Spanish ships, but failed to find
them. Commodore Dewey arrived at
Subig bay, about thirty miles north
of Manila bay, on Saturday, April
30th, and sent the Baltimore and Con
cord to reconnoitre the enemy. They
found no Spanish ships at the en
trance of the bay, and so the Commo
dore decided to risk the mines and
proceed that same night after dark
into the bay of Manila, which he did.
The Order of Battle
taken up by the Spaniards was with
all the small craft inside the stone and
timber breakwaters of Cavite harbor
The larger ships of Spain cruised off
VJavite and Manila.
The American fleet entered Manila
bay on Saturday night with the great
est of ease. The Spaniards had not
established a patrol, and there were no
searchlights at the entrance Of the bay.
In fact, the American shins would
probably have passed inside the bay
without any challenge had it not been
that some sparks flew up from the Mc
Culloch's funnel. Thereupon a few
shots were exchanged with the bat
teries on Corregidor island, but the
fleet did not slow down, and soon took
up a position near Cavite. awaiting
dawn in order to commence hos
tilities. The early hours of the morning re
vealed the opposing, ships to, each
other; and the Spanish flagship opened
fire. 4Her action was followed by
some of the larger Spanish warships
and then the Cavite forts opened up
and - the smaller Spanish vessels
brought their guns into play. The
American squadron which had been
led into the bay and through the chan
nel by the flagship Olympia, did not
reply, though the shells of the Span
iards began to strike the water around
them. The ships moved majestically
onward. When nearing Baker bav.
a sudden upheaval of water a short
distance ahead of the Olympia, showed
that the Spaniards had exploded a.
mine or a torpedo. This was followed
by a second explosion. They were
both utterly unsuccessful
Spanish Gunnery Poor.
The American fleet was then draw
ing nearer and nearer to the Spaniards,
whose gunnery was very poor, the
shots from the Cavite batterios anH
from the Spanish ships being equally
badly aimed, either falling short or
going wide of the mark.
Wh en the American fleet entered
the bay, coming through the southern
channel between Caballo Frile islets,
the following was their order: The
flagship Olvmpia, Baltimore, Raleigh,
Uoncord, Boston, Petrel and McCulS
iwii, wiia me iwo store snips, the
JNanshan and Zafiro bringing up the
rear. And in that order they swept
grandly before the city and faced the
enemy in column line.
Though the Spaniards had opened
ure at six mousana yards, the Amen
cans reserved their fire until within
four thousand yards of the enemy,
rUn i.p rfifll battle began. The
Castilla. Don An-
rvT,ir rl TTllna. lsla de Juoa, jusa ue
T 11-7AM on ri fViA Mindanao were in line
Ko no sMitaidA nf Oavite at that time.
VI WVVAU - -
with four gunboats ana tne wrpeuu
boats inside tne naroor.
Every American Shot Told.
Th American ships then passed
backward and forward six times across
iva t fVi Snnni&rds. nouriner in
upon the latter a perfect hail of shot
and shell. Every Americau shot
seemed to tell, while almost every
On.misii alint. missed the mark.
After riavinc thus scattered death
and demoralization among the Spanish
fleet and in the Spanish batteries, tne
AmRrinan fleet retired ior oreaKiast
and. incidentally, a council or war was
held on board the Olympia. ,
Bv this time the Spanish ships were
m -J ....
a Desperate condition.
The flagship Keina Uhnstina was rid
dled with shot and shell, one of her
stP9m nines had burst and sne was
hnlieved to be on nre. me vjaauiia,
was certainly on ure, and soon alter
wards they were eventually burned to
t.ViA water's edsre. The Don Antonio
Ha TTllna made a magnihcent show of
rlAsnnrate. hraverv. When her com
v
mande.r found sne was so torn oy uie
r- , - . i il
American sheila that be could not
keen her afloat, he nailed her colors to
the mast and she went down with all
hands fie-hting to the last. Her hull
was completely riddled and her upper
deck had been swept clean by the
awful fire of the American guns but
the Spaniards, though their vessels
were sinking beneath them, continued
working the guns on her lower aecK
n nil I she sank.
Diirine- the engagement a Spanish
f nrpedo boat crept along the shore and
offing, in. an attempt to attack the
American store ships, out sne was
nromotlv discovered, was driven
ashore and shot to pieces. The Min
dando had in the meanwhile been run
ashore to save her frqm sinking and
the Spanish small craft had sought
shelter from the storm behind the
breakwater, ;
The Finishing Touches.
The battle, which was started at
about 5.30 A. M., and adjourned at
8.30 A. M., was resumed about noon
when Commodore Dewey started m
to put the finishing touches of his
"lorious work. There was not much
light left in the Spaniards by that time,
and at 2 P. M., the Petrel and Uon
cord had shot the Cavite . batteries
into silence, leaving them heaps of
ruins and floating the white flag.
The Spanish gunboats were then scut
tied, tlfe arsenal was on fire aud the
explosion of' a Spanish magazine
caused further mortality among the
defenders of Spain on shore.
On the water the burning, sunken
or destroyed Spanish vessels could be
seen, while only the cruiser Baltimore
had suffered in any way from the fire
of the enemy. A shot wiiich struck
hr exploded some ammunition near
one of her guus and slightly injured
half a dozen of the crew. Several shots
passed dangerously close to Commo
dore Dewey, hut little or no damage
was done on board the flagship.
- i Spanish Losses.
On the other hand about one hun
dred and fifty men are said to have
been killed on board the Reina Chris
tina, which was totally destroyed.
Admiral Montejo, the Spanish com
mander, transferred his flag to the
lsla de Cuba when his ship caught fire,
but the latter was destroyed also in
due course of time. The Reina Chris
tina lost her captain, a lieutenant, her
chaplain and midshipman by one shot
which struck her bridge.
About one hundred men were killed
and sixty wounded on board the Cas
til la. Indeed, some estimates place
the number of Spanish wounded dur
ing the engagement at over a thous
and men.
The Olympia was struck five times
about her upper works and a whale
boat of the Raleigh was smashed.
The Capitulation.
Although the Krupp guns on the
esplanade of Manila were fired con
tinuously during the engagement,
Commodore Dewey did not reply to
them, and the battery afterward
hoisted a white flag in token of sur
render.
ine terms ot the capitulation were
still unsettled when the McOulloch
left Manila, and it was said Commo
dore Dewey feared rioting upon the
part of the insurgents if he attempted
a bombardment of theremainiugforti-
hcations at Manila.
The forts at the entrance of the bay
were dismantled on Wednesday, after
they had capitulated.
It is said the American Commodore
ordered the cable to be cut because the
Spaniards refused to permit him to
use it pending the complete surrender
of the city.
Fought to the Last.
Even when the Spanish flagship was
shot half away, her commander,
though wounded refused to leave the
bridge till the ship was burning and
sinking, her stern shattered by a com
mon shell and her stern pipe burst.
As yet there are no further details of
the fighting. After it was over, Com
modore Dewey sent an ultimatum to
the city battery, ordering it to cease
firing or he would bombard.
The Petrel chased a gunboat
up the river Jfesig, and the Span
ish captain came in a boat to
negotiate conditions of surrender. The
American captain replied: "Uncondi
tional surrender or fight. " To this the
Spaniard answered: "We are willing
to hght. Flease allow us to send for
ammunition, because our store is ex
hausted."
On a proposal to the existing au
thorities to continue temporarily un
der the American flag, pending the
termination of the war, the Spaniards
delayed their decision and kept wiring
to Madrid. The Americans requested
the privilege of using the wire and
when this was refused they cut the
cable.
The Esmeralda, from Hong Kong.
arrived right in the middle of the
battle During the adjournment for
breakfast an American cruiser was de
tached to meet her, as it was believed
she might be a Spaniard. When it i
was found that the new arrival was a
British vessel she was warned to keep
away. The Esmeralda, therefore,
moved up the bay ten or fifteen miles.
there are still two or three Spanish
gunboats about the Philippines but no
resistance irom them is probable.
One recently captured an American
bark.
Troops Abandon Manila.
Madrid. May 8. 11 A. M. It is
claimed that a message has been re
ceived here from Manila announcing
that the Spanish troops have retired
from Manila, taking with them all
their arms, ammunition and stores.
London, May 9. The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle ;
says:
"Manila is helpless and surrounded
by the insurgents. The blockade is
effective. The Americans have occu
pied Corregidor island and Commo
dore Dewey has exercised consum
mate judgment and rare ability in
maintaining a distance at once safe for
his fleet and deadly to the Spaniards."
The only loss on the American ves
sels at Manila was chief engineer Ran
dall, of the McCulloch, who died of
heat and appoplexy, as the squadron
was entering the harbor. He was
buried at Sea.
SAMPS0N'S
SQUADRON.
Believed to Have Engaged the
isb
Ships Yesterday Morning Off
Sao Domingo.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, May 8. The World has
received the following copyrighted
cablegram from George Bronson Rea
dated Fuerto .Plata, ban Domingo,
May 8: j
Domimcian officials report heavy
cannonading off the north of Monte
(Jristi, about fifty miles Irom here.
'It is believed here that Kear Admi
ral Sampsons squadron is engaging
the Spanish Cape Verde fleet The
firing began about 9 o'clock this morn
ing and was terrific. The American
fleet was due to arrive in Porto Rican
waters yesterday afternoon. The Span
ish fleet was expected at about the same
time.
"Sampson came here with orders to
find the fleet and reduce it.
"He will, after destroying the Span
ish ships, begin a strict blockade, and
if necessary he will bombard and cap
ture Irorto Kico
INVADE CUBA AT UNCE.
An Army of Between Sixty and Eighty
Thousand Men Now Assembling.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, May 8. The ! Wash
ington Post to-morrow will say: Be
tween sixty and eighty thousand men
will be landed on Uuban soil at once.
This is the idea of the military ad
visers ot the administration ana tne
President has approved the plans.
The first section of the army to in
vade Cuba will be the 15,000 or? 18,000
troops that are now assembled at New
Orleans and Tampa. They are all regu
lars. L
They will be -followed at Once by
another army of 50.000 volunteers,
who will be concentrated at Southern
ports as qnickly as the trains can
carry them.
B
Governor Tyler received yesterday
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possible, and as soon as a regiment is
organized to send it to Chickamauga.
General Stewart L. Woodford, U.
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SHIPS RETURN THE FIRE.
Only Poor Markmanship Saved Them
from Destruction The Vicksburg
Slightly Damaged The Morrill
Later Captures Schooner.
Copyright 1896 by the Associated Press.
Key West, May B. Only poor
markmanship on the part of the Span
ish gunners saved the Vicksburg and
the cutter Morrill from destruction off
Havana yesterday morning. For over
half an hour they were under the fire
of the guns of the Santa Clara water
batteries, bnt both escaped without
material injury, although shrapnel
shells from eight-inch puns exploded
all about them and both now, show the
pitted scars of the Spanish bullets.
Led Into a Trap.
The wily Spaniards had arranged a
trap to send a couple of our ships to
the bottom. They baited it as a man
would bait a trap. A small schooner
was sent out from Havana harbor
shortly before daylight yesterday
morning to draw some 01 tne Amen
cans into the ambuscade. The ruse
worked like a charm. The Vicksburg
and the , Morrill, in the heat of the
ehase and in their contempt for Span
ish gunnery, walked straight into the
trap that had been set for them. Had
the Spaniards possessed their souls in
patience but five minutes loneer not
even the bad gun-practice would
have saved our ships and this morning
two more of our vessels would lie at
the bottom, Within two lengths of the
ill-starred Maine. V
Friday evening the Vicksburg and
the Morrill, cruising: to the west of
Morro Castle, were fired upon by the
bis eruns of the Uoiimar batteries
Two shots were fired at the
Vicksburg and one was fired at the
Morrill. Both fell short and both
vessels without returning the fire
steamed out of range. It would have
been folly to have done otherwise
But, yesterday morning, the Spaniards
had better luck. The schooner they
had sent out before daylight ran off to
the eastward, hugging the shore with
the wind on her starboard quarter.
About three miles east of the entrance
of the harbor, she came over on the
port track. A light haze fringed the
horizon and she was not discovered
until three miles off the shore, wheu
the Mayflower made her out and sig
nalled the Morrill and Vicksburg.
Captain Smith, of the Morrill, and
Commander Lilly, of the Vicksburg,
immediately slapped on all steam and
started in pursuit. The schooner in
stantly put about and ran for Morro
Castle. On doing so. she would, ac
cording to the well-conceived Spanish
plot, lead the two American warships
directly under the guns of the Santa
Clara batteries. These works are a
short mile west of Morro, and are a
part of the defences of the harbor.
Formidable batteries.
There are two batteries, one at the
shore, which has been recently thrown
up, of sana and mortar with wide em
brasures for eight-inch guns, and the
other on the crest of the rocky emi
nence, which puts out into the water
of the gulf at that point. The upper
battery mounts modern ten and twelve
inch Krupp guns behind a six-foot
stone parapet, in front of Which are
twenty feet of earthworks and a belt
ing of railroad iron. This batterv is
considered the most formidable of Ha
vana's defences except Morro Castle
It is masked and had not been abso
lutelv located bv American warships
It is probably due to the fact that the
Spaniards did not desire to expose its
position that the Vicksburg and Mor
rill are now afloat. The vessels
were about six miles from the
schooner when the chase be
gan. They steamed after her at
full speed, the Morrill leading
until within a mile and a half of
the Santa Clara batteries. Commo
dore Smith of the Morrill was the
first to realize the danger into which
the reckless pursuit had led them
He concluded it was time to haul off.
and sent a shot across the bow of the
schooner. The Spanish skipper in
stantly brought his vessel about, but
while she was still rolling in the
trough of the sea with her sails flap
ping, an eight-inch shrapnel shell
came hurling through the air from
the water battery, a mile and a half
away. It passed over the Morrill be
tween the pilot-house and the smoke
stack, and exploded, less than fifty
feet on the port quarter. The small
shot rattled against herside.
It Was a Close Call.
Two more shots followed in quick
succession, both shrapnel. One burst
closer under the starboard quarter,
filling the engine room with smoke of
the explosion of the shell and the
other, like the first, passed over and
exploded just beyond. The Spanish
gunners had the range and their time
fuses were accurately set. The crews
of both shiDS were at their trans.
Lieutenant Craig, who was in charge
of the bow four-inch rapid-fire gun of
the Morrill, asked for and obtained
permission to return the fire. At the
first shot the Vicksburg which was in
the wake of the Morrill, slightly in
shore sheered off and passed to wind
ward under the Morrill's stern.
In the meantime. Captain Smith,
also put his helm to port, and was
none too soon, for as the Morrill stood
off, a solid 8-inch shot grazed her star
board quarter and kicked up tons of
water as it struck a wave one hundred
yards beyond. Captain Smith said
afterward that this was undoubtedly
an S-inch armor piercing projectile
and that it would have passed through
the Morrill's boilers had he not changed
her course in the nick of time.
Vicksburg Slightly Damaged.
All the guns of the water battery
were now at work. One of them cut
the Jacobs ladder of the Vicksburg
adrift and another carried away a por
tion of the rigging. As the Morrill
and the Vicksburg steamed away their
aft guns were used, but only a few
shots were fired. The Morrill's six
inch gun was elevated for four thou
sand yards, and struck the earthworks
repeatedly. The Vicksburg fired but
three shots from her six-pounder. The
Spaniards continued to fire shot and
shell for. twenty minutes, but the
shots wereineffective. Some of them
were so wild tnat tney aroused the
American "jackies" to jeers. The
Spaniards only ceased firing when the
Morrill and Vicksburg were completely
out of range. If all the Spanish gun
ners had been suffering from strabis
mus their practice cuuld not have
been worse.
The officers of both the Morrill and
Vicksburg frankly admit their own
recklessness and the narrow escape of
their own vessels from destruction.
They are firmly convinced that the
pursuit of the schooner was a neatly
planned trick which almost proved
successful. If any one of the shots
had struck the thin skin of either ves
sel,it would have offered no more re
sistance than a piece of paper to a rifle
ball.
The accurate ranee of the first few
shots is accounted for by the fact that
tne Spanish ameers had ample time to
make observations. The bearings of
the two vessels were probably taken
with a range-finder at the Santa Clara
battery, and as this battery is probably
connected by wire with morro, tney
were enabled to take hearings from
both points and by laborious calcula
tions they axed the positions 01 tne
vessels pretty accurately. Witn such
opportunity for observations it would
have been no great trick tor an Amer
ican gunner to drop a shell down the
smokestack of a vessel.
As soon as the ships sheered off,
after the first fire, the Spanish gun
ners lost the range and their practice
became ludicrous. If they had waited
five minutes lonerer "before opening
fire, Captain Smith says, it would have
been well nigh impossible to have
missed the target.
A Prize Captured.
Later in the day the Morrill captured
the Spanish schooner Espana, bound
for Havana and towed the prize to
Key West.
On Frldav the French school shin.
the frigate Dobourdieu, carrying thirty
guns in ail, entered the harbor of
Havana. She was stopped by the
Morrill, and two .shots were fired by
the Annapolis before she showed her
flag.
NEWS OF THE
DEPARTMENTS.
Nothing Heard Oi an Engagement
Between Sampson's Fleet
and the Spanish.
EARLY ADVICES EXRECTED.
Oreat Activity
in the War Department.
A Change of
Plan for the Cuban
Campaign Great
Volunteer
Army Assembling.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, May 8. Sunday was
far from being1 a day of rest at the
State, War and Navy Departments,
and so many officiai.s aud-clerks were
engaged at their desks that one of the
officers was compelled to remark
apologetically: "We are not work
me on unaav : tnis is simply an ex
tension of the executive day of Satur
day."
Secretary Day spent a eood part of
the day in his office going over tele
grams and mail dispatches and con
sulting with Second Assistant Adee,
so tnat me department was fully pre
pared to deal with any advices that
might come by cable and require im
mediate action.
In the Navy Department, Colonel
Roosevelt was at his desk, while the
Navigation Bureau had almost a full
force at work. No word came during
the day by cable or otherwise to sup
plement the account received of the
engagement at Manila, but the officials
are perfecting all arrangements for
sending Dewey the supplies andrepair
outnt he may need.
Admiral Sampson.
If any news has been received from
Admiral bampson, it was not of
character that could be made public
without endangering the successful
working of the plans of the strategy
board. It may be stated positively.
however, that so far the department
has heard nothing of an engagement or
of anything approaching one, between
the fleet and the Spanish forces. It is
expected by the officials that there will
be nothing like the delay experienced
in the case of the Philippine fight in
hearmg from Admiral bampson in
case of an engagement in the West In
dies. Without in anywise admitting
that Porto Rico is Sampson's objective
point, it is pointed out that even allow
ing the Spanish the ' retention of
cable communication from that
island to the outside world, there
is an independent cable connection
from bt. 1 nomas that cannot come
under Spanish control, running as it
does through the chain of French and
British islands southward from St,
Thomas and thence to Hayti, where
direct cable connection can be had
with New York. From the character
of the ships under Sampson's direct
command the officials feel little doubt
of the successful outcome of a fight
between his force and the Spanish
flying squadron. Outside the flagship
JNew xork, which is partly armored
all of the vessels with Admiral Samp
son with one exception are full iron
clads, and moreover their armor being
full nickel steel, harveyized, is so
superior to the armor of the Spanish
cruisers that it is calculated that nine
inches of it is fully equal in resisting
power to twelve inches of the un
hardened and older armor of the
Spanish ships.
In the War Department,
both General Miles and Adjustant
General Corbin were hard at work.
There are outward evidences of a
change of plan for the Cuban cam
paign that cannot be described at
present but which promise to be very
acceptable to the thousands of people
who are waiting for developments.
Major General Wilson spent some
time in conference with General
Miles going over the ground. A lot
of pins, capped with bits of paper to
represent the different arms of the ser
vice, are lying in readiness in the gen
eral's ante room to pin to maps in fol
lowing out the progress of the troops
in Cuba.
Adjutant General Corbin was one of
the busiest men in the city to-day. Tele
grams were pouring in on him from
all parts of the country, mostly in
reference to the assembling of the
great volunteer army now in progress
iu every State and Territory of the
Union. The Adjutant General is
highly gratified with the splendid re
sponse that has come to the Presi
dent's eall for volunteers and at the
good work being done by the armj
mustering officers, as evidenced by
telegrams he was receiving from them.
THE SPANISH CABINET.
Resolved to Energetically Push the Cam
paign, Especially in the Philippines.
By Cable to the Mornln Star.
Madrid, May 8. 4 P. M. The up
shot of the cabinet council held to-day
is understood to be that there will be
no change in the ministry for the pres
ent and that the cabinet has resolved
to "energetically push the campaign,
especially in the Philippine islands."
Premier Sagas ta is now conferring
with the Queen Regent, who sum
moned him to her presence.
In the Cortes all the measures pend
ing solution will, it is said, be rapidly
voted, thus leaving the government a
full hand to cope with national prob
lems. A Crisis is Imminent
Madrid, May 8, 10 P. M. Accord
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crisis, provoked by Admiral Bermejo,
Minister of Marine, is imminent, in
volving the whole cabinet. If charged
to reconstruct the ministry, it is be
lieved that Senor Sagasta would offer
a portfolio to Senor Gamazo, who re
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