Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1898 — CALLED BACK. [ARTICLE]

CALLED BACK.

Camara’s Squadron Said to Have Been “ Ordered to Retnra to Spain at Once. A Gibraltar, July 7.—According tp dispatches received here from Madrid, the Spanish government has ordered Admiral Camara to return to Spain. Madrid, July 7. —The authorities kept the disaster to Adiniral Cervera’s squadron a secret as long as possible, and even suppressed the extra editions of the newspapers giving 'the facts. The official confirmation, therefore, caused a tremendous impression, particularly in naval and military circles, where the government is accused of ordering Admiral Cervera to make a sortie, despite the known opposition of several naval experts. The troops are confined to barracks, as disorders are feared, but up to ttxis hour there have been no disturbances in Madrid or in the provinces. Madrid, July 5. via the frontier, July 7. —The enthusiasm aroused by the misleading dispatches to the Spanish government from Cuba is changed into the wailings of the families of the victims and lamentations of the national disaster. The ministers are crestfallen and are still concealing the worst. The extremity of despair, rage and recrimination prevails among the population and the authorities are adopting strong precautions, fearing popular outbursts. A government crisis is imminent and it is regarded as probable that Senor Silvela or Marshal Martinez de Campos will succeed Senor Sagasta as premier and propose peace in order to prevent the Americans from attacking seaboard cities of the peninsula and ruining Spain.