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Pacific Press Publishing Co. · New York · July 14, 1898

SOME things that seem mysterious in the circumstances of the war are, that after having repeatedly cut the “last cable” between Cuba and other lands, Havana still remains in cable communication with Madrid; that the Spanish destroyer “Terror,” after being sunk by the fleet in an effort to run into Santiago, is able to make an attack on the “St. Paul” at San Juan; and that the decrepit Spanish government is able to supply its soldiers in Cuba with smokeless powder, to their great advantage, while the soldiers of “Uncle Sam” can only be supplied by their great country nearby with ordinary powder, the use of which in battle makes them a conspicuous target for the enemy.