THE WAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3447, 31 May 1898, Page 3

THE WAR.

CAPTURE OF AN ENGLISH WAR CORRESPONDENT; 81/ Telegraph.—Press Association.—Gdpyright, London, May 29. Mr E. F. Knight, the special war oorreiprndent of the Times, has been captured by the Spaniards in Cuba. Ho was being surreptitiously landed on the coast when his boat was swamped, and he was'arrested by a party of soldiers. He is now imprisoned at Havana. [Mr Knight was the Times correspondent in the Hanza-Nagar campaign of 1891, in Matabeleland in 1893-95. in Madagascar in 1895 in the Soudan in 1896, and in Greece last year. Of his books the best known is 11 Where Three Empires Meet. ’

AMERICA TO SEIZE THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.

Washington, May 30. President McKinley is considering the question of ordering the seizure of the Caroline Islands, a Spanish possession to the south-west of the Philippines. ADMIRAL DEWEY’S FLEET SHORT OP PROVISIONS. Washington, May 30. It is reported that Admiral Dewey, at the Philippines, is short of provisions and ammunition. REPORTED EXPLOSION ON THE BALTIMORE. Washington, May 30. The reported explosion on board the American cruiser Baltimore (4600 tons), one of Admiral Dewey’s fleet at the Philippines, is now denied. MISHAP TO AN AMERICAN CRUISING STEAMER. Received May 31, 1.20 a.m. New York, May 30. The American cruising steamer Harvard put into Kingston (capital of Jamaica) for repairs to her steering-gear and a supply of coals.

THE ARREST OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT.

DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING. Received May 31, 1.20 a.m. London, May 30. The Time s Bays that Senor Sagaata, Premier, sanctioned Mr Knight’s (war correspondent) proceeding to Cuba, and that bis arrest was due to a misunderstanding, and that he will shortly be released.

SPAIN’S MYSTERIOUS FLEET.

IN CENTRAL AMERICAN WATERS. London, May 30. The Times correspondent at Kingston (Jamaica) telegraphs that Admiral Gerveraa’ Spanish fleet is in Central American waters.