The Spanich cruiser Blaw de Ler left Shanghai Monday. morning. She is expected to make 'a short stay in one of the Northern Ports, after which she will pay an official visit to Japan; thence to Manila and back to Spain. This is the itinerary now in. vie change if conditions should make it advisable to return to these waters.
Tt was the first time that a Spanish man-of-war had been soon in the Far East for more than 30 pain's interests in this, the world are rather limited, natural that her reign Office and. Navy Depart rent should be more concerned with geographical, racial, commercial and historical spheres of influence, namely Northern Afrien and Latin America, than with these remote Neverthetess, during the stay' of the Blas de Lezo in Shanghai, her forces took the posts which were assigned to them and fulfilled their tasks quietly and efficiently. It is to be recalled that, for many weeks, Spanish sailors "had charge of olicing the Bund, from the Garden Bridge to Avenue' Edward VI, and spite of their handicaps, such as the lack of knowledge of languan Jand customs, they carried out their duties in a business-like and restrained way, that earned well deserved praise from those in. a position to appreciate their wor!
During the six months of their sojourn, from Commander Puerto' and" Second Commander Navia-Osorio to the last sailor, the Spanish men have captured the. good will of the Shanghai community, whose good wishes accompany the officers and men,
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