The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1898, Page 1

The Call y VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 22 SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SHAFTER AND GARCIA HOLD A WAR COUNCIL CONFERENCE OF THE TWO ARMY CHIEFS Historical M Open Hut Cuban Plans for the Attack on Santiago Discussed With Admiral Sampson. Copyrighted, 1898, by OJoJoX« place at this little - teresting feature of military escort of and Lieutenant staff, have landed shore in @® @ @® 0JO] 5 off the shore. The Marblehead la A ragged escort of Cuban soldiers met them on landing, but of United States soldiers, except in the sense that offi- ank in the army are soldiers, there not one. s a historical moment in the his- f not of America, for , General Shafter and Sampson have met for the They are grouped together Ad first time. under a sun so hot that it burns eves | on the high cliff overlooking the mag- nificent valley of royal palms which meets the motionless blue sea, broken lines of only by shore, and further out is broken again of thirty of w by the slow moving huils thirty ship: transports and The three commander w boxes under the palm leaf roof of an open hut. One of them has a blue print map on his knees, and before they roll are it up again the attack on Santiago will | be decided upon and her fate sealed. Outside this hut are five negro sen- | tries, naked to the walst, and in the open space about the hut are hundreds of Cuban army officers, well armed, well uniformed—privates of every shade of skin, with every make of weapon, | and small laughing boys armed with machetes or not armed at all. The palmieaf hut where the confer- ence is taking place is open to the hot air at both ends, and on each side and gtanding about it or kn-eling on the ground in order to obtain a better view is the strangest gathering of persons this war has thrown together. Colonel John Jacob Astor is crowded by a black glant with «nly a guard belt to cover his naked. shoulders. There is also General Ludlow of the| engineers, General Costello and Lieu- tenant Miley and Admiral. Sampson. Colonel Goetzen, the German attache, in spotless white, and a Cuban officer in a linen blouse and with bare feet are talking in signs, and with them fis| Captain Lee, the British attache, booted and spurred, with fleldglasses, hemlet and immaculate kharki. Captain Stewart Brice in the uniform of the volunteer army, in blue jacket, with breeches rolled above the knee, and a group of ensigns from the war- ships, act as a background to the prin- cipal actors, and still further back of them are Cuban soldiers squatting on the ground, curious and interested, and eghowing their teeth in broad smiles of welcome and_touching thelir straw hats when any. one of the American officers | looks their way. Any land would seem fair after a week on the troopships, but there are | Rabi By Richard Harding Davis. GENERAL GARCIA’S CAMP, ASER- RADERO, Cuba, June 20 (via Port An- tonio, Jamaica, June 2]1).—The first land- ing of regular troops has just taken miles west of Santiago. for a conference only, and the most in- Shafter, commander of the army of in- vasion, and his staff; Admiral Sampson Stanton, the enemy’s country, within twelve miles of 12,000 Spanish soldiers and Castle Morro, without a musket or a revolver to protect them. white breakers on | ed on eetind in an on the Shore. James Gordon Bennett. point of land twelve It was a landing it is that without a any sort General -‘,(?G‘é@)@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ©® his chief of in a small boat on REEOOEOO® | few lands that are more fair than this one and few places on it that are more beautiful than this camp of Gareia’s, lying between great mountains and a great sea, shaded by royal palms and colored by brilliant scarlet flowers. The conference is ended and General ‘Shflfl\‘r and the admiral are bidding good-by to General Garcia, who looks, | with his beard and mustache of the | third empire, like a marshal of France. What the conference has decided we shall know to-morrow. For the present the news is that the army of invasion arrived. Tts final landing has taken place. PLANS FOR THE ATTACK BY SHAFTER'S INVADERS No Time Will Be Lost Once the Americans Have Landed in Cuba. NEW YORK, June 21.—The Herald's | Washington correspondent telegraphs: With effective co-operation of Ameri- can warships and insurgents assured, naval officlals say the debarkation of troops ought not to be attended by any great danger. Rear Admiral Sampson | has advised the Navy Department of his conference with the insurgent lead- ers several davs ago, and the authori- | ties express satisfaction with the plan | as it has been communicated them. | The plan contemplates the taking of | advanced positions™. by the insurgent forces under the fire of American men- of-war, and, when this feature of the | | programme has been carried out; | troops will be landed. The authorities | feel confident the insurgents will be | able to hold out until reinforcements ; can be sent to them, and by this means the Spaniards will be unable to pre- | vent the debarkation of the entire army with quantities of supplies which | accompany it. No official announcement will be kmadc as to the place of landing for the | reason that the authorities do not pro- pose to make public to the enemy a plan which they would be thus in a position to anticipate. One of the offi- cials with whom I talked said it was near enough for the Herald to state that the main body would be landed within elght miles of the city, and no time would be lost in making the at- tack. The debarkation of the army will be the beginning of an arduous cam- paign. The officials are beginning to feel some apprehension that it will noet be the simple task which they have an- ticipated. It is known that Lieutenant General Linares has been strongly re- inforced, to what extent has not been reported to the Navy Department, but the amount of credence placed in the report is shown by the action of the War Department in sending $000 in- stead of 4000 men to reinforce General Shafter's army, bringing his total force up to 28,000 men. It is belleved Generals Garcla and be able to place 5000 or 6000 b GConlits °| VIEW OF THE AGUADORES LANDING, SIX MILES EAST OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOR OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. The Spanish Fort Shown on the Hill to the Left Was Silenced and Dismantled Last Week by Admiral Sampson’s Fleet. dIRY PROJECT ACCREDITED TO THEE POWERS Alleged Negotiations Regarding the Philippines, With America Special Cable to the Call and New York _Herald. + + Lorraine to France. his imperial Majesty: R T e ee e Left Out. MADRID, June 21.—Very many rumors are current in diplomatic circles. The one most generally accepted is also most apparently extravagant, yet it has such credence here that I forward it to you. I may say it was a member of the German Embassy in Madrid who was my informant and who gave me the news as being absolutely certain. most express reserve, as it appears to me to belong entirely to the region of fancy. According to my informant negotiations have been commenced between Spain, Ger- many and France. By an agreement with France and Spain Germany would acquire sole proprietorship of the Philippine Islands, in exchange for which she would return Ajsace and Germany and France would intervene to restore peace between Spain and the United States and France would agree to pay the amount of the American war indemnity in addition to the actual expenses of the war itself. This combination is too brilliant to, be strictly exact, although I am informed it is be- ing seriously examined by-the three interested powers. This much is certain: gasta had an interview with a special envoy from the German Emperor, who was charged with the duty of making the following proposition to the Spanish Government in behalf of Germany would establish a protectorate over the Philippines for twenty years, thus taking the place of Spain in the archipelago. She would re-establish order after having sent troops in sufficient numbers to bring the state of war in the islands to an end. As a return for this temporary protectorate Germany would agree to pay into the Spanish treasury the sum of 500,000,000 marks in gold to continue the war in Cuba. Senor Sagasta has not yet given his reply to the German Emperor’s envoy, but I have received information from an authentic quarter that his reply will be in the negative. P T R T P P e O e S S B SR O R R R P D SO Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. I send it with Senor Sa- men at the disposal of Shafter in addi- tion to 1000 Cubans who are serving with the marines in Guantanamo and performing bushwhacking work. Rear Admiral Sampson has made several highly complimentary reports to the Navy Department on the bravery of the Cubans and their gal- lantry is perhaps best shown by the fact that thirty of their wounded are now undergoing treatment on board the Solace. - It will be necessary for General Shat- ter to use Cuban skirmishers, leaving the Americans to do the heavy fight- ing. The Cubans will be assisted by Roosevelt’'s Rough Riders, who are with the army.: > The path which the army will take in its march into Santiago has been prac- tically determined upon after careful consideration by the Cubans and Rear Admiral Sampson, and naval officers familiar with it say it is the best that & over which the army will have to be obtained, considering the coun-. move. Admiral Sampson has. officially in- formed the department that, notwith- standing the sinking of the Merrimac, it is still possible for armorclads to go either in or out of the harbor, provided the mines in the channels and the bat- teries will permit. It Is evident from this that had Admiral Cervera wished to do so he could have steamed out of the harbor and attacked the American armorclads, but instead he preferred to remain safely anchored therein. R R R R R s R R s Field [OXCXCXOJOROXOROXOXCYOXOROFOJOROXCROROJOROXO] capturing Santiago. R. Shafter 4000 Forty-seven TUnited States vessels bearing the first division of the Ameri- can army hove to at a point twenty miles southeast of Santiago at daybreak this morning. There were fifteen war- ships and thirty-two troopships in the fleet. Admiral Sampson was advised of the approach of the troopships by the Rogers and Ericcson and he promptly sent Captain Chadwick of the flagship New York to receive General Shafter. Captain Chadwick went on the Glou- cester and acquainted General Shafter with the location of the several points at which troops might be landed. A Captain Chadwick advised the troops On Board Herald-Call Dispatch Boat, off Santiago, June 20 (via Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 22).—Two armies consist- ing of about 20,000 men are now ready to co-operate with Admiral Sampson in arrival of the American army of invasion under command of Major General William soldiers, comprising the command of Gen- eral Garcia, have appeared near Aser- radero and are in close communication with the American fleet and troops. GARCIA’S VETERANS- WILL AID Four Thousand Fighters in the Cuban Chief’s Force. |Are Equipped for Effective War- fare and Possess Thirteen Guns. Coincidental with the experienced Cuban [oFoJoXoroXoYooJoYcJoFoRooJoOJoJOROJOJOXO) to remain out of sight of land until the point at which the troops are to dis- embark {s selected. General Shafter accepted this suggestion and all day the troop fleet remained twenty mileg out at sea. It is likely their presence is known to the Spaniards, however, as smoke from the transports must be visible from Morro heights, which rise 250 feet above the sea. The transports came through the Windward Passage Instead of using the Yucatan Channel, as Admiral Sampson expected them to do. The enthusiasm | of Admiral Sampson’s men at the ar- rival of the troops was helghtened by,