The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1898, Page 1

Vi ey Tall | This Paper not , to be taken from - the Library.++++ VOLUME LXXXIV SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SANTIAGO SURRENDERED TO VICTORIOUS AMERIC SHAFTER’S TERMS ACCEPTED BY THE VANQUISHED DONS Large @Area of Territory Given Up Witb Nearly Fifteen Thousand Soldiers, Who Will Be Returned to Spain. the Spanish 1 ter inc n Th the out firing a shot. nera and Sagu CO00000C00000000C00C000 Copyrighted, 1808, by the Associated Press PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, July 14, 4 p. m.—General Toral, commanding forces in Santiago de Cuba, this morning sent a communication to General Shaf- licating his willingness to accept the terms of surrender proposed yesterday and asking American commander to appoint Commissioners to meet the Spanish Commissioners to e to send the Spanish troops back to Spain. This will be promptly done. "he surrender of General Toral not only means the fall of Santiago, but, by the terms of surrender, the whole eastern end of the island falls into the hands of the United States with- The surrender is to include all the Spanish troops at Santiago, Guantanamo, , composing the Fourth Corps of the Spanish army. The portion of the province of Santiago de Cuba that lies east of the line from Sagua, via Las Palmas to Aserradero, is surrendered to the United States. O00CC00000000000000000000000000000C000N0O0000000000000000 Caima- CO00C0000000000000000 NEW YORK, July 14.—The Washing- | tary Corbin to discuss plans for send- | commanding officer of the American ton correspondent of the Herald tele- ntiago has sur! dered. Its our marvelous naval vic- ich resulted in the annihilation two-thirds of Spain’s | d all Washington to to-night with the | d s of the war. T f the surrender of Santi- told the official dis- in “PLA YA DEL ESTE, tary of V tiag , troc on the t his troo General St ing d to Spain. | commis- sioners t conditions of the arran ing out the terms of s fying, command are most insurr they unte has been rate those free from it still on on shore. Ar diately made for carrying out ther instructions of the Pr yourself. NELSON A. MILES, “Major General of the Army.” “PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 14.—Ad- jutant General, Washington: Have just returned from interview with ( who are those the - nt a *neral Toral. He agrees to surrender on the basis of being returned to Spain. Thi proposition embodies all of Eastern Cuba from Aserradero on the south to Sagua on the north, via Palma, with practically the fourth army corps. Commissioners meet this afternoon at o'clock to definitely arrange the terms. SHAFTER, “Major General.” Although the Spanish troops under General Toral are to be sent back to Spain, they are to go as prisoners of war, and in this light the authorities consider that the surrender is to all and purposes unconditionai and sense a complete victory for can troops. That it has been accomplished without additional blood- shed is a matter of intense satisfaction to the President. Determined as he was that the city must be assaulted from land and sea nemv had been forced to der, the President to-day ex- ed his great satisfaction at the outcome which avoided the necessity of carrying out the instructionstomilitary the e and naval commanders, which would undoubtedly have involved a serious loss of life among our own forces as well as of the enemy. Until word w: render had was a received that the sur- *tually taken place, there deal of uneasiness and a great concern among officials of the adminis- | tration It w ish general v delay, and that city would be nec With 3 fever increasing among the troops in the trenches the President was desirous that the end should come at once so the troops could be removed to healthful points and those already stricken with the dreaded disease iso- lated and quarantined. The first official announcement was feared that the Span- bartering for further ssault upon the ary in the end. an received about half-past 2 o’clock in a | brief dispatch from General Shafter. The President was the first to be made acquainted with its contents. He was at the time having luncheon with Mrs. McKinley, with whom he read the dis- patch aloud and immediately sent for Secretary Alger and Assistant Secre- | to lay down their arms. | all this will be arranged this afternoon, | | | ing away the Spanish prisoners. There was not much to be done at this end of the line as to the details of | surrender. i “This is a matter,” General Corbin | said, after leaving the President, “to | be arranged Dy . General Shafter, or | rather by the commissioners under tha | terms alreadv agreed upon. Now that the main question of surrender has been settled the only thing necessary | to be done is to agree upon certain de- tails as to whether the Spanish troops | should remain in town or whether they should be marched out on the plains I assume that and General Shafter, in accordance with the dispatch just sent, will send the full particulars some time to- | night.” | Among other points to be settled be- | fore General Shafter occupies the city are those relating to the destruction or removal of the mines and other danger- ous obstcles in forts garrisoning the city, the disposition of the surrendered | army, etc. All these questions involve deliberation, and some time may elapse before General Shafter is able to report fully upon the conclusions reached by the Commissioners. | Now that Santiago has fallen, the | control of the territory surrendered | comes prominently to the front and in- | volves to some extent the question of | recognition of the indepmendence of the | Cubans. Members of the Cuban Junta | are talking here to-night about making the official capital of the Cuban republic | at Santiago. They are a little prema- ture, however, in thus reckoning. It is not the intention of the administration to place the Cubans in the control of Santiago at this =tage. Secretary Alger | said that the control of the surrendered | territory would be in the hands of the military and naval forces of the United | States, and that a military government would prevail until the Spanish have finally evacuated Cuba and a stable form of government had been devised. | That portion of Cuba surrendered to | General Shafter by General Toral com- prises the territory at the extreme eastern end of the island, east of a line running northeasterly from Aserra- | dero on the southern coast, a little | west of Santiago, to Sagua de Tanamo | on the north, and almost due north | from Santiago. This territory com- | prises these three districts: Santiago, Guantanamo and Baracoa. The western districts of Manzanillo and Hclguin, with its harbor of Gibara, were not surrendered. It is not thought that there are any Spanish troops with- in the surrendered territory besides the 12,000 to 15,000 surrendered in Santiago city by General Toral. ? Three thousand Spanish troops were near Guantanamo at the time of the at- tack upon the United States marines, but I am informed at the department that most of them effected a Jjunction with troops from Holguin and cut their way through Garcia's line into Santi- | ago. These troops amounted to about 4000, leaving in Holguin district about 5800 men, 3000 of whom, however, have, it is feared, gone to Porto Rico with General Bernal. In Manzanillo district there are about 12,000 troops, and these | are still there. The surrender, of course, carries with it the turning over to General Shafter of all fortifications, guns and other mu- nitions of war of all kinds in Santiago or any other part of the surrendered territory, as well as any gunboats or other vessels belonging to the Spanish Government in any of the waters em- braced within the limits named by Gen- eral Shafter. It is also necessarily im- plied that the authority of all Spanish officials, civil as well as military, in the surrendered territory ceases, and that all functions of government are to be exercised under direction of - the | the hills. military forces. — FIVE CASES HAVE RESULTED FATALLY WASHINGTON, July 4.—Réports that have reached the ~War Depart- ment show there has been mortality among the yellow fever cases with Shafter’s army. This, however, has been slight, as it is said that up to the present time but five cases have re- sulted fatally. If any report of addi- tional cases was received to-day the officials declined to make it public. Meanwhile Surgeon General Stern- berg is making arrangements to sup- plement the working force of immune physicians and nurses at Santiago. He announced to-day that on Monday a vessel would leave New York carrying an additional number of this class of workers and a large consignment of hospital surgeons. As indicated in General Miles' telegram to Secretary Alger, the policy of isolating the sick from the well at Santiago will be put into practical operation, and the offi- cers hope that by this course the spread of the disease will be retarded and kept within the limits in which it has gained a foothold. The sick and wounded who will ar- rive in New York in a few days on the transport Seneca will be distributed be- tween New York and Brooklyn hos- pitals pending their recovery. One hundred are to be sent to the marine hospital at New York and the re- mainder to various places in Brooklyn. The ambulance ship Solace, operated by the navy, is hourly expected at Fortress Monroe with forty-four sick and wounded from Shafter’s army. g i SIMPLIFIES TH FEVER PROBLEM NEW YORK, July 14.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: “The surrender of Santiago,” said Surgeon General Sternberg to me to-day, “makes the yellow fever prob- lem there a @good deal simpler. Up to this time the medical department offi- cers, with the trocps packed togather under orders in the wet trenches, were comparatively helpless to deal mosc ef- | fectiveiy with the pestilence. But nrow that they are out of these trenches we can isolate them in the hospitals on Those who have not suc- cumbed to the fever will have heen separated, and they will not be able to be taken away with safety to other places before they have been quaran- tined for at least five days.” While General Sternberg was deeply sensible of the gravity of the situation, he was averse to saying anything that might cause alarm among the relatives of soldiers. The fact is, however, that the number of cases has gone beyond the hundred mark and the conditions of Santiago are much more grievous, 1 am informed on accurate authority, than will be admitted by the Wa* De- partment to the public. They are evin wors= than indicated in the dispatch from General Miles this morning, which was with reluctance given out by the ‘War Department. Here is an extract from General Miles' dispatch, the first official information of fever among the troops: “A portion of the army has been infected with yellow fever and ef- forts will be made to separate those who are infected from those free from it and to keep those who are still ¢n board ship separated from those on shore. Arrangements will be imme- diately made for carrying out the fur- ther instructions of the President and yourself.” HOW PRISONERS WILL BE DEPORTED NEW YORK, July 14—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Trans- ports will have to beprovided for from | ANS This Place Was Visited THE CITY AND HARBOR OF BARACOA, On the Northern Coast of Cuba, Near Cape Maysi, One of the Spanish Strongholds That Pass Into American Hands by the Surrender of Santiago. First Voyage and Named by Him Puerto Santo. by Columbus on His The Town, the First on the Island, Was Founded in 1512 by.\l‘)_i_ego Velasquez, Who Called It **Neustra Senora de la Asuncion’’ and Made It the Capital and Bishopric Until Both Were Removed to Santiago Some Years Later. sends the following: Independence for Cuba. ippines. lute certainty. tremely bright. under his command: powers. losses of the navy. in a general appeal for peace. as possible. this point. This impression is primarily based upon after consultation with Madrid In surrendering Santiago and 'the troops Secondarily, it Is based upon the reports received from Madrid, showing that the people are becoming convinced of.the use- ' lessness of continuing . the struggle, and that pressure is being exerted in the interest of peace by the Vatican and by at least one of .the European SPAIN PREPARED TO SEEK PEACE Concessions the Castilians May Make to Terminate the Dis- astrous War. NEW YORK, July 14.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald Transfer of Porto Rico to the United States in exchange for the Phil- Coaling station:in the latter island for the United States. - Spain is willing to make these concessions to obtain peace, according to a dispatch received by President McKinley' from ‘a semi-official source. Administration officials with whom I talked after they had learned of the contents of the dispatch informed me that an officlal proposition embrac- ing these terms would be accepted by the United States. dent McKinley’s informant is correct, His dispatch stated that the Ministry at a meeting to- day had definitely determined to abandon the struggle, and had decided to sue for peace on the terms set forth. In some circles T find a disposition to accept the information as entirely trustworthy, while in others there is some doubt. general impression among administration officials, however, that the pros- pect of the commencement of negotiations for a cessation of the war is ex- € Thus, if Presi- peace in the near future is an abso- There seems to be a the action ‘of General Toral The information In the possession of the authorities shows that it-has been the cry of the army from the start that it stands ready to retrieve the The fact that General Toral with between 10,000 and 12,000 men has surrendered will now doubtless eause the army to fall in line It can be stated on authority that no representation has yet been made to this Government either from its agents abroad or tives in Washington respecting its attitude on terms which it will be willing to accept. of the President to push the campaign against Porto Rico and dispatch the eastern squadron to operate against Spain, provided that the Government has not been satisfied with the mauling it has been given. President McKinley would, however, much prefer that the war would end, and therefore is willing to be as lenient with the Spanish Government He does not propose to demand an indemnity. Spain is too poor to pay an indemnity, and would be greatly embarrassed if pressed on Besides, it is felt that she would rather continue the war than to burden herself with additional obligations. The administration” is not desirous of retaining would be satisfied with Guam Island and a coaling station in the Philip- pines, and if necessary Guam Island alone, if Spain should propose, as indi- cated in the dispatch of the President’s informant, to make Cuba independ- ent and turn Porto Rico over to the United States. foreign representa- the peace question or the There' is no doubt of the intention the Philippines. It 12,000 to 15,000 Spanish troops, which will be taken from the city of Santiago, probably to Cadiz. A dispatch came from General Shafter to-night, stating that to be the number of prisoners within the- city. During the day a plan had been drawn up by the authorities, the main feature of which consisted in asking for bids from anywhere, leaving the ships of any nation free.to..compete for the transportation of Spanish troaps. The authorities desired to. hear further from General Shafter touching the de- tails of the surrender before the text of this call for bids =was given to the President. With this end in view, two cable dispatches were sent to him ask- ing for these details. Meanwhile roth- ing was heard from him except as to the number of troops to be transpbrted. A third dispatch-was.sent.to, General, Shafter asking for details of the sur- render, after an answer to which the proposition of Government approval will be given out. So man- lower esti- mates have been put upon the number of troops commanded bv General Miles that information as.to the real number, although agreeing with the amount alreadv given b- the Herald, caused surprise in some quarters, but on the other hand it gave assurance that none of Toral's army had escaped, which was gratifying to the President ——— PEACE BLOCKED BY GENERAL BLANCO Specs ble to The Call and the New York peil:‘rlfi 'Cagyfl!hked. 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. MADRID, July 14.—General Blanco | EUROPEAN POWERS @ND PHILIPPINES Reported @Agreement by Which Each Nation Will Protect Its" Own Interests. discussing the question of the the correspondent adds, have Germany would prefer the but if, as a consequence of the international agreement, .the asserts, will be established, and The correspondent-adds: pearances are deceptive, Great 000000000V UOCOOOO0O0000O000000 powers.” 00000000000000000000000000C0000000000C PARIS, July 14.—The Matin has received from its Lon- don correspondent, who has unusual sources of information, a dispatch in which he says the European chancellors are now powers in the Philippine Islands. The Embassadors at Berlin, specting Germany’s line of policy, which seems quite settled. appears, American sovereignty must not be its successor. An islands would each be called on to protect its own interests. “This is the logical outcome of the Monroe doctrine, the principle of which will be employed in Europe in order to protect itself against American interference, and, unless ap- of Anglo-Saxon alliance, will do the same as eventual intervention of the advised their Governments re- maintenance of the status quo, war, Spanish sovereignty dis- Matin correspondent further the powers interested in the Britain, in spite of the talked- the other 0000000000000 Q0C0000000000000 and the Cuban volunteers to-day lorm] the keynote of the governmental atti-| tude. The former telegraphs that it is impossible for the volunteers of the| army in Cuba to accept the proposi- tions of peace suggested. However, | the fall of Santiago might change the opinion of the defensive forces in Cuba. | The Bourse fell to-day on the report of the hard demands made by the United States, which are considered on | ‘change as meaning a continuation of | the war. Senor Gamazo, who is reck- | oned next to Sagasta as the strong man of the Cabinet, made.a statement to-day, In the course of which he said: “I am a partisan of peace imme- diately, but if the Americans propose insupportable humiliations Spain will defend herself, ‘con las unas y los dien- tes’—that is, with nails and teeth.” Mere T R AT THE_MARBLEHEA[_i FIRES ON A FRENCH GUNBOAT Two Six-Pounders Across Her Bows Brought the Foreigner Up With a Jerk. Copyrighted, 1838, by the Assoclated Press. PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, July 14—A French gunboat of about 2000 tons displacement attempted | to come into the harbor about dusk to- | night without permission, and met with | a surprise party. The cruiser Marble- head fired a blank shot as the gunboat came into the entrance to the harbor, but no attention was paid to this, and a shot from a six-pounder was sent across her bow. This, too, was dis- regarded, the gunboat coming along under full steam. For a few minutes it looked as if a row was possible. The trumpets on the Marblehead rdang out a call to quarters and another shot was sent across the Frenchman’s bows, this time in uncomfortable proximity. That warning was sufficient. however, and the Frenchman stopped with extreme suddenn It is against navsl custom for a war vessel of one nation to enter a port which vessels of another nation are blockading unless permission is granted. The captain of the French gunboat was either in ignorance of the American occupatign or chose to dis- regard it until for€ibly reminded of the fact by Commodore McCalla. The gunboat was allowed to anchor in the lower harbor for the night. SPAIN DESIROUS CF PEACE WITH HONOR But She Will Resist Great Territorial Sacrifices Regardless of Consequences. LONDON, July 14.—A dispatch to the Times from Madrid, says: Peace pros- pects are improving. Symptoms of a change are especially marked in commer- cial circles. The Madrid Chamber of Com- merce has received telegrams in favor of peace from Cadiz, Vigo and elsewhere, but nobody favors it at any price. The movement may be described as a desire for peace with honor, without great terri- torial sacrifices. Inordinate demands might easily arouse a warlike spirit, com- pelling the Government to swim with the popular current, regardless of conse- quences.