The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1898, Page 1

Call 1898. The SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JULY 26, St PRICE FIVE CENTS. "VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 56. SPAIN SEEKS A CHANCE ~ FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD END | REPORTED THE WAR OF LANDING DESPAIR AT PONCE Dons Prefer @merican to fMiles’ Men Said to Have Insurgent Rule in Begun to Invade Cuba. Porto Rico. It Would Seem That the Madrid Government Is Ripe for Any Reasonable Proposition. Be This as It May, Reinforcements Are Being Hurried to the Scene of Operations. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. by James Gordon Bennett. Copyrighted, 1898, ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, July 25. — The United States troops are landing to-day on the island of Porto Rico, near Ponce, on the southern coast. NEW YORK, July 25.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald says: Adjutant General Corbin stated to-night that he had received nothing to confirm the report that Major General Miles with troops under his command had arrived in Porto Rican waters and was landing near Ponce. Department officials with whom I talked expressed a doubt as to the ac- curacy of the report, because, they stated, General Miles would MADRID, July 25.—Immense importance is attached e to the words of Secretary Day favoring peace on terms h would avoid the necessity of Spain having to continue of despair. At present Spain is absolutely keenly eager ind an opportunity for opening peace negotiations. Secre- ry Day seems to have given the opening, and it n:ay not be s to state that just now peace will be very easy upon what \mericans after a brief practica the enormous difficulties attendir Spanish-assistance. I have tried any Cuba. are set. speak would not mean the predominan: with satisfaction here that th ize absolute insurgents, who pretend ern Cuba. an the insurgents. the worthlessness 1 experience in Cuba will realize 1g its government without several times to emphasize the srowing sentiment here that Spain would be willing to accept y honorable means which would safeguard Spanish interests in [hat is the dominating note to which the terms of peace plainly, it means almostany proposition which ce of the insurgents. It is felt e Americans particularly real- of the piratical, undis- to have the necessary qualities The Spanish feeling is more in favor of Ameri- AN ARMISTICE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED | —The Herald's egraphs: known the < to-night | of the re- | “With the way, a and ot is ridicul- pr that the United States stop short in its of ations to Spain to think about what terms 1 . she may at some future time | this afternoon, that the Government has drawn up a ge, addressed to the Government | shington, proposing an armistice for the purpose of discussing the terms upon which peace with the United States can be arranged. The Madrid correspondent of the : There still is an en- p allve the impression ng is going on behind the scenes in the direction of peace, but the prevailing idea is that the war will continue until the fall of Manila and the invasion of Porto Rico. Peace is im- ible until there is more unanimity in with regard to the necessar rifices of their territory. The Minis- , having arrived at an understand- it the march of events. A s has been averted for the Standard sa 1e being. Those who succeed the present Cabi- v be obliged ere long to ask the to submit to terms profoundly gnant to the national pride. The rmediary Cabinets is > loyal and correct atti- Polavieja, who declines strument of politicians te a third party. The T Chronicle claims to know positively that no peace negotiations of any sort have occurred between the Americans and Spanish Governments. The Dally Chronicle says: Spain has eager to made no approach and apparently does not mean to yet. It is understood that the Spanish Government is still hope- ful of organizing a European concert against the United States. A special dispatch from Rome says the Pope has communicated to the powers peace proposals that he siders acceptable to both Spain and the United States, namely the Ameri- can annexation of Cuba and Porto Rico, the restitution of the Philippines to Spain and a commercial treaty giv- ing Spain exceptional advantages in the colonies surrendered. MADRID, July 25.—The correspond- ent here of the Associated Press has had an Interesting conversation with a person occupying a high position in the Queen Regent's household, and whose duties bring him dally into intimate re- s with her Majesty. He sald the el between Spain and the United S s is much easier of adjustment t generally belleved. The Queen Regent, he continued, naturally en- deavored to avoid war, and she now de- an honorable ending of it. She is quite alive to the force of public opinion, and holds strictly to the con- stitutional laws of the nation, It is an €Irror to suppose the Queen Regent is under the pressure of the present or any Government, or that she 18 re- gardless of public opinion when it Is in the interests of the Spanish people. This official quoted then added this im- portant statement: “The present Government will not initiate peace, but a modified Cabinet, headed by Senor Gamazo, Minister of Public Instruction, will conclude the negotiations and then retire and Gen- eral Polavieja with a combination in- cluding Senor Silvela and General Campos will reorganize the Cabinet. Everybody considers that Spain should treat direct with the Americans, whose practical good sense will prevail over ‘spread-eagleism.’ " LONG-AWAITED REPORT OF SAMPSON ARRIVES WASHINGTON, July It was an- nounced to-day at the v Department that the long-expected report from Ad- miral Sampson upon the destruction ct Cevera's fleet with the accompanying ro- ports of the gommodore tains s squadron had reached the depart It is supposed to have been »,r'c',u’g}’.‘é*‘n‘,‘,: Captain ligbee on the St. Paul, which arrived at New York last Friday, and to have been sent by Captain Sigsbee. It is the intention of the Secretary of the Navy to give these reports to in thelr entirety. the pohilg 000C0O000 before Bahia Honda, but that 000Q0CO0C0000000 embark was repulsed with considerable loss. 0000000000 00000000000000000000000600 CO0C0000000000000000000000000 SPANIARDS REPORT ON AMERICAN REPULSE MADRID, July 25.—A private dispatch from San Juan de Porto Rico says a strong American squadron has appeared [+] o o © © [+] (4] o © © the American attempt to dis- g [+] [ o con- | and captains of | PARIS, July 2.—A special dispatch from Madrid gives the following ac- |count of the Queen Regent's daily | life during the present crisis: “Poor Queen!” This is the exclamation often | heard of late day after day, as matters | grow worse and worse, as the Spanish disasters repeat themselves and as the throne of the little King seems slip- ping from her hands, into which it was given in trust. I see her Majesty look- ing careworn and anxious. Even her drives are becoming fewer and fewer. | It would surely appeal to any mother in the world were she to see the way this Queen mother each day seems to 'QUEEN REGENT CHRISTINA OF SPdIN And Her Boy King, Alfonso XIll, Whose Crown She Is So Pathetically Striving to Save. cling closer and closer to her boy, as though to shield him from the dangers closing about him with almost fatal force. It is very touching to witness it. Her worst enemles recognize in the Queen personal qualities worthy of the highest admiration. The Queen used every means at her disposal to prevent war. Her great hope lay in Senor Moret y Prendergast, the former Minister of the Colonies, and he would have carried his point but for Senor Gullen, the former Min- ister for Foreign Affairs. To-day, and ever since the war began, the great ob- Ject of the Queen is to find the quick- est way for its determination. At many of the councils of late held at the pal- ace the Queen has burst into tears, begging and urging her Ministers to seek a solution of the terms of peace, which they seem Incapable of mater- {alizing—peace, which the Queen with common sense sees to be of such vital importance, and which her Ministers keep postponing with the words so fa- tal to Spain, “manana” (to-morrow). The Queen has taken every chance offered in the council of putting in a word for peace, and, little by little, she has finally managed to bring the Cah- inet to her view and to thoughts uf Deace. FOREIG FLEETS NOW GOING TOWARD THE PHILIPPINES Japan Will Have a Strong Squadron to Co-oper- ate, It Is Said, With the British and American @Admirals. LONDON, July 25.—A special dispatch from Shanghai says four Russian men-of-war have left Port Arthur, and it is supposed their destination is the Philippine Islands. Another special dispatch from Shanghai says the Japanese warships Woshino, Chin Yen, Itsukushima and Saiyn Yen have been hastily dispatched to Saiseho to re-enforce the Japanese squadron there, making it the strongest in these waters. It has been ordered to co-operate ‘with the British and American admirals in the event of international complications. While the dispatch does not explain the matter, it is inferred the squadron is desired to be in readiness for Philippine operations. BROUGHT HOME TO DIE OF TYPHOID FEVER Hopeless Case of Lieutenant Fiscus, Second Cavalry—Others Who May Recover. NEW YORK, July 25.—All hope for the recovery of Lieutenant Willlam M. Fiscus of the Second Cavalry, who is at Fort Wadsworth suffering from ty- phoid fever, has been abandoned. He was one of the six officers who came from Santiago a week ago Saturday. The lieutenant is sinking gradually. His father, Willam Fiscus, formerly Sheriff of Armstrong County, Pennsyl- vania, and his sister, Blanche Fiscus, of Pennsylvania, are with him. The other five officers continue to improve. Private O'Heavy of the Twenty-first Infantry is the most seriously off of those in the Marine Hospital at Clifton. He is suffering from a bullet wound in the hip. The ninety-nine other pa- tients are improving. The United States hospital steamer Relief is still anchored off Stapleton, 8. I. The sick and wounded on board are all improving. THREAT OF MOROCCO’S FOREIGN MINISTER MADRID, July 25.—According to a dispatch from Cadiz to the Imparcial jof this city, advices from Tangier say the Foreign Minister of Morocco de- clares that if the Americans enter Mo- roccan ports they will be notifled to leave In twenty-four hours, and, it is added, if they refuse to do so, Morocco | will place herself under the protection of the powers. The,probabilities are anxiously can- vassed at Tangler since the arrival there of the new United States Consul, and the special dispatch adds ghat the belief increases that the United States does not intend to deprive Spain of anything but the fintmes. Vice-President Hobart in Canada. KINGSTON, Ontario, Ju‘l?' 2.—Vice- President Hobart {s here to-day enjo: I?Ig the yacht races. He is the guest o . M. Folger, president of the Thousand Islands Navigation Company. s here describe as the only possible basis; that is ta | . , the independence of Cuba under an American guarantee | not land near Ponce, but at Fajardo, on the eastern coast. ith the good will of Spain. It is estimated here that the T s e e BRIGADES ON THE WAY TO PORTO RICO NEW YORK, July 25.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the telegraphs: General Wilson and Gene- ral Schwan, who have sailed respec- tively from Charleston and Tampa, and General Brooke, who is about to sail from Newport News, have all three recelved from the Secretary of ‘War telegraphic instructions to meet General Miles and his troops at Fa- jardo. The plan thus far is for all the troops composing the Porto Rican ex- pedition to disembark at that one point. General Miles took with him about 3500 troops, General Wilson about 3600, General Schwan about 4000. The troops now established at Newport News ready for embarkation number, officers included, about 5500 men. There are 5232 enlisted men. Orders were is- sued to-day instructing only three Southern regiments at Tampa to pro- ceed at once to Porto Rico. These num- ber about 3600 men, and are the First Florida, Second Georgia and Fifth Maryland. I am informed to-day a strong effort will be made to get off to-morrow at least the St. Louls and St. Paul, the former taking General Brooke with 1300 men, the latter taking General Haines with 1300 men. The Massachusetts, City of Washington and Roumania are in the stream, and will soon follow, to- gether with the Seneca, which left New York to-day for Newport News. The other transports are now on their way to Newport News to be in readiness for other troops from Chickamauga. Among these transports are the Har- vard, Manitoba and Hudson. The Utah is now loading at Charleston with me- chanical implements of all kinds, and on her voyage to Porto Rico will call at Jacksonville to take on board a large number of negro laborers. The distance from Guantanamo to Fajardo is about 700 miles, or about seventy hours. Reckoning on this basis Gene- ral Miles’ departure at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, allowing for his stop at Mole St. Nicholas, would probably bring the time of his landing up to this afternoon. TROOPS STILL SWARM INTO NEWPORT NEWS| NEWPORT NEWS, July 25.—Incoming trains during the last thirty-six hours have brought nearly 6000 troops to this city. These Include the Second Brigade of the First Army Corps in command of Brigadier General Haines, from Chicka- mauga Park, and five troops of cavalry from Camp Alger. The first train reached the city at noon Sunday, and from that time on until late this afternoon section followed section, and as fast as the troops arrived they were marched to the Herald | | grounds, where they pitched dog tents and made themselves comfortable. General Haines' brigade is composed of | the Third Illinois, Colonel Benton; Fourth | Ohlo, Colonel Coit, and the Fourth Penn- | sylvanfa, Colonel Case, which arrived in the order named. The regiments arrived in battalions of three trains each. The first battalion of the Third Illinois Regi- ment reached the city Sunday, shortly after 12 o'clock, but it was not until 2 this afternoon that the battalion of the Penn- si/l\'anln, Regiment brought up the rear. Meantime the five troops of cavalry ar- rived from Camp Alger. Troops A and C of New York reaching the city Sunday af- ternoon, followed to-day by Troops A, B and of Pennsylvania. All of these troops went into camp. Major General Brooke's special train, which left Chickamauga Sunday after- noon, pulled in at 2:3 this afterncon. The last train to arrive ¥s that bringing the brigade hospital service from Chickamau- ga, which included 350 men. No more troops will come in before daylight to- morrow. The signal corps will arrive at 11 o'clock. Four batteries of light artil- lery will arrive from Chickamauga. They are batteries A, Illinois; B, Pennsylvania; A, Missouri, and the Twenty-seventh In< diana battery. General Haines' brigade will begin_to embark early to-morrow morning. The transports Massachusetts, Roumania and City of Washington are now at the piers taking on provisions. The auxtliary cruiser St. Louis is expected to come up Hampton Roads to-morrow morning and it is probable that the vessel will sail in the afternoon with General Brooke and his staff and 1300 troops. The St. Paul is expected to steam into port to-morrow morning from New York. She will also take on troops and provisions. v s WAR BALLOON TO BE SENT TO PORTO RICO WASHINGTON, July 25.—The signal service has succeeded in reclaiming from the battle-field of Santiago the tubes which supplied the military bal- loon with pure hydrogen gas, and they, with the balloon itself, have been brought over to Tampa on the steamer Adria. The tubes will be recharged immediately, and the whole apparatus will be dispatched at once to Porto Rico to assist General Miles in his campaign there. The balloon is said to have proved of great value in the Santiago campaign, and from the char- acter of the country in Porto Rico, where military operations must be con- ducted, it is believed that it also can be used to advantage there. - CONCENTRATION TO BE SPEEDILY EFFECTED | WASHINGTON, July 25.—The War Department was busy to-day hurrying | the dispatch of the remainder of Miles' expedition against Porto Rico. Such progress has been made that it is hoped that all of the troops will be on Porto Rican soil within a week at the latest. General Miles is not expected to defer his landing until that time, | but presumably will pick out a suitable | place for encamping his troops and ee- | tablishing himself ashore, awaiting the arrival of the other detachments now on their way. ‘War Department men believe that the first official news from General Miles will come through the press dis- 00000000000 00000000000000000000000000 WILL TRY TO cause. DOOOOOVWOOOOOO00O0O0 OVER THE CUBANS MADRID, July 25.—1It is announced to-night that com- plete tranquillity prevails throughout Spain. The Cuban colo- nial Government, it is announced, will confer with the repre- sentatives of Maximo Gomez, and it is believed that the con- ference may result in the insurgents espousing the Spanish 000000000000000000000000C00000000000 WIN D00C0000Q00O00000Q00