The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1898, Page 1

This Paper not i to be taken from the Library.++++ CThe == okt Call BAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JU LY 28, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUME LXXXIV._NO. 08. McKINLEY'S ANSWER NO BACKING AND FILLING WITH SPAIN Plain Terms Upon Which Uncle Sam Will Stop Fighting. Meanwhile the Warfare Will Not Be Ceased and the Porto Rican There 0000000000000 0000 o 4] DO00OC000C000O00CCO0000C00OCODRCCO CO0000Q000CU000D00000N0OOOO00C0CO Campaig n Proceeds. NE YORK, July 27.—The Washington cor- ent of the Herald In- rited 1e protection of the U ment which will bind Spain esider lence of Cuba, under g O | made. The answer to Spain, however, ©Q will be so worded as to require either © | Immediate acceptanee of our terms or © | put an end to the peace negotiations at [>) Any delay on the part of Spain © | Will mean more extreme terms when the subject of peace is again taken up. © | Such is the decision of the President once. © | as far as the matter stands to-night. | States; cession Simiag oSSR R0, the ol nrities aibcussion ut /the rough asast nited States of the island © of the answer to Spain prepared by of Porto Rico: retention © | Secretary Day to-day when the Cabi- Porto Rico; retention o, 0% i on Friday may result in the of the Ladrone Islands; per- @ |redrafting of the note on somewhat % different lines. The main point upon w n ssion (] e O | r t cession & fl“ which the Cabinet is not unanimous is Uni States of a coaling g |the important question of the future s s Hinnines & | Government of the Philippines. station in the Philippines, © | i direrent views are entertatned by F r . sstiron .’lgl’(‘"- different members of the Cabinet. | President McKinley and .| They realize, however, that Spain is 3 TO BE AN ULTIMATUM NEARLY THREE THOUSAND FEVER CASES AT SANTIAGO Spread of the Epidemic as Shown in an Official Report to Washington From Major Gen- fever. fever. ments. yellow fever, July 20; tion hospital. BHERRREERNRRRIRRRRRIIRIRIINIRBIRIGRIR Reports of yesterday show total sick 3770; cases of fever returned to duty, 538. Death list of yesterday: First Lieutenant J. A. Babcock, Thirty-third Michigan, yellow T. H. Mahoney, Company D, Twentieth Infantr; Corporal Charles E. Wangle, Company E, Twenty-fourth Infantry, yellow fever. Civilian Teamster E. G. Goba, yellow fever. Moore Stuart, yellow fever. All at Siboney. Privates Albert Bergunde, Company G, Sixteenth Infantry, malarial fever, and Charles Clemens, Company H, Thirty-fourth Michigan, malarial intermitent fever; eral Shafter, WASHINGTON, July 27.—At 10 o’clock the War Department posted the following: SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 27, 1898 —Adjutant General of the Army, Washington: total fever cases, 2924; new cases of fever, 639; William Francis Poore, Company D, First District of Columbia Volunteers, typhoid typhoid fever. Deaths not previously reported: Privates Brooley, Company G, First Infantry, dy- sentery, July 17; J. Laine, Company G, Ninth Infantry, dysentery, July 19; G. A. McLethan, Troop A, Second Cavalry, yellow fever, July 20; W. E. Hamil, Troop A, Second Cavalry, Andrew Johnson, Troop F, Second Cavalry, yellow fever, July zo; Walter Wischman, Troop E, Second Cavalry, yellow fever; Harvey Atkins, Company I, Sec- ond Massachusetts, nostalgia, July 25; colored soldier, name unknown, July 21, at deten- both with regi- LuRRRIYRLREILRLLRR o 8 e 3 s SHAFTER, Major General. 8 R T R R R R R R R R R R R R AR AR R R R AR R R R AR R R R AT AR A LR AL R F R | that 1t will make known to the world |of their citizens. Spain has already taken a step to call the attention of the world sharply to the fact thot whe oonsfdere this d b as pertalning strictly to Cuba in an- nouncing recently that the interest on the bonds representing {t would be paid in silver pesetas, as the revenues Radi- | gard to these islands. Secretary | question of control of the Philippines is Q | Day, I have reason to believe, are not | gpe serfous stumbling block in the way s the | of early peace. Philippines by the United Btates. They | e reached on this point everything else of government 8 bent on permanent control of atich ; ¢ satislactory 10 ‘gl e tha'ground that the acumisition of | > of the islands in @ |the Philippines was not thought ot 1 to re- © |When the war commenced; that the ob- O | Ject was for an entirely different pur- t O | pose and that the conditions which © | Bow exiat In the Philippines 1s simply 0COC0000000000000 0 of the exigencies of war. | 1 | | utterly incapable of maintaining peace | : reply to the | 4nq order in the Philippines and that which Secre- | gome arrangement must be made in the D, be read at|pterest of humanity and civilization ( day, con-|to guarantee to the population of the res as the | Philippines a peaceful and stable re iich the | form of government. If the Philip- and which | pines are to be allowed to revert to re can be | the control of Spain there must be some cast-lron form of agreement | n an t only whic stiation terr termined ow sincere in t pric to T give e war upon t pen and fr his He will not pract ubterfuge, 50 cC n in dip . by asking for more than he e cts to get with a view of yielding 11 fix his low ing to accept will then be ting the details. will be no cessation of host n the part of the United Sta ;- Spain's decision in the matt, Rican campaign will and the general war D rried on just the same Porto ad, be £ no proposition for peace had been TERMS ON WHICH SPANIARDS WOULD WELCOME PEACE. MADRID, July 27.—The news Government is suing caused, neither ation here. The ority of the that the coun- e if it can of an indem- 1d the loss of the Philip- , where, it is now taken for ed, the United States will iln a coaling tion only. , Republican re Only a few Carli and independent papers pretend that America’s demand will not be acceptable. The King's illness evoked a universal display of sympathy for the court, which, at the pres- ent critical moment, may not be without effect on the nation’s fu- t Senor Sagasta, the pre- T, says the King, when con- valescent, will probably. accom- peny the court to Lagratja. 0QQQ0000Q0000000 -sident e in | leving over the h Embas- | terms. | ready and will- negotiation for per- binding Spain to a form of government 5. | which will be satisfactory to the people .t | of the islunds and nations of the world. n| There are members of the Cabinet, pines to Spain or any other Govern- ment in favor of peace, and when it comes "S- | together orf Friday for the purpose of ltttle doubt that a conclusion will be reached which will have the unanimous e | Support of the President and his offi- cial advisers. That phase of the note In | regard to the Philippines will be'of the it. he sults in bringing an end to the war or ] }vml it will be of great significance in ce | formulating a note to Spain there is | \e | however, who are violently opposed to | relinquishing the control of the Philip- | The Cabinet is a unit, however, | utmost importance, for whether it re- | Cuban debt is held in France and other the policy of the United States in re- Tt is generally conceded by sl mem- bers of the administration that the If an agreement can will be comparatively easy. As to Cuba and Porto Rico, there is little doubt that the United States and Spain can come to an early agreement on the general proposition that Spain grant the independence of Cuba and cede Porto Rico to the United States. There will be many troublesome de- tails, of course, after an agreement has been reached upon the general terms. The question of who is to pay tne so- called Cuban debt will be one of the difficult problems with which the peace | negotiators will have to deal. This is really a Spanish debt, contracted by Spain to p: the expenses of subduing | the insurgents in Cuba, and the reved‘ nues of the island of Cuba were pledged for its payment. There is no doubt that the Spanish Government will en- deavor to have the treaty of peace pro- vide that this debt is to be assumed by Cuba if the island shall become inde- pendent, or by the United States in the event of annexation. I was told by a member of the Cabinet to-day that the | United States would not consent to any | guch arrangement, but would insist that the Cuban debt must be assumed by Spain. 0 8 00 6 10 0 0 0 K 0 0 0 00 KL K8 K4 K8 of warrant its payment the islands were not sufficient in gold. to The 830600 08 308 0 £08 0F 308 308 306 308 08 X0 Xk X O =g pu3 CAUSES OF THE REQUEST FOR A SHORT ARMISTICE. LONDON, July 28.—A special dispatch from Madrid says it is reported that the request of Duke Almodovar de Rio, Min- ister of Forelgn Affairs, was for an armistice, lasting until Sun- day. It cannot be ascertained whether his action was spon- taneous, in order, if possible, to forestall the invasion of Porto Rico and the fall of Manila, or whether it was due to the advice from the Vatican and the powers. 30¢ 35 30 30F 108 Xk X0 308 308 30¢ 08 30 308 308 306 3 fed o o bal L o ped o e ped o o pad ped o o o o o & o fed b= Spanish contention will doubtless be This question may eventually threat- f that although the debt was contracted en foreign complications of as much i by Spain, the United States having ab- gravity as the settlement of the Phil- | stracted the collateral by which the in- ippine question, for a great part of the | vestment was secured, must now as- Furopean countries which may feel sume the ment. responsibility for its pay- It is clear, however, that even called upon to protect the investments |if the administration should admit ‘ to Cowes on Saturday. | this proposition, which is not at all probable, the debt could be fastened upon Spain by ar assessment of war tndey alry Jerge flisugn to dover i, ana then by insisting that Spain find cash enough to pay this Indemnity or assume all lability for the debt. clr e WILL PROTEST AGAINST ATTACK ON PORTO RICO LONDON, July 28.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Daily Mail says: Spain will probably protest against an attack celved Spanish overtures for peace. Should a circular note on this subject be sent to the powers, it will contain the exact dates of the Spanish com- munications, making it clear that the United States deferred its answer in order to be able tu date this after the Americans had gained a footing in Porto Rico. Senor Sagasta said to-day: “We re- solved on peace many days ago and | made known our resolutions to the United States Government. I regard as null and void and as destitute of }good faith everything that the Ameri- cans have done since and I am ready to protest against it formally.” An official dispatch from Porto Rico |says: “On Tuesday the Americans ad- vanced in the direction of Yauco, fight- ing most of the way. Seven hundred regulars and volunteers encountered them and an engagement ensued which lasted the whole night and only ceased with dawn on the following day. The Americans were obliged to withdraw to the coast.” | Prince of Wales’ Céniflfi;{!mproving LONDON, July 27.—The Prince of | Wales is progressing so faverably that it | has been definitely decided to remove him upon Porto Rico after the | Washington Cabinet has officially re- | A tives Are Sad of Their Anci | ans as a nation are no more. The flag | | that the dwellers on the little islands of the mid-Pacific grew to love still | | floats over their lands, but it will not | | be for long. Word has been carried | | to every home of each of the eight isl- | ands of the group, telling of the addi- | tion of Hawalii to the American repub- 1 And there is weeping and sorrow | n many of the homes of the simple | and hospitable natives, while in nLher" homes there is joy and rejoicing from | | dawn to sunset. The Hawalians sorrow because of | the loss of their ancient heritage of | tpelae. orgd of the. dagbt.pf thele fr- | | ture. T Hawailaus' fre a people | proud of their race and they fear that | under American rule they will be look- ed upon as dependents and classed al- most as the negroes of the Southern States. The educated and advanced Hawailans fear for their social stand- h‘A%‘he foreign residents and those of | Anglo-Saxon descent rejoice because of | | the prospective commercial advance- | | ment that the new order of things for | the Islands promises. Others of political aspirations hail the Stars and Stripes and prospective official positions at comfortable salar- | | ies, and an easy llving at the public | | erib. The annexation of the islands is the | foreseen end of a long process of polit- | ical evolution in the Pacific Ocean. Annexation brings a certain stability to the Government which is of the first | and highest importance. No doubt there will be local disorders as they occur in other places. The local pol- icy of the Hawailan nation now gives way to the larger and almost imperial policy of the United States. As yet it is in the embryo. Much concern is felt as to the form | of government that will be given the islands. At present It seems to be the consensus of opinion that Hawail should be ruled much after the colon- | {al policy of England. The Occidental and Oriental Steam- ship Company's steamer Coptic | brought the news of the adoption of | the Newlands resolution by the Amer- | ican Senate, which declared the Ha- | walfan Islands a portion of the terri- | tory of the United States. The steam- er sailed from San Francisco only a in | 111 t go TO- as DOCO000CO00OCO00000000D00 000000000 ST EAS) 3 1 THE STEAMSHIP COPTIC, CARRYING THE NEWS OF HAWAII'S ANNEXATION, ENTERING THE HARBOR OF HONOLULU. | | continent, PASSING OF HAW@Il as NATION How News of Annexation Is Received at the Islands. Amid the Great Rejoicing the Na- Over the Loss ent Heritage. Correspondence of The Call HONOLULU, July 20.—The Hawail- | few hours after the vote was taken on the resolution in Washington, and be= fore President McKinley had added hig official signature to the document, so that the news taken by the vessel was not such that could be taken official cognizance of. The news, however, vas such that the people of Hawaif had been anxiously waiting for—soma hoping, even in the face of almost pos- itive assurance, that the American enate would refuse to extend Ameri- can territory beyond the shores of the and that the Hawaiians would be left to govern theniseives. Arrangements had been made with tha coxn Jers oL allpd tho-steay ing between AreriTan ports ant . lulu to signal the news by lights at night or by flags by day, when coming into the Hawaiian port and carrying the news of annexation. To the Coptic fell the lot of taking the news of joy to many and of sorrow to others. About noon on July 13 the verdant shores of the island of Oahu were sighted from the vessel and the order was passed from the bridge to prepare the signal flags and the ship's bunting for dressing the vessel accord- ing to the arranged signal. Diamond Head was far in the distance when the signals went to the mastheads; then the glasses were turned in the direc- tion of the signal station far up on the steep side of the volcanic mountain. Presently there came the flutter of an | answering signal and a few minutes more all Honolulu knew the news that for months had been anxiously waited for, though the steamer that carried it was far out at sea. Diamond Head was scarcely abreast when the United States monitor Mo- nadnock and her consort, the collier Nero, came steaming out of the harbor of Honolulu, bound for Manila. They headed for the incoming steamer and signaled for news. A boat was low- ered from the monitor and some files of papers were given to the officer who boarded the Coptic. That officer took back to the fighting ship and the col- lier the news of Schley’s victory, as well as the news of the annexation of the islands. There were rounds of cheers from each of Uncle Sam’s vessels when the Monadnock’s boat pulled back and carried the tidings to their crews. The big steamer had hardly turned into the narrow channel through the coral reef that leads into the harbor of Honolllu when the launch of the gun- boat Mohican steamed alongside and asked for the nmews. It was freely given, and in a twinkling one of the small craft's crew was energetically 000C000000000000000 8 CARLISTS IN FRANCE ON A WAR FOOTING. LONDON, July 28.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Biarritz, France, says: The Basque prov- inces, Navarre and the Moun- tain districts of Aragon and Cat- alonia, the reported strongholds of Carlism, are now on a war footing and a military occupa- tion of all that country is nearly complete. In many places the troops are camping out because the villages do not afford suffi- cient accommodations. More trocps, including artillery, are being sent to complete measures for meeting the Carlist rising if attempted. The whole Spanish army is being strengthened by two companies for each battal- jon. The Government believes that the Carlists boast of more strength than they really possess and that they will attempt noth- ing yet. 8till, the situation is that the Carlists are making ready to profit by the first signs of popular effervescence in an ef- fort to foment revolution. The Government is now prepared to check them immediately. 00000000QQQ00000 0000000000000 0C00000000000000000000CO 000000000000 00000000000000C0000000000000