The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1898, Page 1

. { o W g ceived the War Department: o “HONGKONG, July 30. [x] “CAVITE, July g of commands good. g troops assigned m o o “N ME EXXXIV -\’O PRICE FIVE CENTS, TERMS OF PEACE ACCEPTED BY EMBASSADOR CAMBON, SPAIN'S REPRESENTATIVE MERRITT IN CHARGE OF TROOPS Assumes the Command| Upon His Manila. American Forces Within Striking Distance and May Soon - Take the City. Copyrighted, James Gor- A BAY, July 27, via id T , July 30— | ! e to harass the | St rd the forts around al sharp skirmishes n place, but only a few | Merritt arrived on the 1 the flagsh Astor Battery report that the trip was devoid of All are well and anx- The camp ishore early this f the lisembark. nt, incident shows the the situation. ing ordered to > north side of the bay, started v close in front of batteries. Admiral Dewey, nsul aboard the flagship, told ieutenant to make a sig- for the McCulloch’s recall, saving he would not allow, her to 0-s50 close to the Spanish guns a pear like bravado and thus possibly cause the Spaniards to attack her. The admiral said General Augusti had kept his promise not to open fire on our ships and he would not permit vessels to disturb the status S The Belgian Consul asked whether he was at liberty to men- tion Dewey’s remarks to Augusti n he returned to Manila. Having told Augusti, the Consul returned aboard the Olympia the and informed the ad- the captain general regarded him as a gallant officer and a man of honor, whom he would like to meet. Now that the Monterey is so near here the captain general will probably soon have his wish gratified. —_——— GENERAL MERRITT ASSUMES COMMAND MANILA, July 26, via Hongkong, July 30.—General Merritt assumed command of the American forces im- mediately after he had reported to Ad- miral Dewey. He established head- quarters at the Cavite ars¢nal. The JASHINGTON, July 30.—The following has been re- 25.—Arrived to-day about 12. Health Remainder of fleet about four days in fajor General Commanding.” 00000000000 C000000000000000000 New York were killed on either side. | 1ld have | . the | s entertaining the Belgian | @rrival at AT tant General, Washing- e will probably be needed. “MERRITT, 3000000000000 0 Newport was escorted to an anchorage | near the cruiser Charleston by the gun- | boat Concord, the crews of the vesseis | of the American fleet giving - her a| rousing welcome. | At the close of his official visit to| the Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flas.". ship, General Merritt was officially re- cognized by a salute of thirteen guns. Until he shall have received the re- | ports of the officers who preceded him | and familiarized himself with the sit-| uation, General Merritt cannot deter- mine as to his future course. The remaining transports are expect- | ed to arrive to-morrow. The fleet saw | nothing of the monitor Monterey and | I utus, and it is supposed | tor is coaling at Guam | Island. The troops encamped at Paranajo { have not yet made a move, the con- dition of the country between the camp and the outskirts of Manila being such, | on account of the heavy rains that have fallen, as to make it impossible | to advance. ~The insurgents are still | active, but are accomplishing nothing. | SPANISH PRIDE NO ‘| LONGER RAMPANT | ‘ i | 9 MANILA, July via Hongkong, July 30.—The Spaniards are gradually realizing that Spain has not been vic- torious; that the expected reinforce- ts are not coming, and that the | contest is utterly hopeless. The insur- are 3 in overwhelming numbers nd the paniards can only obtain the bare necessities of life. Only a fortnight ago Spanish na- | tional pride was rampant, but it is | now merging into indignation at | Spain's fecbleness and regret that they were born Spaniards. While they will never surrender without a fight, the Spanish officers will jump at the first | honorable ~opportunity to surrender. They fear national disgrace too much to give in without a fight. The fighting in the suburbs is desul- tory and the Americans are idle. This has given rise to a report that they | had determined to suspend operations {until September, and by that time pgace will probably be concluded. Then, it is asserted here, the Americans may permanently annex the Caroline Is- lands and the Ladrones, and possibly abandon the Philippines with the ex- ception of keeping a coaling station here. Although the insurgents have redou- bled their efforts they have hitherto been unable to capture the citadel. On the other hand, the Spaniards are not able to re-establish their suzerainty. Under the circumstances it seems evi- dent that somebody must interfere in the name of humanity. Some iosur- gent shells have been thrown into the citadel, but they do not appear to have done much damage. The natives are reported to be starving by thousands and the Europeans are also hard | pressed_for food. MANILA, July 22, via Hongkong, July 30.—Conversation with a consid- erable number of natives failed to dis- close the existence of any perceptible anti-American feeling among the Phil- ippinans. These people are apparently satisfied to accept annexation to the United States. Their principal desire is for a peaceful existence with the min- jmum of trouble. They, however, earnestly wish the aboiition of oppres- sion incident to Spanish otucial rapac- ity and the tyranny of the religious bodies. The natives have no objection to the church apart from the orders of friars. They are scarcely interested in any particular form of government, but only desire to be left alone. The rebels who recently captured Caloocan shelled the Spanish blook- house at Maipago, where, after having smashed the Spanish cannon, they stormed the place and bayoneted twen- ty, Spaniards PRINCE OTTO VON BISMARCK BISMARC MORTAL BERLIN, July $0.—Prince Bismarck died shortly before 11 o’clock to-night. Details of the death of Prince Bis- marck are obtained with difficulty, be- cause of the lateness of the hour, the isolation of the castle and the . stren- uous endeavors of the attendants of the family to prevent publicity belng given to what they consider private details. The death of the ex-Chancellor comes as a surprise to all Europe. Despite the family’s denfals, there was an undercurrent of apprehension when the sinking of the Prince was first announced, inspired more by what the family left unpublished than by any information given. But when the daily bulleting chronicled improve- ments in the Prince’s condition, detail- ed his extensive bills of fare and his devotion to his pipe, the public ac- cepted Dr. Schweninger’s assertion that there was no reason why Bismarck should not reach the age of 90. The reports were deemed to be a repetition of the alarm that Prince Bismarck was In_extremis, which had been oft repeated in the past. All of the Saturday papers in Europe dis- missed Bismarck with a paragraph, while his condition was completely overshadowed in the English papers by the Prince of Wales’' condition. It appears that the ex-Chancellor's death was not precipitated by sudden complications, but was rather the cul- mination of chronic disease—neuraigia of the face and inflammation of the veins—which kept him In constanc pain, and which was borne with the iron fortitude which might have been expected. The beginning of the end dates from July 20, when the Prince was coafined to his bed. He had been several days prostrated before an inkling of his de- cline reached the world. On Friday Dr. Schweninger said: “For the past nine days I have hardly changed my clothes, having traveled nearly all the time betwegen Berlin and Friedrichsruhe, as you may notice by my shabby velvet jacket.” He then declared that his patient’s In fact, that his whole gigantic frame | breath almost failed =repeatedly. was sound.” “As yet,” sald Dr. Schwen- inger, “there is no calcification of the blood vessels, but the pains in his face and legs worry him and shorten his sleep.” Dr. Schweninger added this verdict: “With his extraordinary robust nature, he may, excluding complications, reach ninety.” During Dr. Schweninger’s brief ab- sence from Friedrichsruhe, Dr. Chry- sander was In‘ constant attendance upon the patient. Although Prince Bismarck was ex- tremely low on Wednesday, he so ral- lied on Thursday that he was wheeled to the dinner table to celebrate with hig assembled family the fifty-first anni- versary of his wedding. He never for a moment belleved himself in danger until the last day. On Monday he or- dered some new pipes and smoked one on Thursday, then conversed brilliantly on the topics of the day, discussing the trial and sentence of M. Zola and the peace negotiations ‘between Spain and United States. Count von Rantzau, the Prince’s son- in-law, read to him from a newspaper an obituary notice of himself at which he was. greatly amused. He perused the pagers daily, and this was one rea- son why the family deprecated the alarming reports as to his health. The French press showed unabated enmity when discussing his possible death. The Temps compared his end with that of Gladstone, remarking that, though the British statesman had failed in his policy and had compro- mised his party, he died regretted by all on account of the grandeur of his moral influence; whereas, Prince Bis- marck, whose life had been successful, would perish execrated by many, even in Germany, and inquired grimly: “What sort of a funeral will be given him by the millions of socialists who have been hatched by his tyrannical laws?"” 2 The Lokal Anzeiger publishes a dis- patch from Friedrichsruhe saying that Dr. Schweninger was present when Prince Bismarck died, having arrived from Berlin at 10:30 o’clock. The Prince was unconscious for sev- 1lungs, stomach and Kidneys were sound; | eral hours before the end came and his LIFE HAS CLOSED The End of the Iron Chancellor Came After Several Hours of Unconsciousness. | | He died without a struggie. SKILLED IN DIPLOMACY AND A MILITARY GENIUS History of Prince Bismarck’s Life a Record of Continuous Successes. Prince Bismarck came of an old and distinguished family, many of whose members attained prominence in mili- tary and political life. He was born on April 1, 1815, at Schonhausen, in Brandenburg. His father’s family be- longed to the lower nobility, and his mother was .the dsughter of Ludwig Menken, Privy Counselor of Frederick the Great and a very liberal minded man. At the early age of six years Otto Edward Leopold Bismarck-Schonhau- sen—for such was the full name of the Future upifier and ruler of the destinies of the German empire—was placed in a boarding-school in Berlin, and at twelve he entered a gymnasium, where his character, thoughts and methods of life were molded to a great extent by | Dr. Provost and Dr. Bonnell, who took | more than ordinary Interest in the | lad. He made wonderful advances in history, his favorite study, and rapidly acquired a practical knowledge of Eng- lish and French, surprising in later years both Lord Beaconsfield and Napoleon III with the fluency with which he used those languages. While pursuing his studies with great avidity he did not neglect his physical ‘development. He was an ar- dent devotee of all manly sports, in many of which he acquired a wonder- ful degree of proficiency. This was particularly true in regard to swords- manship. At the age of 17 he entered the law department of the University of Gottingen, where he had a supera- bundance of practice as a swordsman, « Continued cn Becond Page. IT REMAINS FOR MADRID CABINET 0 END THE WAR As Plenipotentiary for the Cas- tilians the French Diplo- mat Acts. After Prolonged Argument With the Pres: ident, All the Conditions Imposed Are Agreed To. WASHINGTON, July 30.—Events of a mos! momentous character occurred at the confer- ence at the White House this afternoon between the President, Embassador Cambon of France and Secretary Day, carrying the peace negotia- tions far beyond the mere submnission of terms of peace by the United States and reaching the point of a preliminary basis of peace betweer the Government of Spain and the Governmen of the United States, needing only the ratifica: tion of the Madrid Cabinet in what was done to day to bring the war to an end. This was accomplished on the part of Spain when Embas- sador Cambon presented 'to the President credentials he had re- ceived from the Spanish Government appointing him envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipotentiary with complete instruc- tions as to the manner of acting upon every one of the peace conditions presented by the United States, including the dispo- sition of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines, the Ladrones, in- demnity, armistice and all other questions likely to arise in the course of the negotiations. With these credentials authorizing him to speak as pleni- potentiary for the Government of Spain, and with full instruc- tions on every point at issue, Embassador Cambon, in behalf of Spain, not only received the peace conditions laid down by the American Cabinet earlier in the day, but thereupon entered upon their discussion with a view to reaching a final and complete agreement. After strong argument, the President and Secretary Day consented to a modification of the American terms in one particular—what that modification relates to is not disclosed, but it is believed not to apply to the condition for the absolute independence of Cuba, the cession of Porto Rico or the granting of adequate coaling stations to the United States in the Pacific or to diminish in any vital particular the terms on which peace will be restored. The modification brought about practical unanimity between the President and Embassador Cambon as plenipotentiary for Spain, and the lat- ter has now transmitted the results of the conference to Ma- drid for approval, which, if given, will end the war. The profoundly important results developed to-day came about most unexpectedly. Embassador Cambon’s call was set for 2 o’clock, and it was expected to last but a few minutes, while the answer of the United States was being handed to him. But since the original proposition of Spain was presented last Tuesday M. Cambon has prepared himself to speak with authority on the questions which were to arise. The President has preferred this course, although outside of himself and the Embassador few were aware that the latter came ready to treat as the envoy of Spain. The first instructions to M. Cambon made him merely a medium of communicating Spain’s first note; now he appeared with all the attributes of a direct diplo- matic officer of Spain, empowered to act for the Government within his very complete instructions. The meeting was held in the President’s library, and both in the subjects discussed and in the impressive manner in which the argument proceeded it was a conference destined to be- come memorable. . After M. Cambon had presented his creden- tials as plenipotentiary and they had been examined and his status recognized as the envoy of Spain, the first business was the presentation of the terms laid down by the United States. Secretary Day read the terms, pausing at the end of each sen- tence to allow M. Thiebault, first secretary of the French Em- bassy, to interpret it into French, as the Embassador’s knowl- edge of English is limited. This reading by Secretary Day and interpreting by M. Thiebault took but fifteen minutes. Then began the discussion, point by point. The President and the Embassador addressed each other directly with the greatest freedom and frankness, each stoutly maintaining the