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TORAL’S TERP
Spaniards Wanted tobe Per
mitted io Leave SantiaQo
• WITH COLORS FLYING
Promptly Refused Health of
Army And Reinforcements.
Off Juragua, Saturday.—The
surrender of Santiago was for
mally offered by the Spanish
commander, Gen. Tora), today,
but the conditions attached
caused a prompt refusal of tin
offer by Gen. Shafter. 'Die nego
tiations, however, resulted in the
extension of the armistice until
noon Sunday and white Hags ol
truce still float over the oppos
ing armies.
Gen. Toral’s proposal con tern-,
plated the immediate surrendei I
of die city, but he insisted that
hia army be permitted to march
away under arms and with fly
ing colors, and declared that he
would tight to the last ditch un
. less the conditions were accepted.
U. Gen. Shafter replied that noth
ing but unconditional surrendei
would beconsided by him, bm
bo consented to cable the Span
ish offer ro Washington, in tht
meantime extending the armis
tice. It was shortly before noon
today when a little group oi
Spanish officers under a flag oi
truce came out from under the
yellow wail ot the besieged city
and slowly made its way toward
the American line. A detail
was sent to meet them and the)
were escorted to comfortable
quarters while the letter from
Gen. Toral was carried to Gen.
Shafter’s tent, two miles from
the front.
The letter was couched in the
ieily courteous terms character
istic of such communications
and was as brief as possible, li
bore the signature of Gen. Toral,
who commands at Santiago
since Gen. Linares was wound
ed, and stated that he was pre
pared to surrender the city pro
vided his army would be allow
ed to capitulate “with honor.’
This, he explained, meant
that the Spanish forces should
be unmolested and go in any
direction they wished, with
arms and flying their colors.
The letter concluded with tht
bold statement that surrendei'
under any other terms was an
impossibility and would not be
considered. Gen Shafter imme
diately cabled the facts to Wash
ington and sent to Gen. Torel a
refusal of his proposal, but add
ed that he would communicate
with his gouernment and would
extend the informal armistict
until Sunday at noon.
The general condition of tht
health of the American troops h
excellent, but the water suppl)
is poor, and a number of cases
of malarial fever have developed
No deaths have resulted, how
ever, and in nearly all the in
stances the fever has been bro
ken up by a liberal use of quin
ine.
The second fleet of transports
arrived off Juragua this morn
ing, bearing 2,500 troops, in
eluding a large detachment ol
artillery, if the peace negotia
tions fail these heavy guns wih
be a most valuable addition t»
the artilleay now in the field,
and it is expected that they wil
? be rushed through to the front.
The new troops will be landed
tomorrow and pushed forward
a« rapidly as possible.
i l»v days of temporary peace
Are being utilized by both ar-
HOT VET RIPE
Says Gen Campos is Ilia
Time for Peace
PEACE IS IMPOSSIBLE
Says El Liberal Carlists a great
Source of Anxiety
Madrid, July 11 —The cabinet
} uncil today, the ministers de
dare, did not t< och the peace
question. On the contrary war wh.
(be principal object of th® gov
•roment deliberations. The conn
■il «as occupied with a dispatch
from Gov.-Gen. Blanco detailing
his means of defense in Cuba,
Madrid July 11—Marshall Mar
tin* z Cainpos in the course of ar
interview at San Sebas ian said i
I was impossible that nego iations
tor peace should be entered upoi
Uy the Spanish and American guv
eroments fur the reason that the
time was not yet.ripe.
He had always advocated re
forms for Cuba, since 1869, but
not autonomy. He ful'y recognized
hat autonomy had rot yie ded the
expected results, partly In couses
quence of the island war ard pait
y because it had been granted too
ate. In 1896, he said the la'e
Secor Canovas, when premier,
had proposed to him to introduce
autonomy, but he (Campos) de
lined to do so, cot sidering the
time unfavorable.
Gen. Campos denied a remark
a’tnbuted to him that he waa less
.•uncerned at the loss of Admiral
Cervera’s squadron than at the
position of the queen regent.
“I believe,’ - he declared .‘‘that
'pain and the monarchy are inti
mately connected but I am first
f all a Spaniard My affection
i >r tb® queen reg-'nt is great, bu
my affec'ion for my conntry it- 1 }
greater.”
MARID PRESS COMMENT.
El Imparcial says the Carlists
are a great source of unxie'y to the
government. It avers that an
.ide-de-camp of Gen. Maximo Go
on z has assorted that there wil]
•ea new insurrection in Cuba
gainst the Americans as the Gu
bins believe the American
mt desire the independence of the
-land, but its submission to Amer,
lean rule.
El Liberal says that peace is
impossible, if the United States
: aims possession of Cuba
“The Spanub army is deter
nined to repel such a ciAim, but
ven should the army cease to ex-*
st there would be 90,000 volun
uers. ful'y resolved to upl old the
Spanish flag and to reject peace.
In the event of the Spanish soldiers
putting the island, says El Impar
sial, the war would be continued
oy its inahitants, who do not wish
o become Yankee.”
SPANISH OaTS
Washington, July 9.—The Navy
Department is preparing for a
borough search of the We«tlndian
wat?re for the r* maining Spanish
craft that tray be in hiding. The
auxiliary vesseU and swift torpedo
ooals will be used to bunt through
he obscure harbors in the West
orpedo-boats Morrison. Gwinn
ind others were ordered from tit
>orth to the Floridan coast.
nics in strengthening their de
fenses. The Americans have
Wrongly entrenched themselves
ind the artill ry now at the
front has been placed in strong
josition behind earthworksand
vill be able tn cover the advance
•f the troops much more effec
ively than during the previous
engagement.
The wounded in the hospitals
tre being well cared for and in
ilmost every instance are r e-j
covering rapidly
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