The National tribune., 1898-07-14
SANTIAGO ATTACKED.
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SANlIAGU AL HACKED.
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bring any food out of the city, and the
lack OF roads prevents our bringing up
any quantity from the sea side. They are
mostly foreigners, the greater part French.
Extraordinary efforts are being made to
| supply them
1t is known that the garrison is so short
OF ammunition that if the assault had
been pushed on the second day the city
would have fallen.
ADMIRAL CERvERA's REPORT.
| Admiral Cervera has been allowed to send
! his report of the battle. Ii is as follows:
TO the General in Chief, Habana:
"ln compliance with your orders l went
out yesterday from Santiago de Cuba
with all the squadron, and after an un-
equal combat against forces more than
triple mine, had all my squadron destroy
ed by fire. Teresa, OQuendo, and Viz
caya beaohed and the Colon fleeing. j ac-
cordingly informed the Americans and
went ashore and gave myself up. Inc
torpedo chaSerS foundered. do not know
how many people were lost but it Will
surely reach 600 dead and many wounded,
although not in such great numbers. 1he
living are prisoners of the Americans.
The conduct of the crew rose to a
plaudits of the enemy. The commander
of the NiScaya surrendered his vessel.
His crew are very grateful for the noble
generosity with which they are treated
Among the dead is Eillamil and | believe
LaSaga, and among the wounded, COncaS
and Eulate. We have lost all, and are
necessarily depressed.
GEN. NELSON A. MILES
Iof1 r.
staff for Santiago. He will embark at
Charleston. He will not relieve Gen.
Shafter unless the latter'S physical con-
dition demands it.
MANILA.
The second expedition, under COM
mand of Gen. f. V. Greene, reached Homo
lulu June 20, and was given an enthusi-
astic reception. All were in good health
and spirits
The Monterey and collier Brutus ar
rived at Honolulu June "a They had en-
countered heavy northwest swell nearly
all the way, but the Monterey behaved
very well.
The monitors and the transports are be-
lieved to be now near Manila
The following was received from Admi-
raj Dewey dated July 4:
" United States troops have landed and
have been comfortably housed at Cavite,
Luzon Island. Insurgents still active.
Agunaldo proclaimed himself President of
the revolutionary republic July l."
~. FOR SPANISH SHORES.
The President held council of war to-
day to consider future plans. At the con-
clusion Secretary Long announced that he
had ordered Admiral Sampson TO detach
from his own command Immediately the
vessels to be embraced in Commodore
Watson's eastern squadron and to direct
the Commodore to proceed on his mission.
The new eastern squadron VIII consist
of the battleships Iowa and Oregon, the
protected cruiser Newark and the auxiliary
cruisers carrying side armorl Dixie Yam
kee and Yosemite, the collierS Averenda,
CaSSluS, Cesar, 1eonidaS and Justin and
the supply boat Delmonico.
The Iowa, Oregon and Newark are all in
the South with Sampson. So is the Yo-
semitic. The Dixie is at New York and the
Yankee at TompkinSviile. The coilierS
are at Hampton Roads with the Delmonico.
The ships are to set sail as soon as they
can coal and supply. The order provides
that each ship shall make her way across
the Atlantic to marine rendezvous,
which viii be designated in sealed orders
to prevent its exposure to the slightest
possible danger from the enemy, and the
most that is known is that it viii be at
some point off the Spanish coast.
FRIDAY. JULY 8.
'''' SPAIN WANTS PEACE
The peace party is reported as daily be-
coming stronger and more assertive in
Spain. The Ministers are said 10 be di
vided in their opinions as TO the advisa
bility of immediate negotiations. The
war party is inclined to adopt the view of
Marshal Martinez Campos, who considers
that the army must first, by noble vic
tory, wipe out the defeat OF the navy
The peace party urges direct negotia-
tions with the United States rather than
through powers whose Se1fishness has al
lowed Spain to be crushed by a strong
enemy, and who may now intrigue for
harder conditions, desiring to profit by her
dismembeTment
Captain General Blanco urges a continu-
alton OF the war.
has made overtures through the British
Ambassador at Madrid, on the following
basis:
Cuba to be independent, but to pay Spain
an indemnity for several years.
Spain to keep minor Cuban port until
In is indemnity shall have been paid.
The great powers to send small detach
mentS OF troops to certain Cuban ports.
The Philippine Islands to be independ-
ent. The United States to occupy Porto
Rico as security for the payment of a war
indemnity, the amount of which shall be
negotiated.
These terms are regarded as merely a
minimum of what Spain expects to be
asked of her.
SATURDAY, JULY 0.