The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-16

Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, July ID (via Kingston,
July 15).-The reverse to the Spanish
arms in Eastern Cuba is complete. San
tiago has fallen, and with it all the
eastern end of the island. Gen. Toral,
the Spanish commander, agreed to the
general terms of the surrender at
personal interview with Gen. Shafter
this afternoon, at which Cen Miles
was present.
The victorious army, after a cam
paign of three weeks of almost un-
precedented hardships for both officers
and men, accept the news with heart
felt relief
The victory is greater than appeared
at first. All the Spanish troops in the
Fourth corps, the military division of
Santiago province, from a line drawn
north from Asseraderos, eighteen miles
west Of Santiago, through Las Pa'mas.
Palmas Sorian, AlcantaZa, to Sagua de
Tanamo, on the north coast, and east
ward to Cape Maysi, are surrendered,
and the territory is abandoned. Be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 Spanish prison
ers are taken, about 10000 of whom
are in Santiago. The remainder are at
Guantanamo and others are garrisoned
in the towns of Eastern Cuba. All
these troops are to be embarked and
sent back to Spain under parole.
Gen. Shafter bears his honors mod
estly. To a correspondent of the AS
sociated Press, he said
1.-The enemy has surrendered all the
territory and troops east of Santiago.
The terms were dictated from Wash
ington. 1t has been a hard campaign
one of the hardest 1 ever saw. The
difficulties to contend with were great.
Never during our Civil war were more
difficult problems solved. The charac-
ter of the country and the roads made
it seem almost impossible to advance
in the face of thS- enemy. The trans
portaticn facilities have been success
fully surmounted. Our troops have
behaved gallantly. They fought like
heroes and I am proud to have COM
nlanded them. During all the hard
ships they have suffered they have
shown resolution and spirit. They de-
serve to conquer.
SPANIARDS FOUGHT STUBBORN
LY.
been exceedingly stubborn. Gen. Toral
has proved himself a foeman worthy of
any mans steel. The negotiations
which eliminated in the surrender of
Gen. Toral have been dragging on for
ten days, with the intermission Of
Sunday and Monday, when our batter
les and fleet bombarded the enemy's
position. Throughout these periods of
truce, Gen. Toral has shrewdly play
ed for time, always declining to sur
render, and falling back, when hard
pressed, upon the statement that he
was simply a subordinate, and power
less to agree to the proposals without
the sanction of his superiors, except
under penalty Of being court martialed.
At the same time he seemed to intimate
that personally he thought it useless to
hold out any longer. But he and his
garrison were soldiers, he said and
could die, if necessary, obeying or
derS."
1t was at the personal interview held
by Gen. Shafter with Gen. Toral yester-
day that the American general made
the Spanish commander understand
that temporiZing must cease, and that
before noon today categorical affirm
alton to his offer must be received or
the bombardment of the city would be-
gin in earnest.
In the meantime all our plans had
been perfected. The delay had been
utilized to good advantage. Our lines
had been extended until Santiago was
nearly surrounded, and our light bat
teries had been so posted as to be able
TO do more effective work. In addition,
arrangements had been made to land
troops at Cabanas, west of the en-
trance of the harbor of Santiago. The
Spanish batteries opposite Moro cas-
tie were to be bombarded and stormed.
their guns were then to be turned upon
the city, and Gen. Lawton's division.
at the same time, was to fall on the
enemy's left flank, under the cover of
our artillery fire. We could then have
enfiladed their lines and have driven
them into the city.
Gen. Toral must have realized that