The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-16

public showed that the negotiations
were still IN progress, and that the Span
iardS had raised some rather unexpected
questions.
a Sticking Point.
Most important of these was an insist-
ance that the Spanish troops should re-
tain their arms when they returned to
Spain. There was entire willingness on
the part OF General Toral to turn over
the arms to General Shafter at the time
OF the surrender, but with this was to be
understood that the arms were to be re-
turned to the Spanish troops when Span
ish soil was reached. This was a Ques-
tlon which had not been anticipated.
The authorities here did not regard II
as serious, or as likely TO overcome a
final settlement. as It was attributed to
the Spanish constituencies against the
humiliation Involved in the laying down
of their arms. At the same time 1t was
a point on which neither side appeared
to be ready to yield One OF the dis
patches from the front, after specifying
that this difference had arisen, added
that II was believed q settlement would
be reached before to-day closed. Cen
eral Shnfter himself summed up the sit
uatIon by saying: "It cannot be possible
that there Will be failure in completing
arrangements No question whatever
has been raised as to the surrender
itself Not only has General Toral
agreed to 1t, but this agreement has
been rutihed by General Blanco at HR-
Yana and by the Spanish authorities at
Madrid.
General Greeley received another dis
patch at 5 p. M. containing the intorHla-
tlon that Colonel Allen had landed the
shore end OF the signal corps cable at
Playa del Este from the cable steamer
Adrla Colonel Allen was not allowed to
land at Playa on account OF the Adria
coming from an infested district All
were well on board, but no one was al
lowed ashore. Colonel Allen returns
this evening to Baiquirl to repair the
French cable nj that point and establish
regular Communication between Playa
and Santiago de Cuba so that the army
viii be In telegraphic COMMUNICATION with
Washington as soon as the city IS sur
rendered.
PsrplexIng Problem.
The perpiexlng problem now to be
solved is how to carry out the pledge
made by General shafter to remove the
Spanish soldiers who surrender,to Spain.
| II would have been no easy undertake
ing 10 remove the 10000 men across the
Atlantic under the best conditions, but
the reports that indicated the existence
Of yellow fever among the Spanlards
threatened all kinds OF difficulties. AZ
| ter all, IL was decided to be only a mat
ter OF money and II the price offered Is
large enough steamship hnes can doubt.
less be found to undertake The transpor-
tatlon. At the best several weeks prob
ably will be required TO remove the
spanlards 80 that It Will be necessary to
maintain considerable proportion OF
the American army in the neiEhborhood
for come time to come. SIN. being un-
der no care TO protect themselves against
1 the foe. the American troops can be 30
dlsposed as to make themselves very
comfortable In comparison with what
they have undergone and by removing
Them into the hills Just in the rear OF
Santiago, It Is believed that the danger
az nm extension OF !ile yellow fever will
be reduced so far that It viii no longer
be cause for grave approximations. The
mIrgeon generals report describes the dis
ease as OF mild type and It Is said that
| this will readily Yield to change OF
location into higher and cooler ground.