Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-14
SANTIAGO MUST FALL
Shafter Ordered to ''Let Sin
the Dogs"
OFFER MADE 10 ToRA L.
e" ''a'ss Willing to Send His Army
nome N He Would Surrender.
o.. h"stisitie" TO be Vigorously
Prosecuted.
(By TelecranbA

tBy Telegraph.> Z
W ON, July 13.-While tha
.ons expected fall OF Santiago did nor
take place today it is eyiden, M. -
CRISIS has been reached W,th,n -
'eA' '"enty-four hours Santiaen e;tha-$
m,r surrender or will receive such
i"t ISM Oh IRE as seldom falls to ths,5
70. ,,' oI besteged town IF he reT,,sa ns
W., opel, nre on him at IL noon 70
nave the assistance Of ~, a11o l$
ready to lombard the CITY WITH 1,.,na,sS
shells" 10y "isH 13-lnch
mat Is the program laid do,vn ~,
* tha saafter and is to be carried OH
10 the letter. General shnftar &c ...,s
commanding according tn thau =, 1eiit
l'',rtihent officials. and altbouph dc.
p.l.ches nave been received from Mo So
,,enerai Miles. signed Major Cenaro1S
(,'n ',,ln IT is said that he has nor
chnr.n see 81 tGenerai shafter In direct.
-. ,, one OF these kilograms from General
Mics was given the first notice that
our government. in the course OF ne
800, with General Toral, had Of
Santiago back to Spain feur 40 ,,. -,
aso lt was stated that the President
wifi INSIST upon unconditional srr-
render. hut 1t appears that conditions
n'lse neen modified as Indicated by
1;. 1"i'S' 1 MS was done from 8. y
Iesire 70 avoid useless bIoodshed for
General Toral's army removed -
spain would be harmless to prevent orr
'urther operations in Cuba, and would
serve as good q purpose as would he
The destruction of the Spanish aru,y45
| 70 allow the Spanish genera! "a with.
| nraw to the interior and fall back IL
havana on the other hand, would mr.
| us under the obligation OF overcoming
INA auutesonal force when it comes to-
me siege or Havana. Our government
also is moved to make this propnsalS
20 remove the Spanish forces to Spain
! through strong desire to close uD Stha
operations at Santiago at the earliest
nossipie moment. This desire has been
,, , strengthened by the appear
hhce OF yellow fever within the Amer
| lcan lines. 1t was at first supnoaad%
| mat the men We're falling Ill with ma
| '1riA ana climatic fever so the casesTs
! We're reported as simply suspicfoiisss
NOW. however, comes the flnal .adn1Ia.
sion that they are genuine Sye1loW r.
yer cases. Their appearnncesa YnNSsa5as Ia
l'termlned the apthoEit sSsS 3saisx SS,rSs
sof
OrdersSefthe Have or soors NJ I'M en TnrI
ward to General shafter 10 discuss -liS.
| more With the Spanish cornman der the
| terms iofasurEender. but to proceed Ia
assault tha8town with all the force q ~
ms command as soon as the present
| truce expires. IT. is expected BY Shat
| Ter that the navy will cooperate, and
while Secretary Long has received no
uirect advices on that point from Adj
rnlral Sampson he fully credits the ex
nectntion Reluctant as the War De-
partment Is to sacrifice the many lives
lhat might be lost in an assault it IS
uet.,en 20 DC better policy to make
IT than to allow the men to rot a,wav3
WIN fevers and other diseases during
The long period that would be reonfrefS
10 perfect the reduction of the city by
stnady Investment. An expectation is
still entertained here. however that
through Toral surendering before il
begins. 1t was perhaps the spread az
MS belief caused by a knowledge Of
tne more energetic steps in prospect
.nat t.naed to remove largely the feet-
ing or depression manifested nj fha9
opening of the day upon the cirenIaS
5lon ot rumors of the appearance of yel-:
low FEVER In the American canns 20
gard!ng the future of Santiago nothing
,,as neen o1licial!y stated, but it liz sig
| the Department this afternoon 10 r,ra-
| pare the First and Second Regiments
| OF volunteer immunes for .mmediafaE
departure for the front. This would
seem TO indicate purpose on the part
tiago with the fever proof men after
US capitulation. thus permitting the re-
movai OF the regular troops to more
healthy points. -
turning to the far East, it was re-.
areshins to receive today good news
| again from Dewey. In fact II ia he.
ginning to be remarked that that ofH :.
! Ger is usually able 10 make feiicjfniIa:
reports. The administration Is yerv:
| much pleased with the readiness shown
by the Admiral In meeting the grave
issue presented to him at Subtg bay and
just reported. as he did. Naval off,
GERS. too. We're not a little gratifled at
the speedy retirement of the German
| cruiser irene after the appearance or
the Raleigh and Concord. A compart-
son of the ships shows that the Irene
! was much the superior to either Of the
two American vessels. and in tonnage
was almost as large as the Raleigh
and Concord together. From this it, is
| inferred that the retirement OF the
Irene was from motives OF general
policy. rather than from any indispo-5
sition to try conclusion with the two
American ships. The Irene Is a protec-.
ted cruiser. built OF steel. with three
screws. two tunnels and two military
masts: 400 tons. Her protected deck
is of steel three inches thick. Her arr
mament consists of fourteen 6-inch:
guns. eight one Founders, four torpedo
| tubes and one torpedo vedette boat.
| The Raleigh is of 3.1S3 tons and the.
a protected deck of 1-4-inch thickness.
and the Concord protected steel deck
| of / 1-3-inches. Together the two.
American ships have about forty guns.
four Calling guns and eight torpedo:
tubes In armor the German ship is.
much stronger than the Americans but
In guns the Americans had the advan-,
tage in number and general effective
| ness.
In official quarters here there appears
to be no disposition to look upon the
action of the Irene as menace which
will REQUIRE. exclamation. 1t was