Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-21
WAR NOTES.

a Maurlu dlspatcn says that GOV.
ernor General Blsnco now disayou.
having given General Toral authoriry
to surrender, and states that Geper.I
Toral will undoubtedly be court-msr
tailed. 1t is also asserted that Ger
eral Tora's surrender does not incInd.
outlying garrisons, and the assertion i,
made that General Parreja at Guar,..
namo will decline to surrender.
Dispatches from Santiago give h.
scriptions of the hustle and ACTIVITY in.
cident to the reopening of warehou,e.
and shops, the landing of provision,
from American steamships and In.
presence of Spanish and American nj.
diers, who are said to be showing COZ.
siderable cordiality towards each othe,
so much SO that it was thought prude,.
TO close the cafes.
Msjor-G General Wilson's expelito,
for Porto Rico has left Charleston. INA
regiments being at sea and third he.
ing on board a transport which left m.
morning. The regiments ere the Sec.
ond aud Third Wisconsin, Sixteer,1
Pennsylvania and two companie. os
the Sixth Illinois. The transports a..o
carry large wagon train aud a!sy
amounts of supplies.
Three southern regiments, two from
Kentucky and one from Georgia, vi.
likely be included in the Porto Rico
expedition. They will be the dys
ones from the South to see active ser.
vice.
a Madrid dispatch to Paris joums
the Temps, states that semi-oflicla con.
munications have been exchanged b..
tween Spain and the United States WI.
the view of sounding the United SAFE.
as to the terms of peace. A Louio-
dispatch says that the Spanish embs,.,
there, the British foreign Office and d,
United States ambassador have 10 IL.
formation tending to confirm the repo-
that the Spanish ministry has decide.
to sue for peace. The decline of Spa.
ish bonds IN London and Paris is r.
garded as another reason for discleit
ing the report. A special dispa.G
from Madrid says that the war sent.
ment once more prevails, stimulated by
the attitude of the Cuban voluu.tes
and resentment over the surrender O.
Santiago; also that Spain to-day prre!.
an American protectorate to Cuban 10.
dependence under the insurrection...
The New York Herald's Washingtn
correspondent says: 'In directing tls
organization OF the formidable Easter
squadron and giving its commander
chief instructions to proceed to The
coast of Spain President Mckinley W.,
actuated by desire to not only len5,.
ize the enemy, but to impress. al. E.
rope with the sea power of the Unite
States. The formation OF the Easter
squadron and its dispatch across l-
Atlantic Will be notification to tie
powers of Europe that it is the purpn,
of the United States to compel the llai
rid government TO comply with any It,
mend that it may choose to make !.
was for this reason that the Ea.ter
squadron has been considerably
strengthened"
a special dispatch from Madrid say
"The powers, including Great Britain
are exchanging notes concerning lhri
attitude in case Commodore Wat,,l
comes, and the progress made thus Ii
is satisfactory to Spain"
The Berlin Kreuz Xeitung says IH
authorities at Washington are oypu8t
ing their strength. 1t would be IrcE
found political mistake to send Commc.
dore Watson TO the Spanish cost
Even an occupation of the Caua-s
might lead to regrettable compicatioE
all this being much more volcanicter
tory than the Philippines
A dispatch received at Madrid yesit'
day from Havana says all Amera.
warship fired one hundred shots 8, to-
town of Santa Cruz del Sur. province
Puerto Principe, on July Is, wilo-.
doing any damage. The Spanish fore
it is further asserted in the dsps,&
has defeated detachment Of ISL.