The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-15
THE FLAG OF TRUCE.
The Impression Prevailing That 1t
Is Still Flying at Santiago.
SPANISH TROOPS NAY HAVE FLED.
An Apprehension Felt THAT the spaniards
May Have succeeded to "A Considerable
Degree In Evacusting the city
No Word from shafter

Washington, July 10. The Impress
ion prevailed in official eli ,les when
public business closed for the day that
the flag of truce sent in the Spanish
lines at Santiago at two o'clock Mon
day afternoon was still flying and that
negotiations continued looking TO "A
surrender. The basis for these nego-
tiations naturally could not be very
broad, in view of the injunction the
president laid upon Gen. Shafter to ac-
cept nothing less than unconditional
surrender, but it is supposed that time
may be consumed through the indul-
gence of Gen. Shafter in allowing the
Spanish to communicate by cable with
Capt Gen. Blanco in the effort TO OBJ
tain his assent to the surrender
Gen. Toral undoubtedly has before
his eyes the vindictive abuse heaped
upon the unfortunate naval COM
mander, Cervera, for surrendering at
all, so that he probably will be bound
by the direction of Blanco in his own
case. II is not generally known that
in response to the manly and pathetic
report by cable to Blanco announcing
the loss of his squadron, Cervera re-
ceived a most harsh and unsympa-
thetic reply, but such is the case.
Blanco's purpose in this may have
been to dissuade other Spanish com
manders, military and naval. from
surrendering under any conditions,
and, in the case of Toral, it appears
that he has made strong impression.
Nevertheless, confidence wakes in
the speedy fall of Santiago, though
many officers fear that the nest will
be found empty and the birds flown
when the American troops make their
entry into the town. Still, should
this be the case, it may DE fairly
claimed that the prime object of the
movement on Santiago, namely, the
destruction of the Spanish squadron,
having been achieved, the campaign as
a whole has been successful. The APP
prehension that the Spaniards may
have succeeded to considera-
BILE degree in evacuating the
town before the American lines
were completed, so that when
the Americans entered the city it
would be found empty, with perhaps
nothing more than a desperate rear
guard of Spaniards left to protect and
conceal the retreat of the main body
of troops, is not altogether unfounded,
as there have been several indications
of some such move, which is supposed
to have been in progress for the past
three or four days. Gen. Shafter him.
self reported, under date of Sunday,
that the Spaniards have evacuated q
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the bay, one of the suburbs OF
Santiago, while the Associated
press dispatches of Monday re.
ferred to the departure of body OF
Spanish troops from Santiago toward
Holguin. OF course, these facts are
not conclusive that the town has been
evacuated by the Spanish army, but
the fact cannot be concealed thai
there is some apprehension entertained
that the main result of the investment
aside from the important achievement
of driving the Spanish squadron to It's
destruction, will be the inheritance by
Gen. Shafter of several Thousand
wounded Spanish soldiers and many
more thousand hungry mouths in San
tiaRo.
NO WORD FROM GEN. sHAFTER.
Washington, July Is. This has beer
a night of anxious waiting both at the
white house and at the war depart
ment Information from Gen. Shaftel
has been momentarily expected, bu
up to 1915 o'clock this morning not {
ceived. At 1915 a. IN. information
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