The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-15
ARRANGING THE SURRENDER
THE NEG OTIATIONS BETWEEN c GEN-
 ERALS TORAL AND SHAFTER.

Being Sent Home or Leaving Santiago
 Province, the Only Condition Imposed
 Being That He Should Not Destroy
 Existing Fortifications and should
 Leave Ills Arms Behind-Latter Com
 dition Refused-He Said; 'If Necessary
 We Can Die at Our Posts"
 General Wheeler's Headquarters, be-
 fore Santiago de Cuba, July 13 p. m.
 via Kingston, Jamaica, July IA, 1:30 p.
 mt appears that on Monday General
 Shafter did not again demand the un-
 conditional surrender which Genaral
 Toral had refused on Sunday, but he
 offered, as an alternative proposition, to
 accept the equalization of the enemy
 and to transport the Spanish officers
 and troops to Spain, they to leave all
 their arms behind and he to accept
 their parole. It was this proposition which General Toral declined yester- day. This morning 1t was decided to hold personal interview with General Toral. General Miles and his staff, who got no further than General Shaf- | ter's headquarters last night, accompa-
 nied by General shafter and his staff, ! rode out to the front shortly before s o'clock under flag of truce.
 l A request for a personal interview | with the Spanish commander-in-ch | was made and acceded to, and about g | o'clock General Miles, General Shafter, l General Wheeler, General Gilmour, 1 Colonel Morse, Captain Wiley and Colo
 mel Maus rode up, passed over our en- | trenchments and went down. into the valley beyond. They were met by Gen | eral Toral and his chief of staff under | a spreading mango tree at the bottom I of the valley, about half way between | the lines. The interview that followed | lasted almost an hour. The situation l was placed frankly before General To- l ral and he was offered the alternative | of being sent home with his garrison or leaving Santiago province, the only l condition imposed being that he should
 not destroy the existing Notifications and should leave his arms behind. This l latter condition, the Spanish general, 1 who does not speak English, explained | through his interpreter, was impossf- | ble. He said the laws of Spain gave a
 general no discretion. He might aban- | don a place when he found it untena- ble, but he could not leave his arms be- l hind without subjecting himself to the l penalty of being court -martialled and l shot. His government, he said, had | granted him permission to evacuate | Santiago. That was all. Further than | that he was powerless to go.
 | Without saying so in words, General | Miles said the tenor of General Torals I remarks all betrayed his realization
 that he could not hold out longer. When 1 General Shafter explained that our re-
 Inducements were coming up, that he
 was completely surrounded and that
 new batteries were being posted, Gen.
 eral Toral simply shrugged his shoul- ders. 'I am but subordinate' said
 he, and I obey my government. If it
 is necessary we can die at our posts" | IGueIdl lOtdl tS tt ll1tH Ol SlSly years
 of age, with a strong rugged face and
 fine, soldierly bearing. His brave | words inspired a feeling of respect and
 admiration in the hearts of his adver-
 saries. Nevertheless, the Spanish gen. | erals anxiety to avoid further sacri- | flee of life in his command was mani
 fest and he did not hesitate to ask for 1 time to communicate the situation to 1 Madrid, although he dubiously shook | his head when he spoke of the probable l response.
 | During the course of an interview | General Toral said the bombardment Of l Sunday and Monday had done little | damage. He admitted the shells from l the guns of the fleet had destroyed | four houses but he asserted that only half dozen soldiers of the garrison l had been injured. He also volunteered 1 the information, when General Miles | gallantly inquired after General Lin l ares condition, that the latter would | probably necessitate the amputation of | his left arm at the shoulder. General
 Miles, at the interview, did not attempt | to assume the direction of the negotia- | tions, but as general of the United States army, he vouched for the con-
 ditions General Shafter offered.
 Upon the return of our commanders 1 to the American lines an important l consultation was held at General l Wheeler's headquarters. Generals | Garcia and Castillo with their staffs | had ridden around from the extreme | right to see General Miles. It was
 notable group gathered under the pro- l tecting awning of General Wheeer's | tent. General Miles in blue fatigue un- | form, with the double star on his
 shoulders and his campaign hat encir-
 cled by a single strand of gold braid, l looking the ideal soldier, sat on an
 empty ammunition box and formed the l center of the party. On the right of | General Miles sat General Shafter and on his left General Garcia. The Cuban | general wore a large, weather worn Panama hat and at his side was a sil- yer mounted machete. General Garcia has a strong, swarthy face with a deep 1 bullet scar in his forehead. In a gen. l eraI way he is not unlike Cuban edi- | tion of General Miles. General Wheel
 CT with grizzled beard, small of stat
 ure and in brown campaign uniform, | faced the three officers mentioned, while l with them sat the aides-de-camp of | the four generals. Assistant Naval 1Ng-,. TT-l~