The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-16
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RAISED
BY 70BAL
Wants Arms Returned
When He Gets Home.
NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Question Was UneXDSCttd.
But Will Be Overcome.
FAILURE IS not POSSIBLE.
Due to Spanish Sensitive
ness to Humiliation.
GEN. BLANC0 HAS RATIFIED IT.
| No Question Has Been Raised rs TO
the Surrender Itself-That Has
Bcen Authorized by Blanco aud
the Home Government-The
Matter Has Probably
Been Settled Satisfac-
torily by This Time.
| Problem of Re-
| mOyal.
GEN. BLANC0 HAS RATIFIED IT,.

WASHINGTON. July l5.-There was
long and anxious wait to-day to hear fur
,her news from the commissioners who
had been charged to make ARRANGEMENTS
for the surrender of the Spanish army AZ
Santiago. For eighteen hours no word
came from either General Shafter or Cen
eral Miles. although there was the keen
est desire on the part of the President
and his cabinet advisers to learn what
had been done, and particularly 10 Know
whether the actual surrender OF santiago
and the Spanish troops had been carried
out. l,
HAD HEARD NOTHING.
When the cabinet met at IL ociosh
there was positively nothing from .he
front which would serve as a guide Tor
the deliberations. 1t was thought tho
cable had been interrupted, but on in1
.ouiry of General Grcely. chief signal ON
dcer. he gave assurance that the caole
was intact ThereupOn Secretary Aiser
sent a dispatch asking for the situa,lon
up to the latest moment, ana pdrucu-
larly inauiring as 10 how far the sur
render had proceeded. No answer cams
while the Cabinet was in session
In the meantime General Greey naa
cabled and he was the first omcial 10
hear from the front. dispatcn iroN
Lieutenant Jones, military censo,
PLAYA del Este reported that the mes
ssgo from the Secretary OF War 10 zen
eral Shafter was only six minutes III
passing from Washington TO Playa.
STILL PARLEYING.
Tho message received by General Cree
lv came at 2.23 Z. NJ. and Indicated thae
negotiations were yet In progress Du' as
the dispatch was submitted 10 the ries'
dent no details we're given out'
Toward the middle OF the afternoon
d,snatcbes from General Miles and GEN
eral sbafter began TO arrive In response
TO secretary Ayers rather imperative re-
ouest. They were not given out IN iuii'
but such portions as were made public
showed that the negotiations were SIN
in nrogress and that the Spaniards he'd
raised some rather unexpected questions.
Most important Of these was an insist
ance that the Spanish troops should re-
tain their arms when they return 10
Spain.
UNEXPECTED CONDITION.
There was entire willingness on the
mart of General Toral TO turn over the
arms TO General Shafter at the time OF
the surrender. but with this was TO 5e
the understanding that the arms were 10
be returned to the Spanish troops "heh
Spanish soil was reached This was d
condition which had not been antiei-
mated. The authorities here did not re-
gard Il "a serious or as likely TO over
come a final settlement, as IL was Az
tributed 10 the Spanish constituencies
against the humiliation involved IN N1s
LAYING down OF their arms AZ the same
time IL was a point on which neither side
appeared to be ready 70 yield.
one OF the dispatches from the front,
after specifying that this difference had
arisen. added that 1t was believed a set
tIement would be reached before to-day
closed. General shafter himself summed
up the situation by saying;
sIt cannot be possible that there VIII
be failure in completing arrangements
NO QUESTION AS To SURRENDER
No question whatever has been raised
as 10 surrender itself. Not only nas
General Torat agreed to IL. but TINS
aoreement has been ratified by General
Planco at Havana and by the Spanish
authorities at Madrid. General Greeiy
received another dispatch az Y. ~.
containing the information that colonei
Alien had landed the shore end OF ths
sigal corps cable AT Playa from the
cable steamer Adria. Colonel Ahen was
not allowed TO land at Playa on account
OF tho Adria coming from an infected
district. All were well on hoard, PAT
no one was allowed ashore
REPAIRING THE CABLES.
Colonel Allen returns this evening 20
Raloulrf TO repair the French cable az
that point and establish regular commu-
nication between Playa and Santiago ee
| cuba so that the army will be IN teir,
graphic communication with Nasnins
ion as soon as the city Is SURRENDERED.
The perpiexing problem now 70 90 solt.a
Is how To carry out the pledge mao%
by General Shafter Ia remove the span
ish soldiers who surrender 20 SPAN =,
wo,,,d hsve been no easy undertaking 20
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