Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-15

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PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay,
July 15.-General Toral, commanding
the Spanish forces at Santiago de Cuba
yesterday morning sent communica-
ton to General Shafter indicating his
willingness to accept the terms of sur
render proposed and asking the Ameri-
can commander to appoint commits
sioners to meet the Spanish commits
sioners to arrange to send the Spanish
troops back to Spain. This will be
promptly done.
The surrender of General Toral not
only means the fall of Santiago, but by
the terms of surrender the whole east.
ern end of the island falls into the
hands of the United States without fir
ing shot.
The surrender is to include all the
Spanish troops at Santiago, Guanta-
namo, Caimanera and Sagua, compos-
ing the Fourth army corps of the Span
ish army.
The portion of the province of Santi-
ago de Cuba that lies east of the line
from Sagua, via Las Palmas, to Accera-
dores, is surrendered to the United
States.
The prisoners number over $4,000
| men.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-The news of
the surrender came to Washington in
dispatches from Generals Shafter and
Miles, The latter cabled that General
Shafter and his men deserved great
credit.
GENERAL WHEELER's HEADQUART-
ERs, BEFORE SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July
10, via Kingston, Jamaica, July TO-
1t appears that ON Monday General
Shafter did not again demand the I'M
conditional surrender which General
Toral had refused on Sunday, but Of
fered, as an alternative proposition, to
accept the capitalization 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. 1t was this proposition which
General Toral declined yesterday.
This morning it was decided to hold
a personal interview with General Toral
General Miles and his staff, who got no
1 further than General Shafter s head
! Quei tSlo Adob ll1Sutt ny
! General Shafter and his staff, rode out
to the front shortly before 8 o'clock
under flag of truce. A request for a
| personal interview with the Spanish
| commander-i in chief was made and &C
| coded to, and about 8 o'clock General
Miles, General Shafter, General
! Wheeler. General Gilmour, Colonel
Morse, Captain Wiley and Colonel Maus
! rode up, passed over our entertainments
! and went down into the valley beyond.
They were met by General Toral and
his chief of staff, under a spreading
mango tree, at the bottom of the valley
! about half way between the lines. The
interview that followed lasted an hour.
The situation was placed frankly be-
fore General Toral and he was offered
the alternative of being sent home with
his garrison or leaving Santiago prov
ince. The only condition imposed be-
ing that he should not destroy the ex-
listing Notifications and should leave
his arms behind. This latter condition
the Spanish general, who does not speak
! English, explained through his inter-
prefer was impossible He said the laws
/ of Spain gave general no discretion.
He might abandon a place when he
found it untenable, but he could not
leave his arms behind without subject
ing himself to the penalty of being
courtmartlaled and shot. His govern
ment, he said, had granted him permits
sion to evacuate Santiago. That was
all Further than that he was power
/ less to go.
Without saying SO in words, General
Miles said the tenor of General Toral's
remarks all betrayed his realization
that he could not hold out long.
Then General Shafter explained that
our reinforcements were coming up,
that he was completely surrounded and
that OR new batteries were being
posted. General Toral simply shrugged
his shoulders.
81 am but a subordinate" said he,
land | obey my government. Ii it is
necessary we can die at our posts
General Toral is man of 60 years of
age, with a strong rugged face and fine,
soldierly bearing. His brave words in
spired feeling of respect and admit
ration in the hearts of his adversaries.
Nevertheless the Spanish generals
| anxiety to avoid further sacrifice of life
in his command was manifest, and he
did not hesitate to ask for time to COM
municate the situation to Madrid, al
though he obviously shook his head
when he spoke of the probable response.
Upon the return of our commanders
to the American lines an imnortant cnn-