The western recorder., 1898-07-28
SANTIAGO AFFAIRS.
CHANCES oooD FoR 4 now.

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CubAns Divided late F.etions-ImprsvisE
Sanitary Ccnditious- 0srrisons
sarr>nd~rlng wi1'sgy
Santiago, July 25.-The breach be-
tween General Shafter and General
Garcin, rs revealed in the letter sent by
the Cuban leader to the American com.
mnnder. is the beginning OF n political
row Of considerable proportions. Ine
officers OF fhe Cuban government are
considering the advisnbility OF notify
ing the Americans thnt Spanish civil
administration must be abolished In
conquered territory and Cubans must
be given charge OF all civil matters In
Santiago and elsewhere. They furth-
er are preparing to urge that Ameri-
cans rellnquish military control ms soon
as the Spanish army has departed
An intelligent Cuban officer informs
me that there is faciionnl light
among the Cubans themselves. Some
OF the influential insurgents want Gar
ella for president Of the Cnban republic,
others want Gomez Mt the head OF ar
fairs. while certain crowd wants raj
ma and the Junta to be the controlling
factor in the new government Palma
can influence 10 secure the dictatorship
Of Cubn. Distrust of the Americans Is
growing on all SIDES because OF tile
fear that the United States is disposed
to hold Cuba. There Is general feel
Ing that serious rupture between the
Cubans and the Americans Is coming
SOON
AT Guantanamo the situation is most
peculiar. The Spanish commander in
that village. who was the first to feel
the force of American land attacks
when Lieutenant Colonel Huntington's Is
marines began their work. admits the
truth of what the Americans tell him
nbouf the surrender. but he insists that
he Is not authorized to haul down the
Spanish flag. However, he confcsses
that he is decidedly anxious to quit.
He says his soldiers and the villagers
are starving. To-day he reported to
Commander McCalla Of the Marble
head that roast dog was the principal
food on which he and his men now
lived while upholding the sovereignty
of Spain.
On receiving this doleful report Com
mander McCalla sent n supply Of pro
visions to Guantanamo by an escort OF
marines. Thus was witnessed the
force carrying food into fortified town
In possession of an enemy that refuses
to surrender.
Nearly twenty small towns are still
held by Spanish garrisons In the sur
rendered district. The Spanish com
manders will not take the word OF
American officers Regarding the terms
of surrender. and thus far they have
failed to get Instructions from their s,i-
periors in Santiago as TO what they
shall do.
Lieutenant Milay of General Shafters
staff hns gone to the interior To bring
In the Spanish soldiers who garrison
the small towns In the surrendered dis
trict. 1t is believed that trouble will
follow between the Americans and
Cubans. ns II will be next to impossi-
BILE to prevent the latter from plumber
ing the remoter towns on the with
drawal of the Spanish garrisons. Gu
bans to-day looted some houses In the
outskirts of Santiago ahd stole NUM-
bcr of horses.
The Spanish residents of this city like
President Mcf<inley's proclamation and
seem satisfied with their condition as
subject to the government Of the Unit
ed States.
putting the city into good sanitary con-
dition was begun In earnest to-day.
The Red Cross organization has been
feeding 20,600 persons daily since last
Monday. 1t has divided the city into
sections. formed local committees TO
look after the needs Of the different
nelghborhooods and opened soup kit
chens. so that nobody in Santiago need
be hungry.
There is nothing here 10 Indicate a
movement of troops from Santiago TO
Puerto Rico. Withdrawing the Ameri-
can regiments to high ground has ma
terially decreased the amount Of SEX
ness among the soldiers. The camp Is
now free from every form of epidemic.
II is believed that majority of the
cases reported in camp ms yellow fever
were In reality mnlarial fever. Those
sick of yellow fever are all In the mill
tary hospital at Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba. July 26.-Every
thing here is peaceful. The 1000
Spanish soldiers ut Guantanamo lay
down their arms today. The $500
men from Palma Soriano. San Luis
and Longo surrendered yesterday TO
Lieutenant Miley. and to-day pack
trains with provisions were sent to
them.
The only others included in the
capitulntion are the 1000 at Baracoa
and 1000 at Sagua. They have not
yet been turned over. but they are
now here in General Garcia's vicinity.
He is at Jiguany to-day and reached
there without encountering any Span
iards.
General Shafter authorizes an abso-
lutte contradiction of the report that
Garcia encountered force of Span
iards who were returning to Santiago
to surrender and was defeated by
them.
Colonel Ezra =. Ewers of the Ninth
infantry. acting for General Shafter.
will receive the formal surrender of
Guantanamo. General Shafter has re-
leased forty Cubans who had been
confined in the local jail on political
charges. Indeed. some of them were
confined without charges of any char
acter. other than the most trivial pre-
texts, and yet others solely because of
sympathy with the insurgent cause.
The Jail is still filled with many
whose crimes and sentences are not on
record and absolutely unknown, SO
far as has been yet ascertained. A
general investigation has been ordered
Immediately.