Evening star., 1898-08-26
MORE MILES INTERVIEWS.
remarkable Alleged Statements and
Actions Related by "a Correspondent

Rema rkabIe Alleged Statements and
| Actions Related by "a Correspondent.
| The Kansas City Star continues to print
| some very remarkable interviews with
General Miles, written by its correspond
! ent in Porto Rico, Mr.. ]. D. Whelpley who
is General Miles personal friend. One of
the extracts from the published interview
quotes General Miles saying:
The whole affair of the surrender of
General Toral was simple. He agreed to
a surrender, was given time to secure ap-
provai from General Blanco, and then
| from Madrid, and then, without being
asked to do SO, surrendered his entire
! corps, or about twice as many soldiers as
We're in Santiago. This amused me consid-
erably and surprised me well, but 1 took
the surrender of the corps as though L
| had expected it,
DO you think this was done on his own
responsibilities l asked General Miles,
40 not know, he said, but 1 have
mad an idea that this was inspired from
Madrid for the purpose of getting the SOL
olers nome at the expense of the United
states. With Santiago lost the Spanish
iorces IN eastern Cuba would have been in
very bad condition. They are in scattered
and Isolated garrisons, certain of being de-
feated in detail, and by the terms of the
surrender they are brought together and
snipped to Spain, where they are undoubt-
| edly wanted to strengthen the government
against revolutions"
The correspondent also describes how
General Miles shows his superiority over
Heherai Brooke, whom the President has
as follows A>.o'
Gen.. Brooke is very much In eyidenc,
around army headquarters. He is second In
command TO Gen. Miles, and is to be mill
tary governor of Porto Rico with residence
IN san juan Gen. Miles Ia in Command
however. until he leaves the island. This
~ IN evidence everywhere, and when Gen.
a hno1
the comma ding general. Cen Rroska kioI
MS heels in the ante-room as long as the
commanding general sees fit before he Is
h,.oweu ,.,sy IN the inner sanctum 1t is little
py-piay that is rather amusing az Cen
biooke mas not played second for many
years and never took very kindly to it.
AnoIher paragraph of interest relates to
zen. Roy Stone, and Is as follows.
Brig. Gen. Roy Stone of the Enginaer
corps mas furnished the element of amuse
n3ht IN TINS campaign necessary to give
aInet ahaa TO an serious dramas. He was sent
forty men of the Signal Corps and a sma1i
uetachment Of infantry to take charge of
tne telegraph offices en- route Consumed
WIN ambitfon to do something startling,
however, he was not content with this nnd
started on pell nell overland chase To-
Waro the north coast, capturing villages as
ne want without firing a gun He searIy
aeaSnsa = ATecloo before Gen. Miles sue
ceeded In checking his advance for If C,an
stone mad succeeded in reaching Arecibo
ns would nave cut off the retreat of The
spanlards to San Juan from the west end
OF the island. and that is just what Gen.
Mlies oio not want to do, because 1t would
mean the necessity Of several skirnisb,,s
perhaps, or the taking of a lot of prisona,s
Gen. Stone was peremptorily called back
ana told to attend to his own business. but
a. neadquarters he seems to be regarded as
= constant menace to peaceful situation
ROY Stone and his whereabouts Is the siocJs
Joke around headquarters, but the AFFAIR
mas serious side which is not overlooked
| by the commanding general.