The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-08
SH4FTER TO TOR4L.
Spanish General Informed of Utter De. structton of Cervera's Squadron.

CPdhASh UcheTuI informed Of Utter Des
 struction of Cervera's Squadron.
 [Copyrght, 1898, The Associated Press
 Before Santiago, via Playa del Este, July z, 1 p. m.-General Toral, the Spanish commander in Santiago has been informed by General Shafter of the complete destruction of the Span ish fleet and that the American war ships are now free to cooperate with the army in the reduction of Santiago. He has been given such time as he may deem proper to consider. Although General Toral is anxious to resist to the end, the utter hopelessness of hold ing out against siege by land and sea must be forcing itself upon him. His losses have been heavy. The reinforce ments upon which he was counting have not arrived. General Pando has left him in the lurch and it is said is making his way across the country to Havana.
 General Shafter's Headquarters, July 6, via Port Antonio, July 7, by way of Kingston, Jamaica, July [, 1 D. m.-The French and Portuguese consuls have continued their conference looking to the relief of the refugees from Santiago de Cuba. They called on General Shaf- ter this morning, reported that the ex- iles were wholly destitute and begged for American aid. The general prom ised to afford the refugees a limited daily supply of food at Fl Clancy and other towns in Spanish territory whera they get nothing from Spain. The con- suls were very guarded in their refer ences to the situation at Santiago de Cuba, but they painted it worse than reported by the refugees. They claim ed that the garrison only numbers 5000 men, The accuracy is doubtful, as Gen. eral Pando is almost certain to have arrived with what is left of his 5000 men from Manzanillo.
 The hospital conditions of our army are improving. Forty ambulances are now in service and there are many empty tents. The wounded are nearly all at Juragua. The headquarters hos pital has been cleared in expectation of the next assault. The number of sick Is increasing rapidly. There are one hundred cases in the invalid hos pital, principally diarrhoea and low fever.
 Fl Clancy, near Santiago de Cuba, July 6, 4 D. m., by The Associated Press dispatch boat Wanda, via Port An tonic, Jamaica, July ', via Kingston, Jamaica, July !, 10:45 a. m.-Between 12.O0O and 15, 900 innocent victims of the war have fled here in wild panic to escape the terrors of the threatened of tia md o now confronted by the horrors of starvation. In their helpless confusion they are appealing to General Shafter for succor. Most of them are foreign CTS principally French or with mix ture of foreign blood and their inter- ests are being looked after. The ig norant desire only to be fed and the cultured want to get away anywhere and any way to place of safety. Ladies with the stamp of birth and education supported by frail girls hide their faces from the vulgar gaze of those who surge about them. In the eyes of both mothers and daughters is the haunted look which wild animals have when driven to bay.
 General Shafter explained to the con-
 MT. Ramsden, the British consul, when asked whether the Spanish gen eral would continue to resist, replied: "Of course he will. Toral will fight till he dies" Different stories, however are told as to the temper of the Span isb soldiers. One consul, who declined to allow his name or national to be given said that so strong was the de- sire to yield among the rank and file that there was open talk of assassinat- ing General Toral.
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