Evening star., 1898-08-27
TEXT OF THE MANILA TERMS
Published in Madrid and Confirms the Re-
port in America
Repatriated Officers and Soldiers Bit
teriy Accuse Their Conquerors-
The Philippine Situation.

The Madrid correspondent of the Londoh
Times. under Fridays date. telegraphs:
1.-The papers here publish the official text
of the terms of the capitulation Of Manila.
1t merely confirms the American reports
and does not refer to Governor General
Augustin's sudden departure, which is stlll
a mystery.
An official telegram from General
Blanco states that several famished Amer
icars, who had been maltreated by the in
surgents under General Maxine Gomez,
have arrived at Havana and presented
themselves to the Spanish authorities.
According to the latest calculations. the
total cost of the war is 000.000,O0o pesetas
.oThe delight which the press exhibited
over the convocation of the cortes has been
somewhat dampened by the rumor that
the government would introduce at the
first sitting a bill to continue the suspen-
sion of the constitutional guarantees ana
the press censorship. There is reason to
believe, however, that the question has not
yet been decided"
Ell Hereldo asserts that in view OF the
existing difficulties regarding the appoint
ment of the peace commissioners IL is
possible the cortes may be called upon u
make nominations.
Official reports from Manila are to the
effect that all of the officials residing IN
the capital are in good health. There is
no communication between Manila and the
provinces
A steamer arrived at Bilbao today bring
ing the crews of Spanish merchant vessels
which were captured by the Americans
during the war.
The Manila correspondent of the London
Times, telegraphing Friday, says:
1.-The military government is working
efficiently in all departments. Local busl-
tor
works are in operation and the Pasig river
is open.
stringent measures have been taken to
insure the sanitation of the citadel. which
is crowded with prisoners. The abomtna-
bly, filthy condition of the Spanish barracks
is a menace to the general health, which at
present, however, is excellent. Among the
American troops there have been only IL
deaths from illness since landing. Twenty
three thousand stands of arms, 10000.oo
cartridges and an immense quantity of
large ammunition have been surrendered,
with nearly 1900 prisoners.
"The insurgents recently dispatched an
armed steamer with 800 soldiers on board
for an unknown destination. Consequently
coastwise steamers manned by Spanish sail
ors were afraid to venture out until assured
of the protection Of the American fleet.
1T is impossible to obtain information
from the interior, except along the rail-
ways, where everything is quiet. The ru-
mors concerning insurgent activity in the
southern part of the island are credited
here.
six hundred priests. including 110 pris-
oners among the insurgents, will depart for
Hong Kong in charge of the Belgian consul
as soon as the transport can be procured.
There is undoubtedly practical unanim
ity among merchants, Irrespective of nation
aIity, in favor of the permanent occupation
of the archipelago by the Americans. No
body conceives the re-establishment Of
Spanish sovereignty possible
The Madrid correspondent Of the London
Daily Mail says the officers and soldiers
who have returned from Santiago de Cuba
bitterly accuse the Americans of unfulfilled
promises made at the time of the capitula-
ton of Santiago. The Americans, they say,
forced the Spanish troops to encamp upon
spot where hundreds of corpses of the
Spanish defenders of FL Caney were buried.
The rains almost unearthed the bodies, the
stencil from which produced an epidemic.
The Americans, the Spaniards assert, kept
the latter without food, and the officers re-
ceived only timed sardines. Most of them
returned seriously Ill from the effects of
prolonged hunger. Several die daily. ''The
government has. resolved" the correspond
ent says, "to appoint the ex-Spanish consul
at Key West as diplomatic agent at Wash
ington until peace shall have been signed"