The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-22
MAKING THE TERMS.
The Surrender of Santiago de Cuba
Is Not Yet Consummated.
GEN. TORAL is ASKING TOO MUCH.
The spanish General VIII Surrender. but
He Wants His Soldiers to Carry
Their Arms-Trouble over
Outlying Garrisons.

tended conference with the president
last night, at which three other mem
bers of the cabinet were present, Sec
rotary Alger said: "The situation is
just this: The Spaniards at Santiago
are prepared to surrender, but they
want to carry their arms We have
determined to grant no such conces-
SIGN nor any concession except the
generosity of this government to
transport them to Spain" Secretary
Alger was asked IL it was not the ex-
pectation that when it was known that
no other terms would be granted the
surrender would take place, and re-
piled that such was the case. In any
event no other concession would be
afforded by this government. Secre-
tary Alger did not say how much time
would be allowed the enemy TO reach
a conclusion but it is known that the
administration will make it very short
and submit to no further parley with
Gen. Toral. The next move is sur
render upon the terms which the
United states government propose or
immediate attack upon the Spanish
forces by the army and navy.
In view of Skaters last dispatch,
no fear is felt that the negotiations
for the surrender of the forces in
Santiago city will not be prosecuted
70 successful conclusion. Gen. Toral,
it is known, at first insisted that his
men should be permitted to carry their
arms with them to Spain. This con-
eession Gen. Shafter declined to grant.
Toral has modified his demand regard
ing the arms and has presented a
petition that the arms taken from
his men be returned TO Spain
with the troops As indicated
in Secretary Ayers statement
above given, the petition has
been denied by this government. The
usual delay, which has puzzled the
war officials, is accounted for by the
difficulty which Gen. Toral Is having
in surrendering that part of the force
under his command which is not in
the city of Santiago. Gen. Shafter es-
Inmates that there are from L. 900 to
H. 900 men in Santiago and nearly as
many more in the province outside
the city. 1t is believed that the delay
in the negotiations is made necessary
In order to secure the surrender of the
outlying garrisons, some of which may
question Torals authority to surrender
them. without definite instructions to
that effect from Madrid.
There was long and anxious wait
yesterday TO hear further news from.
the commissioners who had been
charged to make arrau ments for the
surrender of the Spanish army at San.
tiago. For is hours no word came
from either Gen. Shafter or Gen.
Miles, although there was the lSeenest
desire on the part of the president and
the cabinet officers to learn what was
to be done and whether the actual
surrendering of Santiago and the
Spanish troops had been carried out
Toward the middle of the afternoon,
dispatches from Gen. Shafter and Gen.
Miles began to arrive in response to
Secretary Longs dispatch. They were
not given out in full, but such portions
as were made public showed that the
negotiations were still in progress and
that the Spaniards had raised some
rather unexpected questions.
The following statement has been
issued by Secretary Alger from the
dispatches he has received from the
officers at Santiago: THE commits
sioners on the part of the United
States named by Gen. Shafter were
Gems. Wheeler Lawton and Lieut..
Miley. Their discussion lasted until
late Thursday night and was taken
up by them at nine o'clock Yesterday
morning. This surrender covers a
great area of the eastern part of Cuba.
OF course, the details may take some
little time, but they are being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible"
Following is a part of the telegram
received from Gen. Shafter in response
to Secretary Alger's inquiry as to the
surrender:
Headquarters, Santiago, via Playa. July ia
Adlutant General, Washington: sent you sew
eral kilograms yesterday. as did G IN. Miles, In
regard TO the surrender Gen. Toral agreed TO
surrender all the forces under his command In
eastern Cuba, upon distinct understanding
that they were to be sent To Spain by the
United States that this surrender was author
ICED by Gen Blanco and that its submission to