The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-08
GENERAL MILES
HAS RETURNED,
lconlInued from Flrsl -

y RfNfAAA kNHLNN|Ha
"On the morning succeeding the first
! interview. n letter was received from
General T0ral of which the following 81
a literal translation.
TORAL'S LETTER.
&" Santiago DE Cuba. July Il. 1875
Zoo 'Gcncral-in-Ch of tho American
forces:
"lIonored slr.-His Exceiency The
! Gon~cral-in-chiof OF The army of the island
/ of cuba. teiegraphs from Havana yes
J terIay no p. NJ. the following:
Believing the business OF such I'm
| r0rtanco as the canltuiation or thar
/ place to De known and decided upon hy
the government OF His Majesty, I give
YOU notice that 1 have sent the conoi-
| tons OBJ your telegram asking an immo
} diate answer and enabling YOU also to
/ show this to the General OF the Ameri-
can array 10 see IL he viii agree 90 await
tna answer OF the government which cam
not bc us soon as the time De has de-
cilcd as the communication hy way or
Bermuda is more than by way OF h't
West Tn the meanwhile your %
and the general of the American army
may agree upon capitulation uron Oh"
basis OF repatriation lreturning 90 SPAIN.
i have tho honor TO transmit thls f'
YOU that in ease you may consider ti'
foregoing satisfactory that be- may dn
sign persons IN representation OF him
self with those iu my name may aer'a
upon clauses Boo capitulauon upon mo
terms OF returning to spain accepted ODD
the beginuiue by the General-in-tniel of
this army. Awaiting "a reply. 4 ann. very
respectfully your servant
lsigned) JOSE IOkAL e'e
SURPRISING PROPOSITION.
AT the meeting ON the following da'.
b. H .a-a.H HLa# La H".. HHM.
pared 10 surrender with the approval or
the Captain-Goneral of Cuba. but it would
require "a lIt.ie time 90 have his acts
confirmed by tho home government, chat
Boo the uloautlme he was prepared to fr-
point commissioners 90 arrange no
clauses or equalization. N0t only thlt.
he offered t0 surrender the balance of hi'
command. which had not been under gao
during the campaign. The remarkable
offer was ON lla motion and Wua m th'
nature of "a surprise to the American
generals. However. nc the conference
OIL the day previous. General Miles Rad
reminded him that DE bad been rendered
the most liberal terms ever offered tI
an enemy. that his noet was destroyed
and that tley were 5000 miles from
home.
WHY Ut WAS MADE.
"ToraTs oncr could be accounted for in
one or two ways. either llat the troops
were wanted at home Co meet "a threat
cned revolution. or that they wanted 20
get home and regarded tnl5 - che only
means of doing SO at the expense ot tie
/ United States. Whether Blauc0 ana tle
/ rest m the Spanish forces On Cuba
would have surrendered on the same
terms is not row. and perhaps may never
be known.
KEPT THEM GUESSING.
"The place of landing tho Porto Rico
expedition had been so thoroughly ad-
J N|eItisou IN communication sent over tla
French cables and On The newspapers OF
Our own country ana te~ieBraDhed 20
Madrid and from there 10 San Juan. that
not having received the necessary appI-
/, anccs with which 10 disombark General
Miles decided after leaving the WlndWdrd
passage TO change bis course and land ON
tine south side of Porto Rico. whore tho
Spaniards We're the least prepared and
the least expecting o. receive him, and
where The disembarking OF tho troops
and supplies could be the moro easily
affected. During The um0 ~ that difem-
= barkltiOn and the following nineteen days
{ OF the campaign. be kept the Spaniarda
guessing what the next move would be-
"AVhen they withdrew along the Nue
Of the great military road between
4 NIl.N anu E"ANA HAAANa AAA"N M'"HAN" CA "a"
bridges. INSTRUCTED the roads ana f0rti-
fled strong positions On the mountain
passes and tllu were surprised that One
( column OF his army was Sweeping around
the west end OF the island capturing the
/ principal cities and towns while another
had passed over t1e mountains On the
( trail which the Spuuiards EHu supposed
impossible. and therefore hau nor foru-
! fed or guarded %. and tho nrst they knew
OF tho march OF the American army was
! the appearance of "a strong brigade with
: boz twenty miles of the northern coast -
the terminus OF the railroad ~c9uncctius
san Juan with Areci1O.
by RIGHT OF CONQUEST.
rhe island OF Porto Rico was fairly
won by Che right VI conquest. and has
become "a part VI the United states. The
I sentiment OF che people was. DO no sense
! outraged by invaders. but on tho contra
was successfully pr0plu4ted. A people
Who have endured the severity OF span
Z ism rule f0r four centuries hailed Wll.
joy the protection of tho grelt republic
one of Tie richest sections OF tle couu-
try over which oul flag now fQtts BIAS
besn added. and VIII be o. lasting va-s
TO our nation, politically. commercially
and from "a military of s%tragetic point %
I view. Possession of that island has also
rendered any further resistance oi me
Spanish forces in Cuba hopeless. ana
General Miles firmly believes that Dy iAlf
and just treatment the people OK CUBA
can Doe easily controlled. either as "A
friendly ally and neleht1r or to become
n part of our own country Ass tne people
OF Porto Rico.
WHERE MOST NEEDED.
General Miles remained Boo Porto Rico
as long as he deemed his presence ne
cessary for carrying our che wishes %
the President, and now returns 10 tho
United states. brusing ~lth him nearly
5000 men Who are no longer required.
There being som twelve thousand sul
remaining. amply Sufficient FOR an pl--
poses. he returns at once 10 Washing.
TON where he believes he can bee most
useful. as ne considers The most lm.
portant need OF the hour now 20 be tho
Immediate reduction OF war expenses and
the return OF as large a portion Of those
in military service as possible 20 their
former occupations whore they are most
needed