The herald., 1898-07-15

4 CLEVER TEXAS CAPTAIN
4nspects Camara's 1lsst-Dines With
the Admiral-0ermany Warned
70 De Careful


lONlJON, July 1o.-Ine OdlIy NEWS say
that. in view Of the menace of yellow fever
the fall OF Santiago does not come any toe
soon for the American troops. 1t adds:
'The severely criticised strategy of Pres.
ident Mckinley and his advisers is justified
BY results.
1.-THE United States government has used
Its immense power with a full sense OF
responsibility and with a due regard for
not be men Of military genius, but they de-
serve the utmost credit for prudence and
consideration. Gen. Shafter may be con-
graduated upon finishing the work before
Gen. Miles had time to interfere"
The Daily Chronicle warmly praises
President Mckinley and predicts that Ha-
vnna will fall In October in the same man.
ner. ~
The Daily Telegraph says: 1.-THE terms
Of surrender are equivalent 70 marching
out with the honors Of war; The most sem
sitive military pride may well be satisfied
With this tribute to the respect in which
the Spanish troops are held by their foes.
thus the chief obstacle In the way Of peace
- removed. If the army accepts the situa.
ton, there Is no reason to fear trouble
nom Dom Carlos outside the Basque prov
iaces."
At cienfuegos
LONDON, July 15-The Madrid corre-
Gpondent Of the Daily Mail says:
"A dispatch from Madrid to Ell impartial
says that 5000 Americans have landed near
Cienfuegos, under the cover of the guns Of
the United States cruiser Montgomery.
Gen. Toral cables that the losses of the
last few days have been 400 killed, wounded
and taken prisoners. He says that he has
1000 troops left in fine condition.
A Clever Captain
LONDON, July ia dispatch to the
Daily News from Gibraltar tells long
story of q pseudo-wealthy Mexican. who
was lionized for six weeks at Madrid and
Cadiz. dined with Admiral Camara, in
spected the fleet an defenses anu in every
way won the confidence of the officials,
only to disappear the moment warrant
was issued for his arrest. He turned up
atterward in Tangier, confessed to the
correspondent of the Daily News that his
name was Fernandez and that he was cap
tain In the Second Texas rangers. His
Spanish descent, he said enabled him to
deceive all the Spaniards while acting as
the confidential agent of the United States
government.
The Surrender Of Toral
iLONDON, July ia special dispatch to
the Times from Vienna says:
$50 far from Austria's having interviewed
lr behalf of Spain, it is highly improbable
that she will take any Independent action
In the matter"
The Times editorially says 1t supposes
Gen. Torals supplies were exhausted and,
whatever orders may have emanated from
Madrid, he had no option but to surrender.
Between the terms accepted and the un-
conditional surrender that Gen. Shafter de-
manded the difference is little more than
formal. In any case the arrangement must
be great relief to Gen. Shafter, whose
troops, through rains and yellow jack,
must have suffered very seriously. The
Times again urges Spain to seek peace
while there is still possibility of favor
able terms. since it Is perfectly hopeless
that any satisfactory result can come from
delay after this military catastrophe,
which is likely to be repesAsa elsewhere.
and the longer the war continues the more
difficult it must become for the United
States to leave Spain any part of her
colonial possessions. The article proceeds:
Perilously Near Trouble
1T il not difficult to read between the
lines in Admiral Dewey's studiously mod
crate dispatch that the German policy at
Manila came rather perilously near to pro-
ducing complications of an exceedingly un-
toward kind He certainly appears to de-
serve that thanks be rendered his by his
government for the restraint he exercised
under circumstances which at least bore
the resemblance OF a provocation. 1t re-
mains to be seen what view the govern
ment will take Of the action of the Irene
Though no diplomatic action may be taken
at Washington, the American people will
not be slow to draw their own conclusions.
which are only too plainly suggested by
the language of the German press. The
German defense, that the Irene acted in the
cause of humanity may serve to gloss over
rather disagreeable incident ->et the
world cannot forget that Germany has
not. on other occasions, shown herself to
be powerfully swayed by humanitarian
motives, and that reasons of a very differ
ent nature were originally assigned for
the presence of her ships at Manila"
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