The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-16
STORY OF SURRENDER.
Between $4,000 and 20, 600
Soldiers Prisoners.
SHORT TALK WITH SHAFTER
The General Praises the vaIOr Of
His Army.

CommissiOn-The British Vice Con-
SUI One of the Commissioner for
the Spnniards-Gcns. Wheeler and
Lawton and Capt. NpiIey the Amer
icun CommissiOners-Ne the
Americans Nor the Cubans to Be
Allowed to Enter the city.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
With the United States Troops Before
Santiago de Cuba, July IA, 6 p. M, via
Kingston. July 15. 1915 p. m.-The reverse
complete.
Santiago has fallen and with 1t all the
eastern end of the island.
Gen. Toral, the Spanish commander,
agreed to the general terms of the sur
render at a personal Interview with Gen.
shafter this afternoon at which Gen. Miles
was present.
The victorious American army, after
campaign of three weeks OF almost unpre-
cedented hardships for both officers and
men, accept the news with heartfelt re-
lief
The victory is greater than appeared at
first. All the Spanish troops in the Fourth
corps, the military division of Santiago
province from a line drawn north from
Asseraderos, IS miles west of Santiago.
through Dos Palmas, Palmas Soriann, Al
cantiza to Sagua de Tanamo, on the north
coast aud eastward TO Cape Maysl, are
surrendered, and the territory is abandon
ed.
Between 1900 and 10000 Spanish prison
ers are taken, about 10000 Of whom are in
Santiago The remainder are at Guantan-
amo, and others are garrisoned in the
towns of eastern Cuba. All these troops
are to be embarked and sent back to Spain
under parole.
Gen. Shafter bears his honors modestly
To a correspondent of the Associated Press
he said: THE enemy has surrendered all
the territory and troops east of Santiago
The terms were dictated from Washing
ton.
TT has been a hard campaign, one Of
the hardest 1 ever saw. The difficulties to
contend with were very great. Never dur
ing our civil war were more difficult prob
lens solved.
''The character Of the country and the
roads made 1t seem almost impossible to
advance in the face of the enemy.
The transportation problem was hard
but all the difficulties have been success
fully surmounted
"Our troops have behaved gallantly
They fought like heroes and am proud to
have commanded them
During all the hardshps they have suf-
fered, they have shown resolution and
spirit. They deserve to conquer.
THE resistance of the enemy has been
exceedingly stubborn. Gen. Toral has
proved himself a foeman worthy of any
man s steel.
'"The negotiations which eliminated In
the surrender of Gen Toral have been
dragging on for ten days with the inter
mission of Sunday and Monday when our
batteries and feet bombarded the enemy's
position.
Throughout these periods of truce, Gen
Toral has shrewdly played for time, al
ways declining to surrender uncondition-
ally and falling back when hard pressed
upon the statement that he was simply
subordinate and powerless 10 agree to the
proposals without the sanction of his au-
periors except under penalty of being
court martialled.
"At the same time he seemed to inh-
mate that personally he thought It useless
TO hold out any longer. But he and his
garrison were soldiers, he said, and could
die if necessary, obeying orders"
1t was at the personal interview held
by Gen. Shafter with Gen. Toral yester-
day that the American general made the
Spanish commander understand that tenn
porizing must cease and that before noon
to-day a categorical affirmation to his
offer must be received, or the lombard
ment Of the city would begin in earnest.
In the meantime all our plans had been
perfected. The delay had been utilized
to good advantage. Our lines had been
extended until Santiago was nearly sur
rounded and our light batteries had been
so posted as to be able TO do more ef-
fective work
In additions arrangements had been
made to land troops a. CaDanas, west of
the entrance Of the harDor Of Santiago.
The Spanish batteries opposite Moro
Castle were TO be bombarded and storm
ed. their guns were then TO be turned
upon the city, and Cen Lawton's divis-
ion. at the same time, was to fall on
the enemy's left flank under the cover OF
our artillery fire. We could then have
enhladed their lines and have driven them
into the city.
Gen. Toral must have realized that he
was trapped, and that to hold out lon
ger meant useless sacrifice of his men:
but he made one last effort to gain more
time this morning.
While nominaly yielding 70 the terms
Gen. Shafter proposed, before o'clock he