The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-18
ARTICLES OF SURRENDER.
Commissioners Had to Wait for Sane
ton from Madrid.

ton from Madrid.
Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.)
ON BOARD THE. ASSOCIATED PRESS
DISPATCH BOAT WANDA, off Siboney
Saturday, July 1G, p. M, via Port Anto-
Mo and Kingston, Sunday. Ills a. m.-The
Spanish flag will come down from Santi-
ago's walls tomorrow and 1900 Spanish
soldiers will yield their arms to their Amer
lean conquerors, and the sovereignty of
Spain in eastern Cuba will end Official in
dorsement of the terms of capnulation were
received from Madrid at 10 o'clock this
morning and, unless unforeseen obstacles
arise, the actual withdrawal of General
ToraIs forces will be an accomplished fact
within twenty-four hours. Nine o'clock to-
morrow is the hour set for the formal end
ing of the Santiago campaign. AT that
hour, under the terms of the agreement,
the Spanish soldiers will march out from
the city they have so resolutely defended,
all under arms, and will be received by large
attachments of General Skaters victorious
troops The officers will retain their side
arms, but the soldiers will stack their guns
before the American lines and be placed
under guard, either to return to Spain under
convoy or to give their oaths to remain in
Cuba as noncombatants.
In the meantime several regiments of Gen.
Skaters command will be sent to take pos
session of the fallen city and to hoist the
stars and stripes where the flag of Spain
has floated for centuries. All the enemy s
troops in the eastern district of Santiago
province will be marched to Santiago, many
detachments from outlying points already
being en- route. and the entire force of 1880
men, it is expected, will be ready to embark
within a fortnight. What will be done with
General Skaters force is not yet fully de-
cided The physicians declare that the
army, owing to the hardships and the fever,
will not be fit for active duty for some time
to come, and General Miles is believed to
be seriously considering the proposition TO
leave only immune regiments to hold the
conquered province and return the body OF
the corps to the United States and sending
other immunes from there to reinforce the
Santiago detachment if necessary. Many
of the troops are eager to participate in the
Porto Rico campaign, which, it is rumored
about headquarters, will Immediately fol-
low, but this is strongly opposed by the sur
geons
coo YELLOW FEVER CASES.
New cases of yellow fever continue to APP
pear daily, and fully six hundred are now
under treatment, but the disease is OF a
very mild form. and the physicians say 1t
is now we'll in hand Only five deaths have
occurred up to tonight, the low mortality
being remarkable and most encouraging to
DR.. Guiteras and the other fever experts,
who had grave fears when the disease first
appeared that the death rate would be very
heavy. General Miles in an interview to-
day said he believed the danger from the
pest was over and that the men do not seem
in lpac CT tn mild
ness of most of the cases. zt saeas
The formal sanction of the Madrid gov
eminent of the terms of capitulation to-day
unraveled the tangled skein of demands and
counter-demands between the opposing COM
manders which threatened yesterday to end
the negotiations and compel return to
arms After numerous conferences had re-
suited in the agreement already sanctioned
by General Blanco, General Toral decided
that the approval of the Madrid government
was necessary before he would leave the
city
General Shaftef maintained that no such
approval was necessary; that when General
Toral agreed to surrender the province of
Santiago and General Blanco sanctioned it
the agreement of surrender became an ac-
complished fact. He insisted that General
Toral had either surrendered Thursday or
acted in bad faith, but documentary evil
dence bore out the fact that General Toral
mentioned that he only capitulated, subject
to his governments approval. and the six
commissioners by whom the articles were
signed at 2:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon
so ruled. The matter was cleared up this
morning however, when General Toral re-
ceived the necessary sanction from Madrid
The agreement consists of nine articles.
l. - II
cease pending the agreement of final capitu-
latIon.
Secondhand the equalization includes all
the Spanish forces and the surrender OF all
war material within the prescribed limits.
Third-The transportation Of the Sroops
to Spain at the earliest possible moment,