The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-07-21
THERE is A HITCH.
Keep Their Arms-McKinley Says
Unconditional Surrender.

WASHINGTON, July l0.-AIter an ex-
tended conference with the president
Friday night at which three Other
me m bers of the cabinet were present,
Secretary Alger said:
'.The situation is just this: These
Spaniards at Santiago are prepared to
surrender, but they want to carry
their arms We have determined to
grant no such concession nor any
concession except the generosity of
this government to transport them to
Spain"
Secretary Alger was asked If it was
not the expectation that when it was
known that no other terms would be
granted the surrender would take
place. and replied that such was the
case In any event no other conces.
sion would be afforded by this govern.
ment.
1t was nearly o'clock when the con.
ference at the white house adjourned.
Besides Secretary Alger there were
present Secretaries Bliss and Wilson
and Postmaster General Emery Smith,
A6jt Gen. Corbin was present during
the last hour of the conference.
Gen. Shafter will be Immediately in
structed to carry out the determine
ton of the president, with whom the
matter has been thoroughly discussed.
Secretary Alger did not say how much
time would be allowed the enemy to
n, 1,,,f ic Ii
that the administration will make it
very short and submit to no further
parley with Gen. Toral. The next
move is surrender upon the terms
which the United states government
propose or immediate attack upon the
Spanish forces by the army and navy.
At 1915 o'clock Saturday morning,
when Adjt Gen. Corbin left the war
department for his home, he was yet
without definite information from Gen.
Shafter concerning the surrender OF
Santiago.
In accordance with the decision
reached at the conference with the
president, he sent instructions to Gen.
Shafter that nothing but an uncon-
ditional surrender by Gen. Toral
would be satisfactory to this govern
ment
In view of Skaters last dispatch NO
fear is felt that the negotiations for
the surrender of the forces in Santi.
ago city will not be prosecuted to q
successful conclusion. Gen. Toral
it is known, at first insisted that
his men should be permitted tc
carry their arms with them to Spain.
This concession Gen. Shafter declined
to grant Toral has modified his de-
mand regarding the arms and has pre-
sented petition that the arms taker
from his men be returned to Spair
with the troops. As indicated in Sec
retary Alger's statement above giver
the petition mas been denied by thi.
| government
The unusual delay, which has puz
zled the war officials, is accounted fol
by the difficulty which Gen. Toral ii
having in surrendering that part O
the force under his command which
is not in the city of Santiago
Gen. Shafter estimates that there
from $4,000 to $4,000 men il
Santiago and nearly as many
more in the province outside the city
It is believed that the delay in th'
negotiations is made necessary in or
der to secure the surrender of the out
lying garrisons, some of which ma.
question Torals authority to sur
render them without definite instruc
tions to that effect from Madrid.
There was entire willingness on tn
part of Gen. Toral to turn over tn
arms to Gen. Shafter at the time of tn
surrender, but with this was to b
the understanding that the arms wer
to be returned to the Spanish troop
when Spanish soil was reached
This was condition which had no
been anticipated The authorities her
did not regard it as serious, or as like
| ly to overcome q final settlement, as
was attributed to the Spanish sens
tiveness against the humiliation in
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the same time it was point o
which neither side appeared to b
ready to yield.
One of the dispatches from the from
after specifying that this differenc
had arisen, added that it was believe
q settlement would be reached befor
Friday closed. Gen. Shafter hin
self summed up the situation by sa.
ing: 'It can not be possible thi
there will be failure in completing a
rangement ts." No question whateve
has been raised as to the surrender
self. Not only has Gen. Toral agree
to it, but this agreement has been ra,
fed by Gen. Blanco at Havana and
the Spanish authorities at Madrid.
A cabinet official expresses doubt
l IN tho sinceritv of Gen TOral ar