Warren sheaf., 1898-07-21
Of the municipal authorities, subject
to the control Of Gen. McKibbon
Madrid Sanctions Surrender.

government of the terms of capitula-
ton unraveEed the tangled skein of
demands and counter demands between
the opposing commanders, which
threatened to end the negotiations and
compel return to arms. After nu.
conferences had resulted in the
agreement, already sanctioned by Gen.
Blanco, Gen. Toral decided that the ap-
proval of the Madrid government was
necessary before he would leave the
city. Gen. Shafter maintained that no
such approval was necessary; that
when Gen. Toral agreed to surrender
the province of Santiago and Gen.
Blanco sanctioned it, the agreement Of
surrender became an accomplished fact.
He insisted that Gen. Toral had either
surrendered Thursday or acted in bad
faith, but documentary evidence bore
out the fact that Gen. Toral mentioned
that he only capitulated subject to his
governments approval. and the six COM
missioners by whom the articles were
signed at 2:lO o'clock Saturday after
noon so ruled.
g.. - The Terms.
The whole matter was cleared up
Sunday morning, however, when Gen.
Toral received the necessary sanction
from Madrid. The agreement consists
of nine articles, as follows:
First. All hostilities shall cease pending
the agreement of final apitula tion.
Second. That the capitula ton includes
all the Spanish forces and the surrender of
all war material within the prescribed lin
its. as
Third. The transportation of the troops
to Spain at the earliest possible moment,
each force to be embarked at the nearest
port. 81. i, ~get'
Fourth. That the Spanish officers shall
retain their side arms and the enlisted men
their personal property.
Fifth. That after the final capitulaton
the Spanish forces shall assist in the re-
mOVal of all distractions to navigation in
Santiago harbor.
Sixth. That after the final ca pitulation
the commanding officers shall furnish a
complete inventory of all arms and mu-
nitions of war and q roster of all the SOL
oiers in the district.
Seventh. That the Spanish general shall
be permitted to take the military archives
and records with him. E
Eighth. That all guerrillas and Spanish
irregulars shall be permitted to remain in
Cuba If they SO elect, giving parole that
they will not again take up arms against
the United States unless properly paroled.
Ninth. That the Spanish forces shall be
permitted to march out with all the honors
of war, depositing their arms to be dis
posed of by the United States in the future,
to their government that the arms of the
soldiers be returned to those who sc
bravely defended them.'
Gen. ToraI Talks.
The articles were signed Saturday
afternoon after a four hours session
of the commissioners, who agreed that
the sanction of the Madrid govern
ment. Gen. ToraI, the white-haired.
commander of the Spanish forces, was
present throughout the session and
appeared to be utterly heartbroken.
He spoke bitterly of the fate which
compelled him TO sue for peace, but
had no word to say against the gallant
men who had conquered his army. He
declared that he had little chance to
win. II would not desire to see my
worst enemy play with the cards
held" he said to Que of his commission
ers. Every one of my generals was
killed or wounded. have not a single
colonel left and am surrounded by e.
powerful enemy. We have counted 81
ships off this port. And, besides," he
concluded, YEARLY waving his hands
towards the city. II have secret
troubles there"
Speaking of the battle of the Gath OF
June, in which the trough riders' and
part of Gen. Young's command par
ticipated, Gen. Toral said that less
than 1000 Spanish troops were en-
gagged, his loss being 265. He would
not sag how many Spaniards were
killed at Ell Caney and before Santiago.
Heavy! Heavy!" he said. dejectedly.
In response to an inquiry he said
that transportation would be required
for between $4,000 and $4,000 men,
there being that much of a force in the,
capitulated district. He Informed the
officers that Santiago harbor had BEEN
again mined since Admiral Cervera.
left.
Dismal Sight.
Since four o'clock Sunday morning
a stream of refugees las been pouring
into the city, some naked, and all
hungry, skeletons and footsore. Many
had fallen by the wayside. The town
of Santiago presents a dismal sight.
Most of the houses lave been sacked
and the stores have all been looted.
and nothing to eat can be had for love
or money. In the streets of the city,
at the entrenchments, at the breast
works and at every 100 feet or so of
the barbed wire fences were the liv-
ing skeletons of Spanish soldiers.
Among the arrivals Sunday were the
German, Japanese and Portuguese con-
suls and their families. Twenty-Five
thousand refugees are quartered at Ell