The age-herald., 1898-07-21
QUAINT OLD CITY
 OF SANTIAGO American and Spanish Soldiers Nip on the Streets. TEES s.S NO RACE HATRED I<7
 SS Bitterness Is Directed Against the $ Government at Madrid. CHARGED WITH MlSMANAGEMENT And Bungling During the Conduct of
 the Present War. LIEUT.. WILEY OF sHAFTER's STAFF Leaves Santiago for the Purpose of ReceIv- ing the Formal Surrender of the span-
 isb Troops at San Luis and
 Other Towns.
And BungIing During the Conduct of
 the Present War.
LIEUT.. WILEY OF sHAFTER,s STAFF

Santiago de Cuba, July 19, D. m.-yia Kingston, Jamaica, July 20, 10 a. m.-Hun- dreds of American and Spanish soldiers. who but few days ago were shooting at each other crowd the streets of Santiago today, meeting and mixing on the most friendly terms. A general feeling of good. fellowship is evinced everywhere, vlctors and vanquished apparently being equally rejoiced that the strife and bloodshed are over and that the horrors of the siege are ended
 Quaint stores, with gaudy displays of wares are opening rapidly, and the store- keepers eagerly accept American money and courteousy receive American cus- toner's
 The narrow, cobbled-p paved streets, grim ming in the fierce sunshine, are crowded from morning until night by chattering groups of uniformed Spanish soldiers and crowds of laughing, rollicking men belong ing to General Shafter's army.
 No Race Hatred
 There seems to be no race hatred, the bitterness being all directed against the Madrid government which is charged with gross mismangement of Cuba and bungiing during the conduct of the present war.
 The hospital headquarters are still lo- cated at Juragua. Two deaths from vel. low fever were reported there yesterday but the names of the victims have not been made public. The physicians say there are but few new cases appearing. and that the epidemic is under control They also think that the danger to the army is about passed.
 Lieutenant Miley, of General Shafters staff, left here this morning, with troop of the Second cavalry, mounted under Captain Brett, to make the rounds of the entire military district of Santiago and for the purpose of receiving the formal sur render of the Spanish forces.
 He goes first to San Luis where there are about 4,500 of the enemy's troops. Lieutenant Mley will then receive the sur render, in order, of 800 men at Cabre, 1,200 at Catalina, 2,500 at Guantanamo and $500 at Baracoa. A total of 10000 Spanish are expected to yield their arms to this one troop of American cavalry.
 All Rum Shops Closed
 Gen. Shafter's orders to close the rum shops has had the effect of keeping the city quiet and peaceful. So far there have been no drunken brawls or noises.
 A number of officers of high rank in the Spanish army condemn the governments policy in dividing its forces in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippine islands, instead of concentrating them and possibly saving one colony. The cutting off of the fleet is also strongly censured and the Spanish na- val officers all admit that it is impossible under the present crippled condition of Spain to make successful resistance aHys where.
 Fought Like Tigers
 The Spaniards say that our troops fought like tigers and that their discipline was excellent, but they insist that more lives were lost on either side than was war aa,ed by the conditions of July 1. They assert that our troops could have walked into the city without having shot fired at them as there were no soldiers left within the walls at the time. u appears that they only had a few thousanf men and that all went to El Caney at the time that battle was fought, leaving Santiago unprotected. Re- achievements however, arrived later and brought the number of Spanish troops up to 5000 men,
 General Linares cabled to Madrid on July 3, before General Shafter's demand for the surrender of Santiago. iong message. set- ting. forth the inability of the city to hold out against an enemy superior in numbers, with the Spaniards dying of fever and star- vation and demoralized by the loss of the fleet. He urged the government for the sake of humanity to offer to-capitulate- but added that, if ordered to remain and die like a rat in a trap, he would do so. his sol- diers were doing their duty, although reat- izing that mistake mad been made.
 Somehow information in regard u the message leaked out and the Spanish officers here are loud in their condemnation of Ger- eral Linares, whom they accuse of faint heartedness throughout the war, to the ex- tent of under the plea of a slight wound" laying the mantle of the shame of surrer- der upon General ToraPs shoulders instead of facing the disgrace himself. This feeia ing is general among the men, who, passing the place where the stars and stripes are flying, clench their fists and mutter: Que verguensea para la patria; poro la merice, bien."
 ("what shame to our country; but sEs deserves t well.'')