Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-16
WHERE TINY MET.

scene OF tho Surrender of tho spanish
Army.
Correspondence of Associated Press)
Wheeler = headquarters before Santa
go, July l6, via Kingston prelimi.
nary arrangements for the capilulatlUu
Of the Spanish forces in east Cuba was
agree 10 aud signed under picturesque
clpba tree, half way between the lines
shortly after idDight. At the outset a
hitch occurred owing TO misun-
derstaudiue Of what was said at
"A personal interview between Shaftef
ana ioral at noon, Our interpreter
translated the language. TOral had
given Grus. Shaiter, Miles and Wheeler
distinctly 10 understand that Captain
General B,IncO had consented that the
commis-iUue should have plenary
powers 81 negotiate terms OF surrender
TO be binding upon both parties. Some
thing was said about notification 10 the
Madrid g0yrrnment, but ShAfter insisted
that the capitulatiOn had been actually
agreed IN. and that no further consent
OF the Madrid government was required.
When The commissioners met shortly after
. o'clock IN The afternoon those In behalf
OF Gen. IOrl (Gen. EscariO, Lieut. Col.
Fdrtan AMI Robert Mason, British vice
cOnsUD comb itted at once that the cap.
itulatiOn had actually taken place The
consent OF Madrid, they insisted, was
still neces ary, but at the same time
they claimed strongly that II would be
forthcoming,
Toral, who directed the negotiations on
his own behalf, said that he never had
been Oyerrnlsd by the captain general.
Stlll, he added, until Madrid sanctioned,
Santiago had not capitulated. All this
WAS extremely unsatisfactory TO our
commissioners, who clung tenaciOusly TO
the understanding Shafter had received
ta'lie In th' day. Finally, with the
Il B.. ton 0l whether tho Spanish
faces hai actually surrendered still
Op-n The commissioners proceeded to the
consideration of the preliminsripS. Cap.
tain Miley had drawn thirteen articles OF
general nature aud these were subm L
tel 10 TOrai personally. lie made
strong appeal that In" word captuAtlOn
DO used Instead Of thp harsher term sur
render and that hl4 army b. allowed to.
march cut, the officers with side arms
aud lha mo- with suall arms. He said
THE arms ru. IA afterwards be- sent to
Spain eth. go TIE same ships with thu
troops or on atltRr ships.
bgu IOIa further remarked that hp
expected Ou' commissioners, As repre-.
sudtatiye7 Cf q brave and ChiyaiIOu7
people, would lot seem 10 humillate his
army OF make &. appear that hp was II
pushed. A brave men, his soldiers de
sTrd tD 20 hDms with honor They
SIMPLY yielded to superior force, and
" u.d prefer dying 10 going home
without their honor. Our com
mis-ioucrs could not resist this
appeal but said It lay beyond the terms
laid down hy our government and they
could only recommend the matter 10
Washington Al I o'clock TOral returned
to the city tO consult with Linares,
TOral and the Spanish commission re
turned Gt G,3O, saying they desired still
further change in the phrase OlOgy OF
the articles aud suggested pOstpOnement
OF negotiations until morning. This
General Wheeler firmly declined. There
upon recess was taken until $50.
AT that hour the articles were again
gone over In detail, Various changes Of
NerbidGe, whic' tended only TO soften the
sound of the terms without effecting the
seusc, were proposed by the Spanish and
our commission era accepted practically !
ALL Shortly af,er midnight Wheeler
suggested that the good faith OF
the SpaniaTds be tested All the |
articles we're then re-read, and
each commissioner in turn asked
If they were satisfactory When they
replied in the affirmative, General
Wheeler asked them 10 alix their sigma
lures. This they appeared reluctant to
do, and then all signed. The commits
sioners separated to meet again at $3.50
this morning.
The present municipal authorities are
20 continue In control Of the city until
the Spanish troops are embarked The
Spanish troops from other parts Of the !
province are TO re embarked at the near
est port.
While there is only a remote chance Of |
the government at Madrid upsetting |
everything AZ the last moment, such an |
event IL still rcc0g lied IA a possibility. |
However, our plans are being prepared as
though the campaign was over. Skaters |
headquarters are to be moved probably |
TO day to the high ground north Of the !
city, where the whole OF our army will !
be encamped after Santiago IL evacuated, !
pending the possibility of its embarka-
tiOn for the island OF Porto Rico. The
troops landed at Sib0ney, but not brought