Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-04
OLD GLORY TO BE uNFURleo'
WILL Dc EVACUATED IN THIRTY DAYS.
S,,,,,,.,... IN. Don. say n would Have
eo., vasie sam 10000 Men to
Have Taken u.

san Juan. Porto Rico sept 20
copyrighted. 1895. by the As'oe'a'.u
prcss)-Thc American commissioner
90 arrange Tor the evacuation Of Porto
Rico have been cmlnently suocesaiul "
their dealings with the spanish com
mlualoners and Il IL believed that WITH
IN three weeks at the far,hes, the last
OF the spanish troops will have sailed
for home and the stars and Stripes VIII
h. unfurisd over san Juan. Their
mission has been accomplished without
friction. More or less trouble was an
tlclpatcd at the outside but our COM
missloncrs have been agrccably SUR
t,r.sed AZ the frankneas and candor the
spanlrh commissioners have displayed
While General Macia and General ortc.
"a. the second In command In the
island and one OF the spanish commits.
Hl8ners. In their conversations with our
commissioners have fully ackno Wlcdgcd
the fact that the loss Of Ccr-sra Aeet
cut an hope Of suocor from sSsi .hcy
sun maintain that the Am'ricp' army
had trrmcndsis task befor u In
crossing the mountains and Maclas
contends that the army couh NJ have
reached the gates " San IN with
", l1as OF 10000 men. The little
tslmlshes on the south coast. General
MacaH refuses 90 call fuvcracH. be-
rfue he claims his troops retired by hia
orders % the stronger positions In the
mountain passes, A. matter OF fact,
the only action Of lmportancc-th
boTnbardmcnt of MORO Castle by Ad-
miul sampaon's fleet early In May
MaclaH insists was
DISTINCT SPANISH VICTORY.
sampson'p guns pourded away for
three hours. They " = ked several
huildlngn In the city but for their cf-
feet on the thirty foot walls Of that
mcadlaeval fortress. the eight. ten and
twelve Inch prolcctlics from the Amcrl-
can wafrhipa might Just a. well have
been paper wadH. Not a gun was dis
mounted. not a man killed. After the
iltct had retired. 'rcpuined' 10 the word
the spanlnrda used, the victory" was
celebrated throughout the city. All the
military bands paradod tho streets
playing martial music. grand com
cert was given IN the plaza and the
cafes that nlght enchosd with the cries
oanoa"
80 u was tina, the military chleftains.
who met our commissioners. met them
no uH defeated soldiers 10 deliver up
property lost In battle. but rather az
soldiers martyrcd by the defeat or
others 20 Yield that which thoy atlli
tiasncd they might have been able sue.
eesafully 10 defend.
General Brooke. Commodore sohlcy
and General Gordon we're exceedingly
careful not 10 disturb their illusions In
tbs rcrpaci and 10 their extreme tact.
tultef j. due the ease and facility
VITA which the negotiations were hnal-
" concluded. They decide before the
htti mterng 10 stick o. the main issue.
which was the Immediate evacuation
~ lhr Island and 20 be generous 10 the
I'm q magnamiiy In non-easential
TIE spanish commissioners. especial.
ushsTal ortegi. were ~ iirat disin-
,.lhei 20 discuss the main question.
Ihty raisad a myriad " minor matters.
Nv OF which had anything to do with
~ uutntsa on hand. on all the quer-
euhs me American commits fOners
waved aside pending the settlement uf
she main QUESTION. the evacuation. liut
eL SEVERAL days they allowed General
uFlrsa 10 talk on aud his colleagues
80 compelled 10 revert 10 the main
W., $50 me language u the protocol was
.'N hniie and specific. II provided
' immediate evacuation ~ the
.-Hl on ~ text our commission 81
g9l and 20 their qualification they
i,lnl Inv Spanlah COMMISSIONER not
N1 aequeaeni. but seemingly anxious
tt,lte tfum the Island az me earliest
5000 momenf, The Spanish author
~ NAllzrd that the entire populatian
r. e. leone suddenly hostile to them.
~ my hal become dirpofsessed by
hsh court NJ war. and that they
w. w. mere no longer by right. but by
suuefancf. They We're NJ strangers
npnE people " their avn race, blood
wv 'ansnlgr. Those who had flwnnd
spoh lhr captain general In the Odd
ays no longer came 10 the palace lie
~ no more favors TO bestow, and
NY remained away, lest associations
IN mo old regime might prejudice
am ~ ihv Eyes " the now, III, po-
suen nf The spanish authorities was a
palnlul one, and though return 10 Spain
meant heavy reduction In salaries and
70. complete loss Of rich perquiritos, the
'h'f " came 10 an end the better
my would Ike t. This was the tone
lhey assumed.
y waA then IN at they were confront
Win new embarrassment rhcy
ha1 no transports 10 convey their Troops
PACK 20 span, and were powerless 10 on-
slh mem. They were compelled 10 an
.oulNe this TO the American commits
songfs until the MAirla government
snpuA send transportation. N y could
nelhlng Our commissioners, rtaliz-
N gihe force o. this argument, n,ads no
a,nmpi 70 force them. aifh ugh Il oc-
4IIel Ia them, as II did 10 our Amori-
ans IN San Juan. that transports 81
snef Countries could have been char
,I'l Tor the purpose, Had there been
~ much delay, this View the sltua-
nnun would have been presented cnly.
nut IN this our commissioners preferred
accept the spanish statement In good
Wndlcated,
SPANISH RETIREMENT AR
RANGED.
WINE awaiting the arrival ~ the