The Monte Vista journal., 1898-07-30
STATEMENT FROM sHAFrER.
He Explaias His Reistions with Care .
and the Conditions In santiago.

Republican from the New York Her
aids correspondent at Santiago. says:
Major General William II. Shafter.
| commander OF the American forces IN
the campaign against Santiago. to-day
gave an interesting Interview on the
situation here.
General Shnftcr throws more light
| on his controversy with General CaliN-
TO Garcia. the Cuban leader, and now
makes public for the first time the fact
that he and the Cuban general had
some correspondence about their diff.
7, ferenccs prior to the open break be-
| tween them.
You may tell the Herald" said Gen.
| eral Shafter, when ! called at the pal.
| ace. In which he Is now comfortably
situated. that the situation In Santi.
ago is much improved. Twenty thous.
and Spanish soldiers In the province of
Santiago have laid down their arms
leaving less than $500 to be accounted
for. hope that all OF the Spanish
| army Will be accounted for by the end
OF the week. SO that the work OF load
| Ing the troops on transports will be
over as soon as possible and the cam
pnign In the provinc. be brought to n
close.
| Colonel Wood has been installed as
military governor. with full power TO
,, act as circumstances may warrant.
I'm the country many OF the Spanish
troops have gone to work. while here
In Santiago. as You can see for your
self. business has been resumed.
AS to the political situation | have
little TO add to what already Is known.
l regret that General Garcia should
feel offended because he was not per-
| mitted to he II s!gnatory to the Span
ish surrender. In a letter written TO
him In reply TO his protest have
made II plain that the ceremony of
surrender In the retention OF the Span
isli municipal officers and tarifY duties
must bc treated as temporary meas
ures. quite apart from the final pcrma-
! ncnt policy OF the United States In
Cuba. The letter was personal and
very friendly In tone. but General
Garcia. mndc no reply to it,
General Shafter and Senior Ros. the
civil governor OF Santiago. have had u
serious clash over the governors OH.
cious and unauthorized dismissal Of
Spanish officials. General Shafter un-
did the governors work. sharply re-
buked him and finally called him
| u
| this heated Interview. Senior Bos nm
nounccd that he will resign. The Gu
bans ARE highly Indignant over Gen
eral Shnftcr's notion.
Dr. JoaIuin Castillo. brother Of the
general. who Is In the city, said to me
that the Cubans We're much disap-
pointed and disgusted at the action OF
General Slafter In prohibiting the Gu.
m N .ts..,
I'VE have" he said. carried ON this
war for three years. We have borne
tolls and hardships and the brunt OF
the fight. Now that 1t Is partly won,
we are treated worse than the Span.
iards. the common enemy. We see
Spaninris pnrnding the streets clad In
the uniform Of Spain and filling lucrn-
tive offices. while our troops suffer
har,iships and privatlons In the inter
Ior. We see men bitterly opposed 10
both Cubans md Americans stili re-
tnin,ng posts Of honor under the pre-
tense of preventing the cessation Of
III" machinery OF civil government"
Coalitions In the Bsrtilc nre ct,unlcsi
by the state of affairs In the prisons
here. ms revealed by the prison COM
mission which was appointed by the
commander OF the American forces.
The commission consists OF Captain
lunan Of the Rough Riders, Major
GroeSteck. judge advocate. and Mr..
Armas, formerly lawyer Of this city
nnd now mn aide on the stan Of Gen.
ernl Castillo
The commission commenced its In.
vcstigntions with the common Jail,
where they found n horrible state Of
Affairs TO exist. They nsccrtainesi that
many Of the prisoners had been con.
fined there for years without ever hAv.
Ing been sentenced. Others were rerv.
Ing terms double and treble the ex.
trcne icgni penalty for the otY.nses
for which they had been convicted.
One man Ind been confined six years
for crime the maximum sentence for
which under Spanish law WAS two
months. Among the prisoners were
many Spanish soldiers. who viii be
sent bnck 10 Spain. The commission
wns able to examine only ten prison
crs yesterday. Thc commission will
tc In session Tomorrow.
Sixty thousand dollars wns DEPOSITED
In the branch Of the Bnncn Espnnn
Iinbann when til" city wis surrender.
cd. II Inns disappeared. General Shat.
ter Ind Jorc Bravo. the governor Of
III" bank. before him yesterday after.
noon nnd vainiy cndcavor~l To elicit
from him the secret Of the disposition
Of the funds.