The Springfield herald., 1898-07-22
GENERAL M'KINLEY.
KNOWS SOMETHING AsovrwAR
HIS Position on the Surrender of sxntiauo
Proven to De Wise One-Prorrun
for the Future.

for the Future.
Chicago. July 1G-The Washington
correspondent of the Record Iele-
graphed his paper as follows yester-
day:
IL turns out that the President ia
wiser than any of his generals. His
military sngnclty has been demonstrate
ed. we shall probably hear u good
many explanations from Miles. Shnr-
ter and the other bold warriors nj tbe
front as to why they recommended the
acceptance of the Spanards' offers of
chpitulation; but ii Is fair to assume
| That their Judgment was warped by
the rains and Hoods and the mud and
/ the discomforts of the men, and partic-
ularly by the fear of yellow fever.
The President was immensely graft
fed when he got the message that the
surrender was absolute, with only the
condition that the Spaniards should be
sent home at our expense. That will
= be more of an accommodation to us
than the Spanish government. Prison
ers of war are always Il nuisance, and
| ToraTs men would have been particu-
larly so because of their contagious
diseases and their poverty. Uncle Sam
must not only feed but clothe them
Nearly every man in the Spanish army
is in rags, and it would be much cheap
er and easier to send them to Europe
as tirst-class passengers than keep them
! here on rations for six months. The
plans for their disposition have not yet
been decided upon, but 1t is the under
standing ut the War Department that
neutral vessels like the emgrant ships
of the German and Italian companies
will be chartered and sent to Santia-
go to furnish the transportation. 1t is
| not thought best to risk our transports
| in such trcacherous waters as those of
| Spain, and besides the SpannrdS must
leave germs in them we need them for
other purposes.
| General Mckinley. who has proved
bigger man than Miles or Shafter. does
not propose to let the present triumph
| interfere with future ones. While he
expects that Spain will now ask terms
of peace. he believes the best way TO
realize that expectation is to keep
pounding, and General Brooks has
been called to Washington to confer
concerning the preparation of his
troops at Chickamauga for the Porto
Rico expedition. 1t is the purpose of
General Mckinley to call home all the
| boys mt Santiago except the artillery
| rs rapidly rs possible. and give them
a chance to rest and feed up and tell
the folks about their fighting, while
several regiments of immuncs will be
sent down to garrison that city during
| The summer and assist II military gov
ernor, who will probably be General
Shafter. to restore order and rebuild
the town and revive business and agri-
culture in that province Every possi-
bic encouragement will be offered the
residents of eastern Cuba to recover
! their prosperity. Steamship communi-
, cation with New York will be resumed
at once. public Improvements Will be
| introduced and the owners of planta-
tions will be afforded protection while
they clear their fields and plant their
crops. The iron mines will be in op-
GRAFTON very shortly, because the ore is
needed in Baltimore, Pittsburg and
Chicago. and before the summer is
ended eastern Cuba will be in a CON
dition TO Illustrate what may be ex-
pected of the rest of the island when 1t
is relieved from Spanish dcspotism.
No attempt will be made to attack
Havana. General Blanco will be al
lowed TO contemplate his forttications
and study the art of war within his
own lines without disturbance from
our ships or soldiers. He is entirely
cut off from communication with Ma
drid and the last news he will hear
from the outside will be that Santiago
has surrendered. one can imagine the
unhappy and hopeless situation in
which he is placed. with his supplies
of food rapidly growing less and no
prospects of rescue or re-enforcc-
ments.
Commodore WatSOn'S missionary eS-
pedition will also be fastened in order
to furnish the SpaniardS Il practical
example of war and emphasize the
determination Of Uncle Sam to have
his own way. While his orders will
not be made public, it is generally as
sumcd by naval people that Watson
will be instructed 10 blockade if he
does not lombard Cadiz or Malaga.
which. with the exception of BARGE
Iona. are the most important ports in
Spain. 1t is expected also that he will
seize Seuta, the Spanish outpost on the
African side of the Straits of Gibraltar.
and hold it ns Il base of supplies. John
ny Bull would be tremendously
pleased if that could be accomplished.
because the Spanish fortitications are
almost in sight of the guns of Gibral-
tar, and billions of dollars worth of
British commerce pass through that
gateway every year.
There is not the slightest apprehen-
sion in administration circles concern
ing lIle attllutle OF Germany Ill the
Philippines or elsewhere. On the con
trary, there is ii perfect understanding
between the two governments and the
two admirals at Alanila While some
of the German officers may show indie
pcndence and perhaps impertinencc.
the Emperor and his ministers con
cede the position of the United States
in the Philippine Islands and Will not
Interfere i'll any measure with our
plans.