The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-16
SURRENDER
IS COMPLETE.
The Terms Were Signed by
All This Morning.
SAMPSON In The HARBOR.
His Vessels Sail In This Morning. By
the Surrender All Spaniards Will
Lay Down Arms Excepting
10000 al HOlQuin.

| ""oohABVou, July lo-Ou tn6 HlusC Gre
ible authority. 1t may be said that tonigh
the Administration Is ready to conclude
peace treaty with Spain on this basis:
! Cuba for the Cubsns, under an Ameri
can proteotorate.
The Philippine Islands to pass in
| American possession.
Porto Rico to become an American col
ony.
A coaling and naval base in the Cana
rIes.
A sufficient money indemnity, tn
amount to be determined
There will DO no recession from thes,
conditions, and the war will be continued
until spain grants them.
But in reality. and though President Nc
Kinley said to-day: II hope for an early
peace now" there is no peace in sight
Sentiment in Spain is making toward it
Sagasta realizes it must come soon. and
the Administration here will welcome it
on Its own terms. These terms Spain
could hardly accept and retain the IN on.
archy OH its feet.
No proposition whatever has been made
to the President or State Departments on
this subject. As told in these dispatches,
there have been hints. and recently the
Fronsh Ambassador. NJ. Jules Cambon,
called OH the President and "sounded"
him. ~
The Presidents intimatIons as to what
this country would want seem to have
been so clear that the French Ambassador
retired, convinced that Spain was not
ready to yield to our demands.
1t may be again authoritatively repeat
ed that the Administration has determin.
ed to take at least one Of the Philippine
Islands; that is settled.
!! = not conceivable that anything
should arise to change this determin alton.
The Administration has also concluded
that 1t cannot return any Of the islands to
spain, and 1t is convinced that to cede
them to Il foreign country would cause
war.
inc logical conclusion. therefore, is that
the decision to take ono of the PHILIPPINES
means tho Ultimate occupation of all Of
them, though at first the insurgents under
Anginaldo will be permitted to try their
handat governmental all but the one oc-
cupied island.
Porto Rico Is, OF course, to be possas.
sion OF the United States and the pcrma.
nent occupation of one of tho Canary is.
lands rs naval base is deemed essential.
AS for :he island Of Mnjorca in the Med.
lterrhnean, the sentiment among the
PRESIDENTS friends and advisers Is that IL
watson should take it We should keep it.
washington, July 10, a2Oa. m.--The
War Department has posted the following
bulletin:
Before Sentingo. Spanish surrendered.
Particulars later. (Signed) "Shafter"
Before Snntigo de Cuba, July Is friday
Tho Spaniards are still baggling over the
terms of the capitalization. They now do
clare that there has been no surrender,
and that the work of the commissioners ia
entirely preliminary. and must DO ratified
by tho governmental Madrid 10 order to
DO effective. This is clearly bud faith. and
not IN accordance with General Torai's
representation to Gen. Shafter that Cap.
tair-General BlaDco had authorized the
full surrender OF his forces, -
The commissioners in the mea ntime have
concluded the arrangements of the forms
covering the evacuation entirely within
the Province of Santiago. These have been
signed by both sides, and now await the
approval of Madrid.
In the meanwhile the two armies remain
In the trenches.
General Shaf:er said referring to the sit.
uation: The Spaninrds assert that tho sur-
render must be confirmed by Madrid |
refused to consider any such contention.
lof tne surrender was complete and Ordsr.
,d by Governor-Gcnoral Blanco and was
made by General Tornl This morning
General Linares sent mo letter bugying
ina: the Spanish soldiers be permitted to
AXE their side arms back to Spain. He
'sked me to inteI cede with the Pre- ,ident
md II possible. arrange for u return of tho !
rms 10 the prisoners after they had sur.
ondered them.
Playa Del rs ., Province OF Santiayo ds |
Tuba, July 10 Friday 1.-The comIIission-
rs appointed by General Shat tor aud Con.
ral Torul to arrange the details of the
urrender OF the Spanish forces in Eastern
Tuba are still ut work, and probably their
abors will not be completed befory to-
morrow.
Though the understanding was that no
oncessions were to be granted. with the
xceptlon OF allowing the officers to re.
hin their side arms, the Spanish Commits
loners have been dispuling and raising
lany objections to tho proposed arrange
tents. The Spanish officer. wish to have
heir men march out Of the trenches with
heir arms, which they also insist are to be
oXed up and shipped back to Spain with
no prisoners. This, of COURSE has been
,fused.
There Is also much argument over other
ct ails Of thesurrouder.
The total number Of Spani sh troop, in.
ulved in thu surrender will, l. is said, run
osu to rs O0O Of which about i2UU0 are
ehind the intrcnchments at Santiago.
he lest Of tho Spanish troops are station
l at Sngua do Tanamo, Guantanamo.
aracoa and other seaports and other for
ilod cities.
Tho 25,UUO Spanishtroops include about
1903 regulars and sou volunteers.
"a special despatch from Madrid quotes
enor Sagasta US saying in n statement
} the representative Of Eel Correspond.
lcia Mi,itar"
II am convinced that If only tho war
'uld De prolongcd our heroic Cuban army
ould finally triumph over the Americans
At, alas we have no feet left, nothing
1t famine stares our soldiers in the face.
IA ainst the Americans they can do
,lhing. Against hunger they can do
thing. Tho Americans have no need to
yht. They have only to SIT down patient.
and wait until s starvation forces our
ave men to surrender.
lad we our 1eet tho situation would be
lit, different. There is nothing to be
nc now but to treat for peace. The
my would resist to the last. but the gov.
ninent cannot consent to such useless
rrifice"