The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-23
SANTIAGO HAS FALLEN.
GENERAL TORAL SURRENDERS
THE STRONGHOLD.
Twelve Thousand Spanish Soldiers of
the Garrison are to be Sent Back to
Spain.

PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo
de Cuba, July IA, p. m.-General To-
raj lowered the flag of Spain and sur
rendered the city of Santiago de Cuba
| today at 3 o'clock-an hour ago. The
surrender was made to Major Gener-
al Shafter, who has been besieging
the city for two weeks. General To-
raj, the military governor of the
province of Santiago, who was in COM
mand of the city, accepted the terms
as made by President Mckinley, and
to which the latter has firmly adhered.
The surrender of General Toral not
only means the fall of Santiago, but
by the terms of surrender, the whole
eastern end of the island, that lies
east of the line from Sagua, via Las
| Palmas to Aceraderos, falls into the
hands of the United States. The ter
ritory surrendered includes a popu-
lation exceeding 125,OO0 when the
country is in its normal state, and
also includes the cities of Santiago de
Cuba, Guantanamo, Sagua de Tana-
and Baracoa. The surrender includes
all the Spanish troops at Santiago,
| Guantanamo, Caimanera and Sagua,
composing the fourth corps.
TERRITORY SURRENDERED.
| The territory surrendered to us by
General Toral makes about $4,000
| square miles. The Spanish soldiers
to be sent to Spain are estimated at
| $4,000 men.
The possession of these fine fort
resses particularly MORO castle, will
afford valuable garrison points for "a
large number of men. The terms un-
| der which these strongholds are ac-
| quired are not yet known in detail,
but it is regarded as likely that their
| big guns pass with the surrender.
The plan of the war department for
returning the surrendered army of
| General Toral to Spain will not neces-
state the use of American vessels 1t
is the purpose of the department to
ask for proposals from all steamship
| companies which desire to compete
for the transportation of the Spanish
| troops to Spain, and the most advan-
tageous bid will be accepted. The
| advices of General Shafter state that
the number of Spanish prisoners will
be between $4,000 and $4,000 men.
AMERICAN LOSSES.
In the siege of Santiago about 25C
American soldiers have been killed
and in round numbers 1000 more have
been sent to the hospitals from fever
wounds, and other ailments. Our fleet
had remarkable exemption from dis
aster in the many engagements it hao
with the forts at the entrance of the
harbor and with the Spanish squad
| ron.
PORTO RICO NEXT.
"NeXt is Porto Rico" said Secreta
ry Alger, after receiving news of San
tiago's formal surrender, ''and then
if need be, Havana"
The fall of Santiago is another
step toward successful peace" sale
Secretary of the Navy Long.
WATSON OFF FOR SPAIN.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-Commo
dore Watson, with the eastern squad
ron, will sail within the next foul
days, probably Sunday.
The squadron will sail for Spain
and after making demonstrations a
Cadiz will steam through the Strait
of Gibraltar, shell Malaga and pro
ceed in a northeasterly direction Il
Port Mahon, in the Balearic. The de
fenses of these places are obsolete ant
Watson will find but little trouble il
J taking them.
DEWEY IS MASTER
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Stat
Department, despite disquieting re
ports from Berlin and other Euro
pean capitals, does not now antici
pate any further annoyance from tn
German fleet in Manila bay. If tn
German admiral had any unfriendl.
: designs the United States State De
partment thinks they have been Sc
verely nipped by Dewey's energeti
action in Subig bay.
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