The Republican., 1898-08-25
TERMS 0F SURRENDER.
Jaudenes Only Turns Over
Manila and Its HarbOr
and Bay.
MCKINLEY SATISFIED WITH 1T.
Will Thus Find it Easy to Stand
by the Assertion That Our
Flag Must Remain
Wherever Raised.
MCKINLEY SATISFIED WITH IT.
ONE POINT TO DECIDE AT PARIS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 20.-The
Philippines were not surrendered to
General Merritt and Admiral Dewey
last Saturday by General Jaudenes,
who only turned over what he was
left to command-Manila and its har-
Dor and bay. This was the most i'm
portant news that come to President
Mckinley to-day, and he received it
with satisfaction and relief.
General Merritt sent it, embodying
the terms of capitulation in a dispatch
which was received and made public
this evening, and it ended the discus
sion in Administration circles as to
what we now actually possess in the
Philippines.
Madrid boasts that Captain General
Augustus fight was trick to prevent
him from being required to surrender
the whole archipelago, which only he
could surrender; but whether this is
so or not President Mckinley is well
pleased with the result
The text of the terms of capitulatiOn
as cabled reads;
Having been appointed commits
sioner to determine the details of the
capituIation of the city and defenses of
Manila and its suburbs and the Span
ish forces stationed therein, in ac-
cordance with agreement entered into
the previous day by Major General
Wesley Merritt, L. S. A., American
commander-in-chief in thePhilippines
and His EXcellency, Don Fermin
Jaudenes, acting general-inchief of
the Spanish army in the Philippines,
have agreed upon the following:
''1-The Spanish troops, European
and native, capitulate with the city
defenses, with all honors of war, de-
posting their arms in the places de-
signated by the authorities of the
United States and remaining in the
quarters designated and under the
orders of their officers and subject to
control of the aforesaid United States
authorities, until the conclusion of
treaty of peace between the two belli-
gerent nations. All persons included
in the capitulatiOn remain at liberty;
the officers remaining in their respec-
tive homes, which shall be respected
as long as they observe the regula-
tions prescribed for their government
and the laws in force.
'2-Of1icers shall retain their side
arms, horses and private property.
All public horses and public property
of all kinds shall be turned over to
staff officers designated by the United
States
''3-Complete returns in duplicate
of men in our organization and full
lists of public property and stores
shall be rendered to the United States
within ten days from this date.
"4-All questions relating to the re-
patriation of Objects and men of the
Spanish forces and of their families
and of the expenses which said repa-
triation may occasion shall be referred
to the Government of the United
States at Washington. Spanish fam
lilies may leave Manila at any time
convenient to them. The return of
the Spanish forces shall take place
when they evacuate the city or when
the American army evacuates.
"5-Of1icers and men included in the
capitulation shall be supplied by
United States, according to their
rank, with rations and necessary aid,
as though they were prisoners of war,
until the conclusion of a treaty Of
peace between the United States and
Spain. All the funds in the Spanish
Treasury, and all other public funds,
shall be turned over to the authori-
ties of the United States.
"6-This city, it's inhabitants, its
churches and religious worship, its
educational establishments and it's
private property, of all descriptions,
are placed under the special safeguard
of the faith and honor of the Ameri-
can army
The language of the capitulation is
narrower than that of the protocol,
and it is under the latter and not un-
der the terms of surrender that we
hold the bay and harbor of Manila,
pending the conclusion of the treaty
of peace, for all that General Jaudene