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DYING VERY HARD.
Spaniards Juggled and
Tinkered the Terms
Before Giving Up
Santiago.
QUlBBLlNG OVER vERBIAGE
Want the Collapse to Be
Called Capitulation, Not
Surrender.
SOME BAD FAITH SHOWN
After Definite Agreements
Had Been Made, Toral
Referred to Madrid.
THE QUESTION OF SIDE ARMS
Soldiers Averse to Figuring as
a Defeated Army on Their
Return Home.
HOW HAVANA SEES THINGS
Details of the War News as 1t Is
Daily Censured by Gem
eral Bianoo.

[By Cable Copyright, 1898. by The Associated
Press.l
AT GENERAL WHEEBER'S HEAD
QUARTERS. BEFORE SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, July 10, 1898 5000 A. ND, via King
ston, Jamaica, July IS CTS A. M.)-The
preliminary basis for the capitulation of
the Saunish forces in Eastern Cuba was
agreed and signed under a picturesque
Cieba tree. half way between the lines
shortly after midnight Our Commission
ers were invited to enter the city by those
representing General Toral; but, the in
vitation was declined and the conference
was held under the spreading cieba, just
such a tree as that under which Columbus
assisted at the celebration of mass on his
first landing in Cuba. near Havam
AT the very outset a hitch occurred ow-
ing to a misunderstanding of what was
said at the personal interview between
General shafter and General Toral at
noon. AT that time our interpreter, trans
lating the language of General Toral, had
given Generals shafter, Miles and Wheel
er distinctly to understand that Captain
General Blanco had consented that the
Commissioners should have plenary
powers to negotiate the terms of surrend-
er, such terms as they agreed upon to be
binding upon both parties. Something
was said about notification to the Ma
drid Government, but General Shafter in
sisted that the capitulation had been act
ually agreed to and that no further com
sent of the Madrid Government was re
ouired.
When the Commissioners met shortly
after two O'Clock in the afternoon, those
in behalf of General Toral, General Es-
carlo. Lieutenant Colonel Fortan and Mr..
Albert Mason, the British Vice. ConsuD,
conlbatted at once the idea that the capit-
ulation had in fact actually taken place.
The consent Of Madrid, they insisted, was
still necessary: but, at the same time,
they claimed strongly that it would be
forthcoming, as Captain General Blanco
had authorized it and the home govern
ment would do the same General Toral,
who was personally present, and who, in
fact. directed the negotiations on his
own behalf, said he had never been
overruled by the Captain General, still,
he added, until Madrid had sanctioned it
Santiago had not capitulated.
All this was extremely unsatisfactory
to our commissioners, who clung ten
aciously to the understanding General
shafter mad received earlier in the day.
Finally, with the question of whether or
not the Spanish forces had actually sur
rendered still open, the Commissioners
proceeded to the consideration of the pre-
liminaries.
Captain Miley has drawn UP thirteen ar
ticles of general nature, and these were
submitted to General Toral personally
| He made a strong appeal that the word
..capitulation' be used instead of the
harsher~ term Surrender and that his
army be allowed TO march out, the eff
GERS with their side arms. the men with
their small arms. He said the arms
could afterwards he sent to Spain either
on the same ships with the troops or on
s,,,,,a ,tI,e,. sEips
General Toral further remarked that ne
expected our Commissioners as repre-
sentatiyes Of a brave ana cnivalrous peo-