Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-07-28
SANTIAGO AFFAIRS.
CHANCES GOOD FOR a ROW.
Cubans Divided Into Fae,ians-ImprovinE
Sanitary Ccnditions--smalI Garrisons
surrendrring whitney,

Sanitary Conditions ns--Small Garrisons
surrrnd-rinE Willingly
! Santiago. July 25.-rhe breach be-
tween General Shafter and General
! Garcia, rs revealed In the letter sent by
| the Cuban leader to the American COM
mander, Is the beginning of a political
row of considerable proportions. The
| officers of the Cuban government are
considering the ndvlsability of notify
Ing the Americans that Spanish civil
administration must be abolished In
conquered territory and Cubans must
he given charge of all civil matters in
Santiago and elsewhere. They furth-
er are preparing TO urge that Ameri-
cans rclinquish military control as soon
us the Spanish army has departed.
An intelligent Cuban officer informs
me that there is n factional fight
among the Cubans themselves. Some
OF the influential insurgents want Gar
ella for president of the Cuban republic,
others want Gomez mt the head OF AT
fairs, while n certain crowd wants Pal
ma and the Junta to be the controlling
factor in the new government. Palma
S suspected by some to be using Ameri-
can influence to secure the dictatorship
Of Cuba. Distrust OF the Americans Is
growing on all sides because of the
tflt 10 ulSposeu
to hold Cuba There Is n general feel
Ing that n serious rupture between the
Cubans and the Americans is coming
soon.
At Guantanamo the situation is most
peculiar. The Spanish commander in
that village. who was the first to feel
the force of American land attacks
when Lieutenant Colonel Huntington's
marines began their work, admits the
truth of what the Americans tell him
about the surrender. but he insists that
lie Is not authorized to haul down the
Spanish flag. However. he confcsses
that he is decidedly anxious to quit.
He says his soldiers and the Villagers
are starving. To-day he reported to
Commander McCalla of the Marble
head that roast dog was the principal
food on which he and his men now
lived while upholding the sovereignty
of Spain.
On receiving this doleful report Com
mander McCalla sent supply OF pro-
visions to Guantanamo by an escort of
marines. Thus was witnessed the
| strange sight of an American armed
force carrying food into fortified town
in possession of an enemy that refuses
to surrender.
Nearly twenty small towns are still
held by Spanish garrisons in the sur
rendered district. The Spanish COM
manders will not take the word of
American officers regarding the terms
OF surrender. and thus far they have
failed to get instructions from their su-
periors in Santiago us to what they
shall do.
Lieutenant Mlley of General Shafter's
| staff has gone TO the interior to bring
in the Spanish soldiers who garrison
the small towns in the sure .cred dis
trict. 1t is believed that trouble Will
| follow between the Americans and
| Cubans, as it will be next to impossi-
BILE to prevent the latter from plunder-
ing the remoter towns on the with
drawal of the Spanish garrisons. Gu
bans to-day looted some houses in the
outskirts of Santiago and stole num-
ber of horses.
The Spanish residents Of this city like
President McIlinley's proclamation and
seem satisfied with their condition as
subject to the government Of the Unit
ed States.
The work of cleaning the streets and
putting the city into good sanitary con-
dition was begun in earnest to-day.
The Red Cross organization has been
feeding 10000 persons daily since last
Monday. 1t has divided the city into
sections, formed local committees to
look after the needs of the different
neighborhooods and opened soup kit
chens, so that nobody in Santiago need
be hungry.
There is nothing here to indicate a
movement of troops from Santiago to
| Puerto Rico. Withdrawing the Ameri-
| cnn regiments to high ground has ma
| terially decreased the amount of sick
| ness among the soldiers. The camp is
| now free from every form of epidemic
| 1t is believed that n majority of the
cases reported in camp as yellow fever
were in reality malarial fever Those
sick of yellow fever are all in the mill
tary hospital at Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba, July 26.-Every-
thing here is peaceful. The 1000
Spanish soldiers Mt Guantanamo lay
down their arms to-day. The $500
men from Palma Soriano, San Luis
and Longo surrendered yesterday to
Lieutenant Miley, and to-day pack
trains with provisions We're sent to
| them.
The only others included In the