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The Principal
THE PLANS OF THE GOVERNMENT OUTLINED BY ONE
Porto Rico and Gauma Will Be Permanently Retained Havana Left Till Autumn Gar
cia Writes a Disgruntled Letter Leaves Santiago Wood Military Governor
Peace Near at Hand "They Didn't Know It Was Loaded" Spaniards in
Manlia Don't Believe the News From Cuba Oregon Boys For
gottenLieutenant Hobson Arrives in Washington
Transports Sail For Porto Rico.
WAHIIINCTON. July r.-A
igntl'um nutt.nwiti wj
nwlt to th AwMatiil I'rr'(
tlay by frtillrtinn In a. iwtlon to
lnk with nuihorliy wlih rcf.rrnco to
Ann-ruon future war pniMU-artlonn. In
iii.!uru- ih :im. tit wni a follow;
f .immxtiirr Va!n, In proinJlng to
ino irnitiu. ..on u iht t'urti KU-uni
rl-.l;t! .n U gi'Ttrn urlT wny. In not t'!
botnbnr.l )w . ltl f ilir Hiuinlah coant.
1
talnnl.
V1i!!rt th.irr may e onhcf lnpljrrrtat
luiri-.i.. . thr iw:n nui'.ii of Wataon Ii rra Garrta to OneraJ Shaftirr. rt ay:
to tk oarc of Canumi fl.rt. Tho mVf' "0n Mur u h of th re
public of Cuba ordered me. a command
mnii f thia tWt, an.) the Jcara and ap- f the Cuban army In the ex. to co-
pr,h. ni..n, oau-cl by r. H cnivrnin "I"1" 1tn th American army, follow-
Idk the plana and obeying the order of
It. ar- to utopiMsl f,.r ail time. The i,, comrwinder. I hve done my bet.
under Camara will b l.K-ated by ir- "" y irVeniment.
I and 1 have bmn until now your fatihful
Wt.n. finally m.'t and mgjgvA. ,ulxirtllnate.
Tie talk reeently itidiiiir.d In a to the I "When the city of Santiago aurrendered
I to the American army, the new of that
Canarlra U utterly without foundaUon. important event waa given to me by per
Thi. govennnent h.m m plan to lake the " errtlrely foreign to your naff. I
j have not been homred with a aingle word
l.lan.l.. and do.-, not want them. f,.. your!K,lf tnforming m aboUl the
Ie..lte the i'pu!ar expectation llvat the j negotiation for peace, or the term of
, , . , capitulation by the Spaniards. The tm
I'ort.) It:.o op-ration, will 1 followed up . xwrunt nm,, ot the ,Urrender of the
Immediately by action a:Unm Havana. It ( 8Milh army and the taking of posse
, . .. . ln of the city by yourself took place
can he wia that Havana will not be i tater. an,l 1 only knew of bvth event by
attacke.1 while yellow fsv. r condttion ex- public rejwrt.
, . , , I "I waa neither honored, sir. with a
im. Thi. I. certain, ft would be a Ml ot , k)m, worJ from u JnvtJnf m).Mf nor
folly to engage our troop In and about uny of my Htuff to represent the CutMn
.... ,,, . 'army on that occasion. 1 would Klve my
a f-ver pe.l hole, cn.equently It will be w.((H.rJtk,n lo flny mea!,ure 1U may
left until the climate lend its aid In the dem best, undor the American military
low, to hold the city for your army and to
autumn. ,rtvH,rvB public order until the time come
Phafter will hvld hi own In the eatern for you to fulfill the solemn pledge to
, , .. .i emabllnh in Cub a free and Independent
trip now .urrendereJ. and may grodu- KOVornmn, by ,h pwple of ,he
ally puh hi way over ome other dl- Vniled State. But when the question
arise of appointing officer in Santiago de
'rtct, Cuba, under the peculiar circumstance
Meantime, In the m'Xt two month thera of our W year' of gulfe ogalnst Siain'
... v . ... .winM.ni ' ru,e- 1 c"imt g)f6 but with deepest regret
will be emn,gh to kwP this 8ornment MMMgm ot by
busy. We will have to cope, with (he most the Cuban people, but are the same one
ii . . ... ,.i.nn 'elected by the queen of SiMln. and hence
.erlou. problem yet. that of proMdlng i mMMwa 0 Mend Cu .
for th government and the futuro df-( tiuns the Spanish sovetignty.
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position of thelandslnxoh-eatnUU.war.1
There are question of the most Intri
cate character to be decided, rorta Rico,
whose fall it likely to be recorded wtthln
a wek or ten day, will hv to have
mdlltAJ-y governniert. Pwto R4oo 'oJ
course, I to be kept permanently by th.l
government, but there, mut te a mill-
- .
tory government nrst, ana many pre-.
' 1 I
JlnJnury details will have to be worked
out.
U 1 certain, a far m can now be fore-
oen, that Oauma, the island In the La
drone group that wn captured by thi
government, will be. permanently re
tained m a ooaJing and supply station.
But on the point whether the rest of them
will be kept, I am not ure.
Tho deposition of the Philippines de
pends upon circumstances.
The United State has modo p.lodge
to eatao'.lsh a firm and stablo government
In Cuba, and thnt must be carried out.
It therefore may be, In tho light of pres
ent elfcumntanees and conditions, many
years before thing have so shaped thent
selve to entrust tho Island to tho
Cubans, and we finally yhMd our posses
sion of them..
"THEY DIDN'T KNOW,"
Washington, July 22.-The war depart
ment has posted tho following:
"Santiago, July 22. I sent two troop ot
. T , .
cavalry with Spnnish officers and Llouten-
ant Maley to receive Uie surrender ot the
Object of
Capture Admiral
Hlnlh troopt t Ban Lull n4 Patnu.
Thry had nut beard of (he Iom of Or
v"ra' tin, or Tor' iurrnJ-r, &nJ d-rlln.-l
to lurrrndr unlta thoy cou'.d
c'imt In and toe (or thematlvrs. A d'
ta hm-iit of men and officers camo In
lam nltflit and rurnl thla n.rnlnj. ap
mrmtly aaUflrd.
"SHAFTEK"
OARCIA'8 LETTER.
FmU Tia.t lit Vi Affronird by Gener&l
Shaftcr.
Nt w Tork, July C A BiUiXlaco dlspdtcb
irlvra the lest of the letter iem by Gn-
n minor, iw auauru co ueueve, o-
A rumor, too absurd to believe, as-
of your order forbidding my army to go
into Sartrtatjo, o the fear ot massacre
and revenge agninst the Spaniards. Al
low me, air, to protest gainst the shadow
of such an idea. W are not avagea,
Ignoring the rules of dvlllxed war.
"In view of all these reasons, I sincerely
regre to be unable o fulfill any longer
the order of ny government, and there
fore I have today tendered to the com
mander.ln - chlef the PutMLn rmv Mator
- .7 "
nennra.1 n,Mnl mw eAalirnjiWrin ll Mm-
mander of this section of hi army.
"Awaiting hi resolution, I withdraw
my flrcea to the Interior."
GARCIA LEAVES SANTIAGO TODAY.
Playa del Bate, Santiago de Cuba, July
a. The greater part of General Garcia.' s
army will leave here at daybreak tomor
row. Notwithstanding Garota'a Wuerf
complaint he 1 going on with preparaV
tlons fur acontest with the Spanish forces-1
at Holguln and Mnianllk quite as
though nothimr had happened.
Tomorrow General Garcia will Issue a
dooree authorising all Cubans who have
boon driven from Hhoir plantations and
country homes by the Spaniards and
who have taken refuge for safety In the
cities and town to return to the country
and go to work, assuring them the pro
tection of his forces. Altogether, It must
bo confessed .General Garcla's attitude
1s Inexplicable.
WOOD TO RULE SANTIAGO.
Leader of the Rough Riders Appointed
Military Governor.
Tlaya del Ete. Santiago de Cuba, July
i2. General Wood, of the routrh riders,
was appointed military governor of Santt
ngodo Cuba yestorday, succeeding General
McKlbbon, who returns to his old duty
I and who is on the sick list. A squad of
natives waa sent today to clean the streets
and bury the dogs and horses, whose re-
mftlns hRve Jylng ,n the gtreeU fof
jays and weeks. Other steps to improve
the Expedition to the Peninsula Is
tb" sanitary condition of the city afe
be.nic taken.
The Krenrh cruiser RigauM de Onoullly
arrived thi afternoon with supplies for
the relief of the French cWien of San
tiago. A Urge exodus of Cubans is expected In
tho next few days, as they are returning
to the cultivation of the country, that
work being the chief source of wealth of
the Island.
The Danish steamer Brattln arrived this
morning with a cargo of provision.
PEACE 13 NEAR AT HAND.
Madrid, July H The minister of public
Instruction. Senor Gamuxato, is authority
for the statement that a peace honorable
to the Spanish army will shortly be con
cluded. DON'T BELIEVE IT.
Manila. July 19, via Hong Kong, July 21
The Insurgents are gradually getting
their arUllery Into action against Pondo,
S.mtameso and Malata. The Affhilng is
desultory. The Spaniards have been
driven from the trenches outside of Mal
ata, and the insurgents are strongly en
trenched near the walls of the fort. The
Insurgents txtran to bombard MaJata first,
and have struck the telegraph company'
cable house.
It is said on semi-official authority In
Manila that the recent new from Cuba
Is a "vile Englsh fabrication;" that In re
ahty the Sjiantards have been victorious
and that Admiral Camara's squadron
couled at Singapore and Is expected here
July .
OREGON BOYS FORGOTTEN.
Portland. July 22. The 331 recr',?
raised by the State of Oregon and sent
on their way to Join the second Oregon
volunteers at Manila are supposed to be
at Camp Morrttt, San Francisco. It was
hoivd they would, betire now, have been
able to secure passage to Manila, but It
looks as though they had been overlooked.
Adjutant Generar Turtle has heard that
they were aiwigned to the Minnesota regi
ment for drill, etc., and that they were
still without uniforms, arms, or equip
ments, and he has written to General
Merrttt asking him to kindly look up
the Oretron men and send them on to
Join their regiment at the earliest op
portunity, HOBSON'S RETURN.
Washington. July 21 Lieutenant Hob
on arrived today, having come to New
York on the cruiser St. Paul. He received
an enthuslastio reception as soon as he
was recognised. He did not bring Samp
son's report of the naval battle, but came
for the purpose ot consulting with the
naval officers regarding the work of
raising the Spanish vessels sunk at San
tiago, INSURGENTS REPULSED.
Madrid, July 22. According to a dispatch
from Hone Kong, the insurgents at
tacked Manila but were repulsed with a
loss of 600, the Spaniards having 50 killed
and wounded. The second attack was
equally unsuccessful.
GENERAL CORBIN'3 SON SICK.
i'lWashlngton, July 21-At U:J0 o'clock
Alutant General Corbin received a aw
itch from General Shafter announcing
.Vt his son, "Rud" Corbin, who accom
panied General Shatter to Cuba, ts in the
hospital with yellow fever. There are
hopes of his recovery.
THE PORTO RICO JUNTA.
Have no Objection to Annexation to the
United States.
Now York, July 22. Senor de Castro, ot
tho Porto Rlcan junta, when asked as to
the attitude of the Junta, said:
"When the Junta was organized we were
pledged to secure tho independence of the
island. That was more than two years
ago. Such a thing as annexation was
not discussed, because Spain was not at
war with the United States. . Since tho
wnr, however, all our people are with
America. At a meeting on July 13 we
decided to assist the United States un
conditionally. The majority of us are In
favor of annexation. Any talk of the rev-
'olutlonary party of Porto Rico resisting
.the invasion of America is nonsense. I
I was at the meeting held on July 13 In this
city and never heard a threat.
"I have grave doubts of our ability to
make a republic of Porto Rico, meaning
a it does an Internal strife. But an
nexation would be succesifui. The ma
jority of Porto Rlcan in this country are
heartily in favor of It There are some
few again. annexation, but none, who
would counsel resistance by force of
arms."
THE CONDITION AT MANILA.
Dewey's Courtesy and the Desperate
Strait of the Spanish Army.
Manila, May 2S.-The British gunboat
Swift arrived here a few days ago from
Hong Kong wHh mail which tt was
thought the American commander might
not see his way to pass for fear of a
technical breach of the blockade; but the
made no objection. So all the mails went
ashore and welcome tney were to the
blockaded Manila residents.
There are business firms with Immense
interests at stake depending on mall ad-
vices, now that the cables are cut. For a
few days the Itollo cable was used, me -
aires being forwarded thence by boat to
1 La Buan, but that did not last lor, for
I tne Americans found out that the Span -
lards were communicating with their
home government on war matters and
jthey stopped it. The last message said
jthat a squadron of four armotvd crui
sers, accompanied by coal ships and car
trying torpedo boats and troopships with
il2.uu soldiers on board, had left Spain
for the Phlllppnes..
Admiral Dewey has been most courte-
;ous and obliging. He readily gave per
Imlsolon to visit the arsenal at Cavlte,
where, however, there is nothing to be
seen of Interest. Cavlte is on a low
sandy point about eight miles from Ma
nila as the crow flies, but nearly thirty
miles by road, as there is a broad bay in
tervening, and the shores are rocky for
some distance Inland. The Cavlte pen
insula points In the direction ot Manila
and Is Joined to the mainland by a low
narrow isthmus, where In last year' re
bellion two bodies of Spanish troops met
and mlstoop each other, over a thousand
of the soldiers losing their lives through
the blunder.
At the end of the peninsula are two
points, a large one outside named Sang
lcy, a small one, Cavlte proper, on the in
ner side. Jutting out between the upper
and lower parts ot Cavlte bay. On Sang
ley point is the slipway for repairing
ships and a small battery ot two Krupp
15-centimetre guns. At the Cavlte ar
senal several of the oldest type of Arm
strong muxxle-loadlng s-lnch guns are
mounted apparently for ornament, with
symetrlcal mounds of round shot along
side. In the arsenal Inclosure are build
ings of the usual sort, machine sheds,
ammunition, stores, etc.
The engine shop is kept In good order
by the Americans. It is small, but use
ful. The machinery mostly bears the
names of English makers and has been
maintained In a satisfactory state of re
pair. All the rest magazines, officers'
quarters, hospital and barracks, had been
looted first by the Spaniards, then by
the rebels. Hera and there the building
show a great shot hole, but there was
little shelling of the place. The Spanish
ships in the bay, however, tell a dreadful
and terrible tale. The poor old Castila t
the worst, though she shows the least,
for she is almost entirely submerged. She
was a wooden cruiser and all her wood
work Is burned to the water's edge, leav
ing the metal skeleton, the rfbs and
frames, funnels, ventilators, ash hoists
and gun shields battered, perforated in a
thousand spots and hammered and twisted
out of position and almost out of recog
nition. She la a wonderful, terrible testimony ot
the destmotlveness ot modern weapons
well handled. It 1s the most shocking ob
ject lesson that the friends of peace could
possibly adduce, the picture of a number
of men and boys cooped up for two hours
on a floating targei, to be shot to bits
with large and small projectiles, mang
ling, mutilating and murdering merci
lessly.
The Castllla was so old that when she
had perforce ito venture out of Manila bay.
to go only thirty miles to Sublg, the
working of the propellor shaft In the
tubes started the timber and she leaked
too fast for the pumps to keep her afloat
She had to be beached gently at Sublg
until the leaky tunnel and timbers couia
bo patched up with cement. When her
guns were fired she again started to nu
with water. It was an enormity even to
put such a vessel In the fight. To make
men fight In such a coflln-shlp was simply
diabolical.
The Relna Crlstlna Is less submerged,
less tmrned, but shows more battering.
to
IN AUTHORITY
Of her bridge a part only remains, the
rest evidently having been blown into
atoms by a shot), which went on and
truck the funnel near the base and ap
parently exploded Itself, causing a
dreadful havoc In the engine-room.
It is thought that unless peact is signed
without further delay Manila I a doomed
city, for the Insurgents are closing In
rapidly and the city could no more sur
vive a big battle than a house of cards
could withstand a typhoon.
Hers is a rich seaport, a metropolis al
most as large as Liverpool, but the ma
jority of the buildings are of a highly In.
flammable type, fires are frequent in or
dinary times and a little shelling would
burn the whole city to the ground. Her
is a population of a quarter of a million
full-blooded Malays, ordinarily indolent",
but intensely exdteable on occasions and
rapaole of anything at a time such as the
storming of the city by their kinsmen un
der the insurgent flag.
Neither the place nor the people can go
through a week of what Part had to en
dure for six week. Tet the Spaniards
. are as desperately unyielding as the
French were in 1ST0. as confident In their
, unavailing valor, and as ignorant ot the
irreststable forces they defy. .
Every day and all day there I an exo
dus from the city, stimulated every few
days by some new scare. Large, clumsy
river boats towed by steam launches or
poled by natives, start up the river, con
veying families and goods and come down
again lor more. Every road leading out
of the city Is thtonged day after day with
a similar traffic until ttie roads are one
by one dec a red unsafe beyond stated
points on account of the Insurgents.
The first news ot Agulnaldo's advance
on the city lncreaseu the refugee move
ment, but now that he is reported wllun
nine mile of the city limits and a com
plete nanlc prevail. Soldiers are belns;
hurried to the front and are coming baric
horribly slashed with the foresters knives
ot the natives. All day long the wounded
are filing through the streets, a pitiful
procession after the bravery and trumpet
ing that hearalded their departure. The
careless swagger and the haughty strut
which characterized the "Spanish soldiery
In the streets of Manila has given place
to a weary shuffle and a sullen trudge.
It is pitiful to see so many schoolboys
valiantly taking part In the war and
most ot the men have never been out ot
their native villages until now. The boy
ish appearance is not lessened by the uni
form, which looks almost a burlesque, ft
light straw fiat, high crown and wide
brim like that of a typical stage brigand,
blue striped cotton clothes, a black leath
er belt and footgear of many sorts. Many
of the poor fellows havs no shoes at all
and they got their feet shockingly lacer
ated In the country. It ts said that over
60 per cent of the army hospital case ar
feet festering from thorns.
The Spanish army suggests comlo
opera. There are buny r aistan otnoer
swarming about the cafe and beer sa
loons. Spanish officers might, at any rate,
devote two or three hours per day to th
question whether there Is anything In tha
world worse than an officer asleep on ft
beer-shop lounge In the forenoon when
the enemy Is at the gates) of the city.
The rank and file can only be pitied.
There are whole regiments of stripling-
just from Spain, picturesquely attired.
ready and willing to do anything and
never count the odds, or flinch from
(Continued on third paga.)
The teysl Is the highest grade hshlsf powsV
SOWS, ACUMI USUMMW IX M. M
thir" further tb y tsr hraao,
F0YBHI
Absolutely Puro
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