SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

Southland Times, Issue 14101, 14 July 1898, Page 2

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

SANTIAGO STILL HOLDS OUT. SPAIN HOPELESS OF REL’AINING CUBA A BUMPTIOUS CONSUL. - -—- , [United Press Association.—By Eleortio Telegraph—Cop ybight. ) WASHINGTON, July 12. The bombardment of Santiago is still ineffective, most of the shells ‘a ling in th e harbour, One struck a church where a larg® quantity of ammunition was stored, and the ammunition exploded. General Blanco has ordered the troops to fight to the last. General Miles, who has arrived at Sibony, on the outskirts of Santiago, takes the entire command of the American aimy. The captain of the captured cruiser Ct istobal Colon, before being sent a prisoner to America, hade a touching farewell to his crew and kissed all on tbe cheek. The men wept and threw their arms around their captain's neck. July 13. Received 13th, 12.15 a.m. General Shafter stopped the bombardment of Santiago and warned General Linares that the city was at the mercy of the fleet and that his army was surrounded by the American forces, while 18,000 refugees were starving in Caney. General Linares cabled to Madrid and obtained a truce pending a reply. . The American Consul at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, threatens to remove the coal stores despite that he was warned that coal is contraband of war. The Governor declares that a Danish gunboat,assisted by German, French, and Italian warships, will prevent the removal but the consul asserts that he will try nevertheless. MADRID, July 12. Public opinion in Spain is reconciled to the loss of Cuba, but it is stated that they will fight to the last if America claims Puerte Rico and the Philippines.