NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SANTIAGO has surrendered. General Toral, who, since General Linares was wounded has been in command of the province, demanded permission to march with his troops to Havana, but this was peremptorily refused. The American Government offered, however, as a compromise to allow the Spaniards to keep their side arms and to transport them to Spain, and after a great deal of telegraphing this offer was accepted. General Miles therefore enters Santiago to-day, and some other General will hold the city and the province until peace is declared, the Cuban insurgents being ignored for fear of a war of vengeance. As Admiral Sampson's fleet can now enter the harbour, and Morro Castle will be American, the greater part of the besieging army will be at once transported to Porto Rico, which it has been decided to capture before any further attempt is made to occupy Havana. Affairs in that capital are, however, so desperate from want of food and the consequent quarrels between the citizens and the troops, that it may be surrendered without an assault, in which case the whole army in Cuba will be returned to Spain,—rather, it is significantly said, to the dismay of the authorities in Madrid.
