Show I J lie It under of General I11os WAsm2GTON 0ctober IThe annual A teportot General Miles is still in the hands of the President and has been the subject of a brief conference today between hiiusi If and Secretary Endicott hut it is understood that no lisle ot action ac-tion has yet been decided upon In regard re-gard to that portion ielating to the surrender sur-render of Gerommo while the text of the report is not yet accessible for publication = pub-lication it is known that in respect to chat matter General Miles does not txplain himself to the satsfaciion of the authorities and that hIS granting conditions which are now understood under-stood to be even more liberal than has heretofore been supposed is tue subject of embarrassment and perplexity per-plexity Without saying sO in emphatic em-phatic terms it is gathered from General Gen-eral Miles roundabout expressions on the subject that the agreement was made that the lives of the prisoner should be spared and that tney should be removed at once from Arizona In this respect General Miles has it is said gone contrary to the wellunder stood wishes of his superiors which action ac-tion amounts practically to aisobedi ence of orders The I only reason sug gestedJpr this course isthe absence of any satisfactory htatemeiiloii xhepoin tr General Miles save a fear that if he dffi i not secure prisoners in this way they would make terms with and sur lenier themselves to the Mexicans This would hive rendered the teruima tiou ot th6 campaign apparently i less creditable to the Americans in this state of > affairs there seems to nothing wnich the autLorities can do lor the punishment the prisoners except toke to-ke p tnem permanently as prisoners of war Even should the civil l authorities of Arizona deman i them for trial with the most positive proofs of murder ready for presentation the hands of the administration would be tied |