| Show washington aag ao 13 aho v ar that has been between tile the knitel states and spain for three months and 23 22 daj s has been terminated by the rAi feigning gning of 0 a 9 protocol and the Is la suane suana of a proclamation by the president I 1 iha bd protocol prot ocl ocal was vaa signed at 4 23 yeater day afternoon Messages were promptly sent bent out to all bavli wad aad military A 4 dispatch boat was waa to ia waiting at bloing xong andr uddin full steam to renelva the tha vies saKes ob foi dewey and mcnatt it will try to break tara record and aad make manila in te 48 noura it had imen been hold held tn in readiness by secretary day for several days daya in anticipation of thi the issuance of the procla th Tk protocol provides for tv twos com coin wiss bi ilon iono first the pence peace commission chiek will M met eat la parts paris und and second the tha military which will meet la in havana province within atten day th abr military hlll ul be ba erea creata on MI the th ilag of the th prot protocol ocaL its dubia will wal 1 z bo be of great importance it trill III settle bottle the details of the evacuation of the spanish armies from the west indies an I 1 will dutcide all questions relative to the removal of all submarine mines the lie relinquishment to tile the U at ted statta of the great fortresses fortress ts nt t llorans a ban juan and other points and tile transfer and possession of manila city itself intile hile the document signed today la properly enough described as a protocol it la is still technically something more ahan that it is III an agreement midway between that and the armis ties winch which usually intervenes belvi between een fictive active war ar and final leace reace so mo far 1 as aa it goes this ol Is ia absolutely a peace treaty vius ih us having provided for the dispo hit kiil ion of cuba POI to RILO find and one of tile I 1 adiole islands there is nothing more for tiny any peace coin mission to do in relation to these thebe subjects their fate Is ia sealed and the protocol in that arispi ct is as binding as an tiny any definite tit aty of pence peace it was such buch a protocol pio tocol BS as this that was signed by president ahiers and prince bismarck to terminate terrol nata the aranco garaud ar and tite th conill eions therein laid down not ever ee i wo tilty alvy subject to at the th hands of the 1 pence peace commission that followed I 1 the alost closing a g seen scenes es th that at led a up p to tile the 11 signing of the protocol and tile the ceia ion of hostilities was full v ct interest ahe I 1 ho meeting was appointed for 4 0 clock at that hour a blinding lain itin was as falling and ill all the interested parties come in closed carriages after an exchange of diplomatic courtesies secretary of state stale cridler on cm tile the part of the united states and first set detary Th lebant on the part of spain retried to a window where there was a critical formal examina alon of the protocol pio tocol this inspection libil all the ou outlaid taid formalities due doLum document ent of this importance it atwan was I 1 pi n d ill hi duplicate on one copy to be ieta retained ined by the united states govern anent and the other to be become cometh property prop propel eity ty of spain lach each copy ot of the protocol Is arranged arrange 4 in double column I 1 rench anti and Engli bli sti Luding alongside for easy coin coln pari parl MOU a to the exa exactness itne of translation the two copies are arc alike except that the one held by this thin government haA tile duglish text tent in tho the first column colum antl and the signature of secretary day DO ahead of that of M Ca casabon Cain tabon bon while the copy tu to bhain ha ba I 1 jenak in III the first column and the ali big signature nature of M Can cainion ibon ahead of that of secretary DB da the iho protocol sent to spain was as accompanied compa nied by 1 y the issued by president ident mk I anity specially empo cling the seCIL of state to afflit affix haq hs alg namuia to tho the document the was wai brief and in type bave for alie pi evident t chr bi bold signature vie die of the hie protocol pio toco tocol vt vre s satisfactory Balis factory and the ducu document ment win wah banded to mr AT lambon alst bud 14 then to secretary day who affixed their signatures in that order to ti side of tho the W ano 0 copies rhen ihen the last IMI I 1 do doll iiii in making tho tha protocol binding Was administered va by Asmis assistant tant secre sacre tiery cridler ta in charge of the chau chan 1 cery work who attached the seal 1 ot I tile the united states throughout the etre ceremony mony all but the two signers leale ined standing 1 aa M carnson Carn bon in nr T for spain no copied the stat at which secretary of tbt th navy tong now two wy us oa a vat usually aap A 14 |
