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Show WAR EN DEBT Protocol Signed and Peace Has! Been Proclaimed. Cuba is Free and Spanish Rule Ended in the Western Hemisphere Forever. Porto Rico and an Island iu the Ladroues Are to be Ceded to the United States, and Manila Will be Held Pending a Decision as to the Disposition of the Philippines Blockade Raised iu Cuba and Porto Rico and Orders Dispatched to Dewey and Merritt All Vessels in Cuban Waters Have Been Ordered Home. The president stood at the ieD-eoLr'at ieD-eoLr'at the head of the great -b; ioet table. Secretary Day, M. Thie bautandM. Cambon, In the order named, were on the left side of the table. The rest of the party were standing in other portions of the .room No credentials were produced during the meeting at the White House the president accepting Secretary Day assurance that this had been settled to his satisfaction at the state depart- ment. .. t.-i. As a mark of his disposnon Fresi dent McKinley called for the proclamation procla-mation which he had caused to be drawn up, suspending hostilities and signed it in the presence of M. Oam-bon, Oam-bon, who expressed his appreciation of the action. Without delay, Acting Secretary Allen hastened to the telephone tele-phone and directed that cable messages mes-sages be immediately sent to all naval commanders,Dewey in the Philippines, Sampson at Gauntanamo and the various va-rious commanders at navy yards and stations, to cease hostilities immedi-ately. immedi-ately. On the part of the army, Adjutant General Corbin braved the storm and rushed across to the war department, where he immediately issued the orders or-ders which had been prepared in advance, ad-vance, to all of the military commanders command-ers to cease their operationt. The state department fulfilled its duty by notifying notify-ing all diplomatic and consular agents of the action taken. All the formalities having been disposed dis-posed of, the president spent half an hour chatting with those present, and then, at 4:58, the rain still continuing in force, the ambassador and his secretary secre-tary entered their carriage and were driven to the embassy. Thus ended the first ceremony of the kind that ever occurred in the Whit M PROCLAMATION. "By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation: "Whereas, By a protocol concluded and signed August 12, 1808, by William R. Day, secretary of state of the United States, and his excellency, Jules Cam-bon, Cam-bon, ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the republic repub-lic of France, at Washington, respectively respec-tively representing for this purpose the government of the United States and the. government of Spain, the United States and Spain have formally agreed upon the terms on which nego-tions nego-tions for the establishment of peace between the two countries shall be undertaken; un-dertaken; and, "Whereas, It is in said protocol nrrrooH t.Vinf. nnnn itQ cnnpliKinii nnrl be of great importance. It will settle the details of the evacuation of the Spanish armies from the W'est Indies and will decide all questions relative to the -emovat of all submarine mines, the immediate relinquishment to the United States of the. great fortresses at Havana, San Juan and other points and the transfer and possession of Manila City itself. While the document signed today is properly enough described as a protocol, proto-col, it is still technically something more than that. It is an agreement midway between that and the armistice, armis-tice, which usually intervenes between active war and final peace. So far as it goes, this protocol is absolutely a peace treaty. Thus, haviner Drovided for the disDO- House, as well as one of the most notable events in the history of th country. sition of Cuba, Porto Rico and one of the Ladrone islands, there is nothing more for any peace commission to do in relation to these subjects; their iate is sealed, and the protocol in that respect is as binding as any definite treaty of peace. It was such a protocol as this that was signed by President Thiers and Prince Bismarck to terminate the Franco-Prussian war, and the conditions condi-tions therein laid down were not even signature hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended and notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. "Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, McKin-ley, president of the United States, do, in accordance with the stipulations of the protocol, declare and proclaim on the part of the United States, suspension suspen-sion of hostilities and do hereby command com-mand thatorders be immediately given through the proper channels to the commanders of the military and naval forces of the United States to abstain from all acts inconsistent with this proclamation. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto here-unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington, this 12th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight and of the independence independ-ence of the United States the one hundred hun-dred and twenty-third. "By the President: "William McKinley. "William R. Day, "8ecretai-3' of State." PROTOCOL. The conditions of the protocol are as follows: 1. That Spain will relinquish all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. if fW subject to revision at the hands of the peace commission that followed. The closing scenes that led up to the signing of the protocol and the cessation cessa-tion of hostilities was full of interest. The meeting was appointed for 4 o'clock. At that hour a blinding rain was falling and all the interested parties come in closed carriages. After an exchange of diplomatic courtesies. Secretary of State Cridler, on the part of the Uuited States, and First. Secretary Thiebaut, on the part of Spain, retired to a window, where there was a critical formal examination examina-tion of the protocol. This inspection had all the outward formalities due a document of this importance. It was prepared in duplicate, one copy to be retained by the United States government govern-ment and the other to become the property of Spain. Each copy of the protocol is arranged in double column, French and English, standing alongside for easy comparison compari-son as to the exactness of translation. The two copies are alike, except that the one held by this government has 2. That Porto Rico and other Spanish Span-ish islands in the West Indies, and an Island in the Ladrones, to be selected by the United States, shall be ceded to the latter. 3. That the United States will occupy oc-cupy and bold the city, bay and har bor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace, which shall determine de-termine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines. 4. That Cuba, Porto Rico and other Spanish islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated and that commissioners, to be appointed within ten days, shall within thirty days from the signing of the protocol meet at Havana and San Juan respectively res-pectively to arrange and execute the details of the evacuation. 5. That the United States and Spain will each appoint no more than five commissioners to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace. The com-mrlssiouers com-mrlssiouers are to meet at Paris, not later than the first of October. (5. On the signing of the protocol the English text in the first column and the signature of Secretary Day ahead of that of M. Cambon, while the copy transmitted to Spain has French in the first column, and the signature of M. Cambon ahead of that of Secretary Day. The protocol sent to Spain was accompanied ac-companied by the credentials issued by President McKinley, specially empowering empow-ering the secretary of state to affix bis signature to the document. The authorization was brief and in typewriting, type-writing, save for the president's characteristic char-acteristic bold signature. The examination of the protocol was satisfactory, and the document was handed to Mr. M. Cambon first and then to Secretary D.iy, who affixed their signatures in that order to each side of the two copies. Then the last detail in making the protocol binding was administered by Assistant Secretary Secre-tary Cridler, in charge of the chancery chan-cery work, who attached the seal of the Uoited States. Throughout the ceremony, all but the two signers remained standing. M. Cambon, in signinir for Spain, occupied oc-cupied the scat which Secretary of the Navy Long, now awaf on a vacatisa, aaaally occupied. hostilities will be suspended and notice t that effect will be given as soon as possible by each government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. Washington, Aug. 13. The war that has been waged between the Uuited States and Spain for three mouths and 22 days has been terminated by the siguing of a protocol, and the issuance of a proclamation by the president. The protocal was signed at 4:23 yesterday yester-day afternoon. Messages were promptly prompt-ly sent out to all naval and military commanders. A dispatch boat was in waiting at Hong Kong, under full steam, to receive the messages for Dewey and Merritt. It will try to break the record and make Manila in 48 hours. It had been held in readiness by Secretary Day for several days in anticipation of the issuance of the proclamation. The protocol provides for two com- missions, first the peace commission which will meet in Paris, and second, the military commission which will meet in Havana province within fifteen fif-teen days. The military commission ill be created immediately on the aignlng of the protocol. Its dutiei will |