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Show QUEEX SIGXS TEEATY WAR WITH SPAIN NOW A MATTER MAT-TER OF HISTORY. Diplomatic Relations Between the Two Governments to be Resnmed at One -Exchange of Treaties "Will be Accomplished Ac-complished Through French Ambassador. Madrid, March 19. The queen regent re-gent has signed the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States. The sig-ned treaty of peace -will be forwarded to the French ambassador at Washing-ton, M. Jules Cambon, for exchange with the one signed by President Pres-ident McKinley. Xo decree on the subject sub-ject will be published in the official gazette. ga-zette. The draft of the treaty of peace be- i tween Spain and the United States was j signed in Paris on December 10, 1S0S. It was approved by the United States senate by a vote of 57 to 27 on February Febru-ary 6, and was signed by the president on February 10. Washington, March 10 It now seems probable that to M. Cambon, the French ambmbassador, will be confided con-fided the honor of closing up the task which he set about seven months ago, that of bringing two great nations, or, C1IKISTINA, QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN. then at war, to a state of peace. Usually Usu-ally the rule is for a nation situated as .t Spain to send a special envoy charged with the duty of exchanging ratifications, but a good reason for accepting ac-cepting ag-ain the French ambassador's offices in this last function would be the saving of time. It is believed here that a new Spanish Span-ish minister will come prepared, immediately imme-diately after making the exchange of ratifications, to institute negotiations for a treaty of trade, commerce and amity, the old treaty having been nullified nul-lified by the outbreak of war. London, March 19. The Madrid correspondent cor-respondent of the Standard, after referring re-ferring to the ratification by the queen regent of the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States, says; "Official relations between the two governments will now be promptly renewed. It is rumored that the minister min-ister to the United States willbeSenor Don. J. Brunetti, due d'Arcos, former Spanish minister to Mexico, whose wife is an American. |