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Show ,l Agrees to End the War. IE ' k" Washjngtoij, ;Aug, 12 .-The protocol I wa8aignodat4:2? p,,m..y, Secretary 1' ' ofStato Bay, representing' the Ualted JL.--.rt; States, anil Jtf. Cambon, the French III , ambauador, representing fhe Spanish p " government. -The ppptocjj provide: . tv'' K. ?,?? WU rpjinquWh all' fTj'. ' "claim of aouve'rajgnty over and tiile i gW'' Cuba. f' F""' 2. That Porta Ripp and other Spanieh' ,. islande in the Wet jndiee. ah'd aa island! Bum" . ' '4-J-""' . T lap.'- 1n h-Ld ronejSj ,U Je ? ,f VCwhI bytha' jr' United States, abaft ty ceded to the I latter. im 3. That the United Btatee will occupy, aad hold oUiflj city," jbay and harbor o( ' Maaila, pcndlag tho conclusion,.,-of, ja, V' treaty of peace; which shall dcteraijiie; fi the control, disposition and governtntn $: of the Philipiaea. t '"'' V ' 4. That (Juba, Porto.Bjco; aad.otLerj f'- jr Spanish 'klahda ia tho West Indies shall I'' fa immediately evacuated tfad -that ).i oommiasioacr,.to,be appointed wibia ten days, shall within thirty days' from' the signing of tho i protocol, meet at Mavana and San Juun respectfully t arrango and execute tho details of the .evacuation. 5. That the United. States and.8pain ' will each appoint no more thaa five j commissioners to negotiate and conclude 'f a treaty of pnace. The commissioners are to meet at Paris, not later than the first of October. " 6. On tho signing of the protocol, &. i',' hostilities will be suspended and notice J' the commanders of its military and naval forces. . The abovo is the official statement of the protocol's contents, as prepared and given to'the press by Secretary Day. Tho protocal provides for two commissions, com-missions, first tho pencj commission which will meet iti Paris and, second, tho military commission which will meet in Havana province within lifteen " days. Tho military commission will bo created immediately on tho signing of tho protocol. Its duty will be of great importance. It will ssttlo tho details of . . the evacuation of tho Spanish armies r from tho West Indies and will decide all f questions relativo to tho removal of all submarine mines, the immediate I if ,. ' relinquishments to tho United States of t -,' tho great fortresses at Havana, San Juan 'r and other points und tlip transfer and j.. ' possession of Manila city itself. "' -;; .. . |