The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
HoStilities Began on April Fl
and Continued Nearly
Four Months.
SUM- ARY OF THE WAR.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-With SIM
plicity in keeping with Republican in.
situations the war which has ragged
between Spain and the United States
for period Of three months and
twenty-five days was quietly ter.
minated during the afternoon when
Secretary Day for the United States
and M. Cambon for Spain, in the pres
ence of President Mckinley, signed
protocol which will form the basis of
definite treaty of peace. It is but SIM
pie justice to our sister republic of
France to record the fact that to her
good Offices this speedy termination of
. war that might have run on indefi-
nitely was brought about, and the
president himself deemed that action
on the part of the French government
as worthy of his special praise.
Preliminary Details.
Ambassador Cambon reached the
White House shortly after o'clock
and was ushered into the cabinet room
where the president and Secretary Day
awaited him. After an exchange of dip.
lomatic courtesies unnecessary loss of
time did not occur and Assistant Secre-
tary of State Cridler, on the part of the
United States, and First Secretary
Thiebaut, on the part of Spain, retired
to a window where there was critical
formal examination of the protocol.
This inspection had all the outward
formalities due document of this i'm
portance. 1t was prepared in duplicate
at the state department., one copy to be
retained by the United States govern.
ment and the other to become the
property of Spain. The text is hand.
somely engrossed in running old
English scrip.
Each copy of the protocol is arranged
in double column, French and English,
standing alongside for easy comparison
as to the exactness of translation.
Signing of the Protocol.
The examination of the protocol was
satisfactory and the document was
handed to M. Cambon first and then to
Secretary Day, who affixed 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 Cridler, in
charge of the chancery work, who at
tached the seal of the United States.
Throughout the ceremony all but the
two signers remained standing. M.
Cambon, in signing for Spain, occu-
pied the seat which Secretary of the
Navy Long, now away on a vacation,
usually occupied. The president stood
at the left corner at the head of the
cabinet table. No credentials were
produced during the meeting at the
White House, the president accepting
Secretary Days assurance that this
had been settled to his satisfaction at
the state department.
The President Is Grateful.
After the signing of the protocol one
of the most impressive features of the
ceremony occurred. The president re-
quested the hand of Ambassador Cam.
bon and through him returned thanks
to the sister republic of France for the
exercise of her good offices in bringing
about peace. He also thanked the am.
bassador personally for the important
part he had played in this matter and
the latter replied in suitable terms. As
o further mark of his disposition Presi.
dent Mckinley called for the proclama-
ton which he had caused to be drawn
up suspending hostilities and signed it
In the presence or NJ. Cambon, who ex.
pressed his appreciation of the action.
All the formaltiss having been dis
posed of the president spent half an
hour chatting with those present and
then, at sos, the rain still continuing
in force, the am bassador and his secre.
tary entered their carriage and were
driven To the amb assy