The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-19
President Mckinley Issues a
Proclamation Suspend
ing Hostilities.
Directs That Our Army and
Navy Commanders Be No
titled at Once.
Provisions of the Peace Protocol
That Was Signed at the White
House Yesterday.
A Military Commission to he Created Inn
mediateiy TO Settle Details OF the
spanish Armies Evacuating the
West Indiea

Washington, Aug lathe president
last night issued the following procla-
nation:
Whereas, BY protocol concluded and signed
August ~, le9S. by William X. Day, secretary
OF state Of the United States, and his excel
lency, Jules Cambon. am bassador extraordi-
nary and plenipotentiary Of the republic OF
France at Washington, respectively represent
ing 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 negotiations
Tor the establishment OF peace between the
two countries shall be undertaken; and
Whereas, II is in said protocol agreed that
upon Its conclusion and signature hostilites
between the two countries shall be suspended,
and that 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, l. William Mckinley. presi-
dent Of the United States, do. In accordance
with the stipuations Of the protocol, declare
and proclaim on the part of the United States,
suspension Of hostilities. and do hereby com
mand that orders 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 have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal OF the United States
this twelfth day Of August, in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety
eight, and of the independence OF the United
States the one hundred and twentv-third.
BY the president WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
WILLIAM r. DAY Secretary OF State
~ copy of the proclamation has been
cabled to our army and navy com
manders. Spain will cable her com
manders like instructions.
PROVISIONS OF THE PROTOCOL
Washington, Aug. 1S.-The peace
protocol that was signed yesterday
afternoon provides:
l. That Spain will relinquish all claim OF
sovereignty over and title to Cuba.
That Porto Rico and other Spanish islands
in the West Indies and an island in the La
drones, TO be selected by the United States
shall be coded to the latter
That the United States will occupy and
hold the city bay and harbor OF Manila. pend
ing the conclusion of q treaty OF peace which
shall determine the control, disposition and
government OF the Philippines
T. That Cuba Porto Rico and other Spanish
islands in the West Indies shall be immedi-
ately evacuated and that commissioners, to be
appointed within ten days, shall, within 30
days from the signing OF the protocol, meet at
Havana and San Juan, respectively, to arrange
and execute the details OF the evacuation
That the United States and Spain will each
appoint not more than five commissioners 70
negotiate and conclude treaty OF peace. The
commissioners are to meet at Paris not later
than the first of October.
On the signing OF the protocol. hostilties
will be suspended and notice to that effect
will be given as soon as possible by each gov
eminent 10 the commanders OF its military and
naval forces
The above is the official statement of
the protocols contents as. prepared
and given to the press by Secretary
Day. The protocol in general is re-
iteration of the terms of the note
given TO Spain, with very little differ
ence in the language of those terms,
though with some supplementary par
agraphs of an administrative nature.
The most substantial difference is in
regard to the evacuation of the cap
tured territory, The note. as handed
TO Ambassador Cambon, called for inn
mediate evacuation of Cuba and Porto
Rico, while the protocol leaves the
time of evacuation to be subsequently
determined upon, the design being to
have the date of withdrawal left to be
fixed by joint military commission of
the United States and Spain.
The military commission will be
created Immediately. Its duties will
be OF great importance. 1t will settle
the details of the evacuation of the
Spanish armies from the West Indies
and will decide all questions relative
TO the removal of submarine mines,
the immediate REIMBURSEMENT to the
United States of the great fortresses
at Havana, San Juan and other points
and the transfer of possession of Ma
Mia city itself.
This commission may encounter
some difficulty in making DISPOSE
ton of the Spanish soldiers in Cuba
and Porto Rico and the military and
naval prisoners now in the United
States. The Spanish government is
showing remarkable unwillingness
to provide for the return of these SOL
diers and sailors TO Spain. This has
gone so far as to lay the Spanish gov
eminent open to the charge of indif-
ference to the fate of the men who
struggled for her cause. 1t is prob
able the military commission will be
clothed with adequate power to deal
with this question in the interest of
the United States