New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-13
TERMS OF THE PROTOCOL.
WEST INDIAN ISLANDS AND ONE OF THE
LADRONES CEDED-MANILA HELD
PENDING TREATY AGREEMENT.
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lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
washington. Aug. 12.-Hostilites between tho
United States and Spain. begun on April 81 last
were formally suspended between and Is
o'clock this Afternoon. when protocol was
signed by Ambassador Cambon, representing
Spain and Secretary Day. representing this
country. instituting a general armstice bind
Ing Spain to evacuate Cuba and Porto Rico and
surrender one Of the Ladrone Islands, and pro-
viding for joint commission to determine the
fate Of the Philippines and to conclude a def
mite treaty Of peace. The protocol provides:
1. That Spain will reIinquish all claim of
sovereignty over md title to Cuba.
q That Porto Rico and other Spanish
islands in the West Indies. and an island in
the LadrOnes. to be selected by the United
states. shall be ceded 10 the latter.
3. That the United states will occupy ana
hold the city. hay and harbor of Manila,
pending the conclusion Of a treaty of peace
which shall determine the control. dispOsi-
tion and government of the Philippines.
4. That Cuba. Porto Rico and other Span
ish islands in the West Indies shall be
Immediately evacuated. and that commits
siOners. to be appointed within ten days.
shall. within thirty days from the signing
OF the protocol. meet mt 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 commits
siOners to negotiate and conclude n treaty
OF peace. The commissioners nre to meet
ut Paris not later than the first Of October.
o. On the signing of the protocol HOSTILE
ties will he suspended. and notice to that
effect will be given as soon as possible By
each government to the commanders Of fts
military and naval forces.
FIGHTING MAY NOT STOP INSTANTLY.
1t is not to be expected, Of course. that actual
fighting will cease with the signing of to-day's
virtual notice that all hostilites are at an end.
Operations conducted on the vast scale which
the United States forced by the necessities
Of war TO adopt cannot be checked or halted at
a moments warning. The cable has been used
TO enjoin an immediate suspension OF General
Miess successful campaign In Porto Rico. and
to impose truce on the naval and military
forces blockading the Cuban coast and holding
the captured Province of Santiago. But 1t is
doubtful whether news Of the armistice declared
this afternoon can reach for several days the
expedition sent to take possession Of the Isle
of Pines. while nearly a week may elapse before
the terms Of the protocol can be communicated
to the commanders of the American land and
naval forces now engaged in the reduction Of
Manila.
More blood is likely to be shed. therefore. be-
fore the suspension of hostties just agreed on
can be effectively enforced. But for all prac-
tical purposes. hostile operations may be said
to have ended to-day. with every prospect that
the armistice now entered upon will lead within
the next few months to a formal and absolute
declaration of peace. The published abstract
Of the protocol signed by the two Governments
,,,,v confirms the semi-official statements prevt-
ouslv made of this country's demands on Spain.
and gives evidence both Of the firmness and skill
with which the preliminary negotiations for
neace have been conducted by the President and
his advisers.
The agreement subscribed to by Ambassador
cambon Is in itself practically treaty of peace.
since II leaves but tie relatively unmportant