The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-08-18

dent has issued the following prOcla
nation:
BY the President Of the United States Of
America. a pruclamation
"Whereas, BY a protocol concluded
and signed Aug. II, 1896, by William
K. Day, secretary of state OF tho
United States, and his excellency, julie
Cambon, ambassador extraordinary ana
plcnipOtentiury to the republic Oi
france, at Washington, respectively
representing for this purpose the gov.
ernmGut OF the Cniteu states and the
government OF Spain, the United States
and spain have formally agreed upon
the terms on which negotiations for the
establishment of peace between tDy
two countries snail ue undertaken; and,
Whereas, 1t is III SAID protoCol
agreed that upon its conclusion auu
signature hosulues 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 forces;
"Now, therefore, l, William MCKin-
ley, president Of the United States, dc
in accordance with the stipulatiOus Of
the protocol, declare and proclaim Oh
the part Of the United states a suspeu-
mund that orders be Immediately given
through the proper channels to the com.
manders of the military and naval
forces OF the United States to abstain
from all acts Inconsistent with this
proclamation.
"ln witness whereof l have hereuntU
set my hand and caused the seal Of tn
United States 10 b. affixed.
Done at the city OF Washington, thi-
| 18th day OF August, III the year of our
| Lord, one thousand eight hundred ana
| ninety. eight, and of the independence
of the United ; ates, the one hundle
aud tWenty'thlrd.
civilian MCKINLEY,
"By the president,
"WILLIAM Il. DAY,
Secretary of State.
| 4 copy of the proclamation has been
| cabled to our army and navy com.
mauders. Spain viii cable her com
| manders like instructions.
| An official statement for press publ
| cation, setting out the provisions Of the
peace PROTOCOL was read and approved
! at the cabinet session yesterday
The pl plotocol III general is reitera-
| tIOn of the terms Of the note given %
| Spain, with very little difference in the
| language of those terms, though with
! cOu~idelub,e supplementary paragraphs
OF an administrative nature. The most
| substantial difference is III regard to thu
| evacuation Of the captured territory.
| The note, as handed to Ambassador
CambOn, called for immediate evacua
| ton of Cuba and Porto Rico, while the
| protocol leaves the time of evacuation L.
be subsequently determined upon, the
| design being to have the date of with.
dlawal LETT to be fixed by joint military
| commission of the United States and
spain.
The protocol provides for two com
missions, first, the peace commission
which will meet IN Paris, and second
| the nllltuly commission, which wall
meet in Havana, probably within l.
/ days. The military commission Will be
created immediately on the signing OF
the protocol. Its duties viii be of gTeal
importance.
While the particular document signed
is properly enough described as proto
col, it is still technically nothing more
than that. 1t is un agreement midway
!, between that and the armlstiCe which
usually interVeues between active wal
and final peace. Soiar as it goes, this pro
toCol Is absolutely peace treaty, Thus
having provided Tor the ClspOSltlOn Ol
Cuba, Porto Rico and one OF the Lad
rome islands, there is nothing more tol
any peace commission to do in relation
10 those subjects, thar fate is sealed anC
the protocol III that respect is Is bind
ing as any dgdnltive treaty of peace
Many details remain TO be agreed
upon, which are not even referred TO in
, the protocol. Such Of these as relate
to purely military and naval subject,
will by referred to Il military commls
/. sion. This commission may encounter
some difficulty III making a disposition
of the Spanish soldiers III Cuba auc
Porto Rico, aud the military and nava
prisoners now in the United States
The Spanish government Is showing
remarkable uuwilhngness to provld,
for the return of soldiers and sailors Z
Spain.