Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-08-17
THE WAR is ENDED
A PRoTRocoL is TO BE SIGNED
AT ONCE.
An Armstice VIII be Proclaimed Imme-
diateiy-successor to Mr.. Day-white-
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Washington, August 12.-lt is all
over. Hostilities in the American
Spanish war will end today, when Sec
rotary Day and NJ. Cambon will attach
their signatures to the protocol al
ready approved by the two countries,
and when an armstice will be pro
climed by the president of the United
States and the queen regent of Spain,
to endure until the fina! treaty of peace
is signed.
Ambassador Cambon received ca
blegram late yesterday announcing
Spalns approval of the protocol and
directing him as the diplomatic rep
resenmtive of Spain to attach his sig
nature to the instrument
The ceremony of signing it will take
place in the diplomatic reception room
of the State department. this morning,
and in addition to making public the
terms of the protocol, the president will
Immediately issue formal proclama-
tion setting forth that Spain has ac-
cepted the terms Of peace negotiations
proposed by the United States, and
directing all military and naval COM
mandefs to suspend further military
or naval preparations against Spain
pending the work of the peace com
misssioners.
This armistlce has already been pre-
pared. thus furnishing another evil
dence of the accuracy of our exclusive
announcement two days ago that
SPANS reply was satisfactory and
that the war was at an end.
Although it has not been doubted for
a'moment since Ambassador Cambon's
call at the White House on Tuesday
that peace was certain there was
feeling e relief among the officers of
the administration last night when
word was received that Spain had au-
thorized Ambassador Cambon to sign
the protocol.
The authorities are all congratulate
ing each otSsse-ap the successful out
come of the peace negotiations and
particularly upon the wonderful sue
cess of the American army and navy,
which has brought about this result.
The end of the war has come much
earlier than the optimistic had any rea-
son to anticipate when war was first
declared. 1t has lasted just 113 days
| The authorities feel that they have
every reason to he proud of the bril-
liant victories achieved during this per-
iod and of the complete successes in
every direction of all the plans of
campaign. While not denying that
some blunders were made, especially
in the failure to begin preparations
soon enough, they have every reason
to feel gratifed with the outcome as
to reviewing what has been accom-
pllshed in the short period of less than
four months.
| Not the least of the grounds that the
| authorities have for self congratula
ton is that they have been able to
bring the war to a termination with
out becoming involved in complications
of any character with any third pow
er, That they have been able to do
so is in large measure due to the very
friendly attitude that Great Britain
has maintained toward the United
| States and when the secret diplomatic
history of the war comes to be written
the full measure of the obligations of
the United States to Great Britain will
be made apparent.
The next step afterAthe signing of
the protocol and the issuance of the
protocol of the president announcing
an armistice will be the appointment
of the five commissioners by each of
the two countries.
1t is definitely known that Secretary
Day will head the American commits
sioners and that the minister of for
eign affairs of Spain will head the
Spanish commissioners. The selec-
ton of the other American commission
ers will from among those whose
names have already appeared in these
columns It's probable that the com
mlssioners viii not be announced be-
fore Monday.
While Paris will be the first meeting
place of the commissioners, it is not
improbable that they may go to the
Philippines. The expectation is that