Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-08-18
We ARE ENEMIES No MORE.
United States and Spain Sign a
Peace Protocol.
ALL H0STILlTlES HAVE CEASED
President Mckinley Issued Proclama-
tion Immediately After the signing
of the Peace Papers - Provisions OF
the Protocol In Outline.

With a simplicity in keeping with
republican institutions the war, which
has ragged between Spain and the
United States for period OF three
months and % days, was quietly ter
minated when Secretary of State Day,
for the United States, and Nj. Cambon,
ambassador of France, acting for
Spain, in the presence of President Nc
Kinley, signed protocol which will
form the basis of definite treaty of
peace. As this ceremony was con-
cluded the President requested the
hand of the ambassador and through
him returned thanks to the sister re-
public of France for the exercise of
her good offices in bringing about
peace. He also thanked the ambassa-
dor personally for the part he has
played in the negotiations, and the lat
ter replied in appropriate terms. AS a
further mark of his disposition, Presi-
dent Mckinley called for the procla-
nation which he had caused to be
drawn up. suspending hostilities, and
signed it in the presence of NJ. Cambon,
who expressed his appreciation of the
action.
The procotol provides as follows:
l. That Spain will relinquish all
claim of sovereignty over and title to
Cuba.
.. That Porto Rico and other Span
ish islands in the West Indies, and an
island in the Ladrones, to be selected
by the United States, shall be ceded to
the latter.
3. That the United States will &C.
cupy and hold the city. bay and har-
Dor of Manila, pending the conclusion
of treaty of peace which shall deter
mine the control, disposition and gov
eminent of the Philippines.
4. That Cuba. Porto Rico and other
Spanish islands in the West Indies
shall be Immediately evacuated and
that commissioners, to be appointed
within 10 days. shall. within 80 days
from the signing of the protocol, meet
at Havana and San Juan, respectively,
to arrange and execute the details of
the evacuation.
3. That the United States and Spain
will each appoint not more than five
commissioners to negotiate and con-
clude atreaty of peace. The commits
sioners are TO meet at Paris not later
than Oct. /.
&. On the signing of the protocol,
hostilities will be suspended, and no.
tice to that effect will be given as soon
as possible by each government TO the
commanders of its military and naval
forces.
The proclamation issued by Presi-
dent Mckinley was as follows:
Whereas, BY a protocol concluded
and signed Aug. II, 1898, by William
II. Day, secretary of state Of the United
States, and his exccllency. Jules Cam
bon, ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary OF the Republic of
France at Washington. respectively rep
resenting for this purpose the govern
ment of the United States and the gov
eminent of Spain, the United States
and Spain have formally agreed upon
the terms on which negotiations for
the establishment of peace between
the two countries shall be undertaken:
and, Whereas, 1t is in said protocol
agreed that upon its conclusion and
signature, hoStilities 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 McKin-
ley, President of the United States, do,
in accordance with the stipulations of
the protocol, declare and proclaim on
the part of the United States suspen-
sion 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.
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