The age-herald., 1898-08-12
SPAIN APPROVES
 THE PROTOCOL M Cambon Empowered to Sign
 the Pre|iminaTies. WILL BE COMPLETED TODAY Followed by Occupation of Ma
 nila and San Juan. THE EVACUATION OF HAVANA And Other Spanish StronghoIds Will
 Take Place Immediately. PERSONNEL OF THE COMMISSION Now Being Considered by President McKinley-Senators German and
 Allison Will Likely be Mem
 bers-Day Sure Thing.
PERSONNEL OF THE COMMISSION

Madrid Aug 1.-The government has received the protocol and the cabinet coun- cil rose at $40 D. m., having approved it. The government will wire M. Cambon to- night empowering him to sign the pre- liminaries of peace.
 The day has been Automatically one of the busiest since the outbreak of the war. There have been no fewer than three cabi- net councils, in addition to various diplo- matic conferences.
 Though the text of the protocol was not received until the evening was well ad- vanced, the government has been made fully acquainted with its contents through Paris.
 The matter was practically settled as all ready cabled at the cabinet meeting this afternoon, and the receopt of the actual document therefore only required a meeting of the cabinet for formal acceptance
 Ministers adhere to the statement that the protocol contains no modification of the original terms, but only new suggestions.
 They expect 1t will be signed at Wash ington tomorrow (Friday) and that a sus- pension of hostilities will be announced.
 Duke Almodovar de Rio, minister of for eign affairs, assures the correspondent of the Associated Press that the negotiations for the peace treaty will take place in Paris, but he says the commissioners have not yet been appointed.
 The terms of the protocol will not be pub lished until the instrument has been signed.
 Cessation of HostiIities
 Washington, Aug. 1.-The Associated Press bulletin from Madrid announcing T k1,A peace protocol and that the French ann bassador would receive instructions to sign 1t was very gratifying to the administra- ton, but 1t was expected that such would be the course of the Spanish government It Is confidently expected that the sigma lures will be affixed to this document to- morrow and immediately thereafter both governments will begin carrying out its provisions. The first will be the cessation of hostilities, followed immediately by the occupation of Manila by General Merritt and the United States troops under his command, the occupation of San Juan in Porto Rico by General Miles and the evacu- ation of that island by the Spanish forces It is believed that there will be delay in the evacuation of Havana, Matanzas and other  faculties are anticipated in arranging for a proper form of government of Cuba and because there is no desire to hurry Ameri- can troops into the island at the present time, the preference being to wait for cooler weather.
 The near approach to the signing of the protocol has required the discussion of the personnel of the peace commission. There is a good authority for the statement that Secretary Day will be at the head of the commission and that two United States senators will be members of 1t. Senator Allison of Iowa and Senator German of Maryland have been prominently mentioend for places on the commission and 1t is un- derstood that they have been under cons:d- eration by the president.
 It is not believed by members of the ad- ministration that the commission can com plete it's work in time to cause an extra session of congress to consider legislation which the treaty of peace will necessitate, although there is a prospect that an extra session of the senate might be called in November to consider the treaty of peace.