Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-13
IT IS ALL OVER.
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( the cabinet room where the President
sat in waiting. He was invited to be
| present Assistant Secretaries Pruden
and Cortelyou and Lieut.. Col. Mont
gomery.
When Ambassador Cambon reached
the White House it was just $50
o'clock. five minutes in advance of the
appointed hour. The rain was still
violent and the ambassador abandon
ed his usual custom of alighting at
| the outer gates of the Executive
porte cochere. passing through cor
don of newspaper men before he and
Secretary Thiebaut were ushered in
side They went direct to the library
adjoining the cabinet room on the up
per floor.
At 405 they We're announced to the
| waiting party in the cabinet room and
were ushered into their presence. At
ter an exchange of diplomatic cour-
ttSi'S, lio uitllttts>StlS ipsno VI AiliiN W
CURED and Assistant Secretary of
| Safe Cridler. on the part of the United
States and First Secretary Thiebaut on
the part of Spain, retired to a window
where there was a critical examination
of the protocol.
This inspection had all the outward
formalities due 4 document of this inn
portance. 1t was prepared in duplicate
at the state department, one copy to
ernment and the other TO become the
property of Spain. The text is hand
somcly engrossed in a running Old
English script Each copy of the pro-
tocol is arranged in double column,
French and English standing alongside
for easy comparison as to the exact
ness as to translation.
The two copies are alike. except that
the one held by this government has
and the signature of Secretary Day
ahead of that of Al. Cambon, while tn
copy transmitted to Spain has French
in the first column and the signature
of NJ. Camhon ahead of that of Secre-
tary Day.
The protocol to be sent to Spain was
accompanied by the credentials, issued
by President Mckinley, specially en-
poHering the secretary of state to atliS
his signature to this document. The
authorization was brief and in type
writing save for the Presidents sigma
turc Later the American copy of th'
= protocol win be accompanied by th.
written credentials of the Spanish
, government sent by N. Cambon. ant
bearing the signature of Queen Chris
tina.
: The cable dispatch received by him
today. conferred full authority to sigr
the protocol ard stated that the writ
ten authorization would follow. signe,
by the Queen Regent in the name %
" the king
Prior to the ceremony of today NJ
patch to Secretary Day ana it was ac
. cppted as sufficient to enable the am
@ bassador TO sign in behalf of Spain
t When the written authorization ar
rives it will be presented to the stat
, department to accompany the protocol
u The examination of the protocol wa
4. satisfactory ana the document Wa
-, handed to Nj. Cambon first and then t.
Secretary Day, who affixed signature
in that order to each side Of the tWt
copies. Then the last detail in max
ing the protocol binding WAS admins
tered by Assistant Secretary Cridle
e in charge of the chancery work. VIII
l. attached the seal Of the Unite'
q States.
II Throughout the ceremony all but tn
two sgners remained standing. VI. Cam
bon in signing for Spain. occupied til
seat which Secretary of the Navy Long
r now away on Il vacation, usually occu
fl pied The President stood at the left
= hand corner at the head of the great cab
l. met table, Secretary Day, NJ. Thiebau
and NJ. Cambon, in the order named, o
the left side of the table The rest of tn
party were standing in other parts of tn
room.
No credentials wereproduced during tn
# meeting at the White House the Pres
dent accepting Secretary Days assuranc
that this had been settled to his salts
faction at the state department.
, II was l.23 o'clock when the final sis
natures We're attached to the protoco
'' and within the knowledge of all the off
IL cals present. this was the first time thG
a protocol or treaty had been signed {
the White House.
As this ceremony concluded. Acting Sc,
retary Allen of the navy department, SEE
retary Alger and Adjt. Gen Corbin al
H. peared, having been summoned to Il
H. White House by the President, and the
at Were admitted into the cabinet room ju
iii in season to witness one of the most in
NY pressve features of the ceremony who
"u the President requested the hand of II
les ambassador and through him return,
ne thanks to the sister republic of Fran,
ltS for her good offices in bringing abo
M peace
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