The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-13

ture of Queen Christina. The cable
dispatch received by him today con-
ferred full authority to sign the pro-
tocol and stated that the written au-
thorization would follow, signed by
the queen regent, in the name of the
king. Prior to the ceremony today, M.
Thiebaut showed the cable dispatch TO
Secretary Day, and it was accepted as
sufficient to enable the ambassador TO
sign it in behalf of Spain. When the
written authorization arrives, it VIII
be presented to the state department
to accompany the protocol
SIGNED AND SEALED.
The examination of the protocol was
satisfactory. and the document was
handed to NJ. Cambon first and then
to Secretary Day, who atflXed their
signatures in that order to each side
of the two copies. Then the iast ae-
tail in making the protocol binding was
administered by Assistant Secretary
Cridler, in charge of the chancery
work. who attached the seal of the
United States.
Throughout the ceremony, all but the
two signers remained standing. M.
Cambon, in signing for Spain, occupied
the seat which Secretary OF the Navy
Long, now away on a vacation, usual
ly occupied.
The president stood at the left-hand
corner, at, the head of the great cab
met table Secretary Day, Nj. THE
baut and NJ Cambon, in the order
named, were on the left side of the
table The rest of the party were
standing in other portions OF the room.
No credentials were produced during
the meeting at the White House, the
president accepting Secretary Days
assurance that this had been settled to
his satisfaction at the state depart
ment.
1t was 4:23 o'clock when the final
signatures were attacfO1 to the proto-
col, and, within the h--Jwledge of all
officials present, this was the first time
that a treaty or protocol <had been
signed at the White House. AS this
ceremony concluded, Acting Secretary
Allen of the navy department, Secre-
tary Alger and Adjutant General Cor
bin appeared, having been summoned
to the White House by the president,
and they we're admitted into the cab
met room just in season to witness
one of the most impressive features of
the ceremony, when the president re-
euested the hand of the ambassador,
and through him returned thanks to
the sister republic of France for the
exercise of her good offices in bringing
about peace. He also thanked the
ambassador personally for the impor-
tant part he has played in this mat
ter, and the latter replied in suitable
terms.
SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES.
AS a further mark of his disposition,
President Mckinley called for the
proclamation which he had caused to
be drawn up, suspending hostilities,
and signed it in the presence of M.
Cambon, who expressed his apprecia-
ton of the action. Without delay, Act
ing Secretary Allen FASTENED to the
telephone and directed that cable mes
sages be Immediately sent to all naval
commanders, Dewey in the Philip
pines, Sampson at Guantanamo and
the various commandments at navy
yards and stations, to cease hOStlitieS
Immediately. There is a dispatch boat
at Hongkong, and it is believed that it
can reach General Merritt in IS hours
at top speed.
On the part of the army, Adjutant
General Corbin braved the storm and
rushed across to the war department,
where he Immediately issued the or
ders which had been prepared in ad-
vance, to all of the military command
ers to cease their operations. The state
department fulfilled its duty by notify
ing all diplomatic and consular agents
of the action taken.
All the formalities having been dis
posed of, the president spent half an
hour chatting with those present. and
then, at 4:5S, the rain still continuing
in force, the ambassador and his secre-
tary entered their carriage and were
driven to the embassy.
The pen which was used by Secretary
Day in signing the protocol was given
TO Chief Clerk Michael of the state de-
partment who had bespoken it. NJ
Thiebaut secured that used by the
French ambassador.
Upon emerging from the White
House, Secretary Day received the
earnest congratulations of the per-
sons present, upon the conclusion of
the protocol. He stated that the peace
who are to draw up the
definite treaty would not be appointed
for several days, but declined to indi-
cate who they would be-
REALLY A TREATY.
While the document signed today is !
properly enough described as a proto- |
col, it is still technically something
more than that. 1t is an agreement |
midway between that and the armis- |
tice. which usually intervenes between |