The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-12
RATIFICATIONS OF TREATY
EXCHi NGED AT WHITE HOUSE
 YESTERDAY 4FTERNOON.
President Mckinley I'm m diately Issues q Proclamation Declaring That the is at an End BeIIamy Storer Ap- pointed as American Minister to Spain.

is at an End BeIIamy storer Ap-
 pointed as American Minister to Spain.
 Washington, April 1.-The condition of war existing between the United States and Spain since April 21, 1S9S, terminated to-day, when the last for malities in the restoration of peace were performed by the exchange of ratifica- tions of the peace treaty. Coincident with this, President Mckinley issued his proclamation declaring that the war was at an end, and the appointment of Bellamy Storer was determined upon as United States minister to Spain. The principal ceremony of the day occurred in the reception room at the White house. In anticipation of the historic character of the event, many members of the cabinet and officials prominent in the administration gathered at the White house. They included Secreta- ries Hay, Wilson and Hitchcock, Sena-
  CTS who negotiated the treaty; Assist ant Secretaries Hill, Adee and Crfdler of the state department, Acting Secre- tary of War Meikeljohn, Adjutant Gen. eral Corbin Hon. Wayne MacVeagh and Sidney Smith, chief of the bureau of diplomatic correspondence, state de- partment, who had prepared the Ameri- can copy of the treaty.
 Shortly before 8 o'clock the French ambassador, M. Cambop, arrived in company with M. Thiebaut, the first secretary of the embassy, the latter bearing the Spanish copy of the peace treaty. MT. Mckinley cordially greeted the ambassador, and after a brief ex- change of we'll wishes the formal cere- mony began. The president stood back of the large desk presented to the gov ernment by Queen Victoria, while Sec retary Hay and Ambassador Cambon occupied places at the desk Around this central group were ranged the cab inet officers and others already men tioned and officials of the household. The powers of M. Cambon and Secre- tary Hay were examined, protocol concerning the days ceremony signed and other formalities concluded.
 The signing of the protocol of ex- change occurred at BPS D. n., Ambassa- dor Cambon signing for Spain and Sec retary Hay for the United States. The protocol was in French and briefly re- cited the circumstances leading up to the exchange. This cleared the way for the exchange itself. which consti- tuted the final act. The president took from the desk the American copy of the treaty, handsomely engrossed, bound in dark blue morocco and encas- ed in a black morocco portfolio, and handed it to N Cambon. At the same time M. Cambon handed to the presi- dent the Spanish copy of the treaty, also engrossed, bound in morocco ana encased in a maroon-colored morocco box. There were deferential bows as each received from the other this flnal pledge of peace This exchange of rat ifioations occurred at 3:35 D. m The president was the first to speak. MT Ambassador" said he, "I will issue my proclamation at once."
 M Cambon thanked the president for the promptness with which the procla- nation followed. This ended the for nal ceremony and after brief feliclta- lions the ambassador and other officials withdrew, Secretary Hay took with him the Spanish copy of the treaty re- ceived to-day and deposited it in the archives of the state department. M. Cambon cabled the Spanish government of the final restoration of peace and made known that the American copy of the treaty would be forwarded through the French foreign office. The effect of the action taken to-day is to completely renew the peaceful relations, official. diplomatic, consular and In all other ways between this country ana Spain.
 President McKinley's proclamation is as follows:
 Whereas, A treaty of peace between the United States of America and her majesty the queen regent of Spaln' III tbe name of her august son, Don AL ,,honso XIII, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiarles at Paris on the 10th day of December, lS9S, the original of which convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows:
 fHere the full text of the treaty is n- cluded)
 And whereas, The said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the notifications of the two govern n,ents were exchanged in the city Of washington on the eleventh day of Anril one hundred eight hundred and ninety mine;
 Now. therefore, be it known that l, William Mckinley, president or the Tinted states of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same ana every article and clause thereof may be ob- served and fulfilled with good faith by the Tinted States and the citizens thereof.
 Tn witness whereof, I have hereunto sat my hand and caused the seal of the Tinted States to be affixed.
 Done in the city of Washington, this eleventh day of April, in the year of o,,r Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and of the independ- ence of the United States the one hun dred and twenty-third.
 William Mckinley.
 Rv the president: John Hay
 Secretary of State.
 MT Storer's selection for the Madrid ,,,ission is distinct promotion in the dinlomatic line. The difference in com nensation is not considerable, but the