Proclamation of Peace Suspension of hostilities amid protocol
The U S President McKinley issues a proclamation suspending hostilities with Spain per the August 12 1898 protocol. The document outlines Spain relinquishing Cuba and Porto Rico plus an island in the Ladrones, U S occupancy of Manila pending treaty terms, and staged evacuation plans with commissions to meet in Havana San Juan and Paris.
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United States of America
William R. Day
United States
James Cambon
France
Washington
Spain
William McKinley
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indies
Ladrones
Manila
Philippines
Havana
San Juan
Paris
Major General Shafter Leads From Field and War News Mixed
Reports describe Major General William R. Shafter as a formidable figure in Cuba, cited for driving Spanish forces toward Santiago and preparing the capital’s capitulation. Washington chatter says Ambassador Hay may replace Secretary Day as peace talks loom, with Day possibly reassigned after the commission concludes.
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William R. Shafter
Santiago
United States Army
The
New York Journal
General Shafter
Shafter
Cuba
Cubans promise to cease fighting and aid peace plan
Cubans assure the United States they will stop fighting and cooperate in any Cuba plan. The Maranillo bombardment resumed Saturday morning but halted upon news of the peace protocol signing. Havana batteries fired on the flagship San Francisco the Miantonomah and the auxiliary yacht Silvia which did not respond.
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Manila
Montana
San
America
Cuba
Maranillo
Havana
Silvia
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