Item of Interest April 20, 1899 Issue

Items of Interest

with contributions from William McKinley, John Hay, Emile Loubet

The war with Spain officially ended with the formal exchange of ratifications of the treaty and the proclamation of peace by President McKinley on the afternoon of April 11, just a year to a day since the President sent to Congress the message recommending forcible intervention in Cuba, which led to the declaration of war by Congress, and the opening of hostilities ten days later.

Immediately after the exchange of ratifications President McKinley issued the following proclamation:—

Whereas, a treaty of peace between the United States of America and her majesty, the queen regent of Spain, in the name of her august son, Don Alfonso XIII., was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Paris on the tenth day of December, 1898, the original of which convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows:—

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