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eace. The Protocol (a preliminary treaty ofpeace) was signed August 12, 1898, and provided asfollows: 1. That Spain shall relinquish all claim ofsovereignty over and to Cuba. 2. That Puerto Ricoand other Spanish Islands in the West Indies, and anisland in the Ladrones, to be selected by the UnitedStates, shall be ceded to the latter. 8. That theUnited States will occupy aud hold the city, bay andharbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty ofpeace, which shall determine the control and dispositionof the Philippine Islands. The 4th, 5th and 6th clausesof the protocol provided for the evacuation of the Span-ish forces, the meeting of a peace commission of fivefrom each country at Paris not later than Oct. Ist, andthe suspension of all hostilities. The protocol wassigned by Secretary William R. Day, for the UnitedStates, and M. Cambon, French ambassador, for Spain. Tue Fatt or Maniza. Like the famous battle ofNew Orleans. the bombardment and surrender of Manilatook place on the 13th of August, the next day afterpeace was signed. The attack was made by AdmiralDewey in co-operation with the land forces under Gen-eral Merritt. After a fierce battle in which forty Amer-icans were killed, the city surrendered. The hand ofthe American forces,who contemplated further conquest,was stayed by the signing of the treaty of peace (pro-tocol). Treaty oF Paris. A Spanish-American peace com-mission met at Paris in the fall of 1898. The UnitedStates was represented on the commission by WilliamR. Day and Whitelaw Reid, and by Senators Cush-man K. Davis, William P. Fry and George Gray. Theterms of the protocol were ratified; the Island of Luzonwith the city of Manila was ceded to the United States, Cummings’ Encyclopedia. 491
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