55TH CONGRESS, SENATE. {I Doc. No. 62, Part 1. A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. TRANSMITTING A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES ON DECEMBER 10, 1898. JANUARY 4, 1899.-- Read, treaty read the first time and referred A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN, SIGNED AT THE CITY OF PARIS ON DECEMBER 10, 1898. JANUARY 4, 1899.-Read; treaty read the first time and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and, together with the message and accompanying papers, ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. JANUARY 11, 1899.-Injunction of secrecy removed. JANUARY 13, 1899.-Ordered printed. To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed at the city of Paris on December 10, 1898; together with the protocols and papers indicated in the list accompanying the report of the Secretary of State. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WILLIAM MCKINLEY. Washington, January 4, 1899. To the President: The undersigned, Secretary of State, has the honor to lay before the President, with a view to its submission to the Senate if deemed proper, a treaty of peace concluded at Paris on December 10, 1898, between the United States and Spain. Accompanying the treaty are the protocols of the conferences of the Peace Commission at Paris, together with copies of statements made before the United States Commissioners, and other papers indicated in the inclosed list. Respectfully submitted. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 3, 1899. JOHN HAY. |