negotiations for the establishment of peace between the two countries
shall be undertaken; and

Whereas it is in said protocol agreed that upon its conclusion and
signature hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended and
that notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each
Government to the commanders of its military and naval forces:

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States,
do, in accordance with the stipulations of the protocol, declare and
proclaim on the part of the United States a suspension of hostilities
and do hereby command that orders be immediately given through the
proper channels to the commanders of the military and naval forces
of the United States to abstain from all acts inconsistent with this
proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 12th day of August, A.D. 1898, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-third.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
WILLIAM R. DAY,
_Secretary of State_.