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The Treaty of Peace Ratified

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 15, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 7.

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The Treaty of Peace Ratified

ON February 6 the United States Senate, with a margin of one vote, ratified the treaty of peace signed at Paris between the representatives of this government and Spain; and the United States comes into possession of whatever sovereignty Spain possessed in the Philippine Islands, as well as the islands of Porto Rico and Guam. Provision for the payment of the $20,000,000 to Spain has already been made, and it is safe to say that Spain knows of many ways in which she can use the money.