Republican (proto-fascist/socialist) de facto President McKinley (a resident of the federal enclave of Ohio) proclaims the mutual ratification of the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the Spanish-American War: Spain loses its remaining imperial possessions in the western hemisphere; the United States takes possession of Puerto Rico and Guam, and pays 20,000,000 Dollars for the Philippines; the U.s. also agrees to grant Cuba its independence.
[restored 5/27/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Chronology of Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American War – The World of 1898 The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division, Library of Congress).mht
www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronpr.html
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