Peace Commission

In May, 1778, a Peace Commi ion was sent to the colonies by Lord North. The Commi ion offered all manner of conciliatory terms: an extension of the privileges of trade, an abolition of the quartering act, a representation of the colonies in Parliament, an arrangement for sustaining Continental bills of credit, and an almost independent colonial administration. The terms were refused and a treaty with France concluded. Peace Commi ion, 1898. Pres. McKinley appointed Wm. R. Day, ex-Sec. of State, U. S. Senators Davis, Frye and Gray, with White law Reid, to formulate, with the five Spanish comuni ioners, a treaty of peace between U. S. and Spain. The joint commi ion met in Paris, Oct. to Dec. Spain yielded Porto Rico, Cuba and Guam, an island of the Ladrones, and the whole Philippine group for $20,000,000, claimed for Spanish improvements.