It would be interesting to know how the rumor got into circulation in Cuba that we were about to advance $3,000,000 toward paying up the Cuban soldiers. The rumor is evidently taken seriously in Cuba.

1899, by a two-thirds margin (57 to 27). The following day, President McKinley signed the treaty, and the United States officially controlled Spain's former colonies—Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico ...

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