CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. EDITORIAL NOTE v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
5. INTRODUCING MR. REID 1
6. THE DIARY
7. CHAPTER I Organizing the Conference: Problems and Persons 23
8. CHAPTER II Organizing for Diplomacy 34
9. CHAPTER III Making Calls and Taking Testimony 50
10. CHAPTER IV Threats of Rupture: The Problem of the Cuban Debt 61
11. CHAPTER V Taking the Philippines 122
12. CHAPTER VI Finishing the Treaty 170
13. APPENDIXES
14. I. The Armistice Protocol of August 12,1898 231
15. II. President McKinley's Instructions to the Peace Commission, September 16, 1898 233
16. III. Opinions of the Peace Commissioners on the Retention of the Philippines, October 25,1898 239
17. IV. Biographical Glossary 243
18. INDEX 253