"Theirstatement, writtenjointlyandreadseparatelyintheirrespectivecapitalsMonday, correctlystipulatesfor the first timethatJapan'sforcedannexationofKorea100yearsagowas ""null and void,'' asboththeprocedureandthetreatyasitsresultwere ""unjustandunlawful.''"(코리아타임즈)"공동으로작성되고각자의수도에서따로발표된그들의성명은 100년전에일본이한국을강제합방한것이 ""무효""이며이유는그러한과정과그결과로서의 조약이 ""불의하고부정했기"" 때문이라고처음으로정확하게명기했다."
But, respondingtothesurgeofnationalismgeneratedbytheSpanish-American War, CongressvotedoverwhelminglyinJuly 1898 toannextheislands, thusalsoacquiringanimportantnaval baseatPearl Harbor.(웹 검색 예문)그러나미국-스페인전쟁에의해생겨난국수주의가고조됨에따라의회는이에부응하여 1898년 7월하와이군도를미국에합방할것을압도적다수로결의했다. 이렇게해서 진주만에중요한해군기지도획득하게되었다.