Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25

any Il reign government. Inc consular rep
resentatiyes OF foreign powers, now resident
in the Hawaiian Islands, hall be permitted
to continue in the exercise of their consular
quaturs from the government Of the United
States.
ARTICLE w.
The further immigration Of Chinese labor
ers into the Hawaiian Islands is hereby pro-
hibitei until Congress shall otherwise pro-
vide. Furthermore, Chinese persons Of the
classes now or hereafter excluded by law
from entering the United States viii not be
permitted to come from the Hawaiian
Islands 10 other parts OF the United States
and il so coming, shall be subject to the
same penalties as IL entering from a foreign
country.
The public debt Of the Hlwaiian Islands
lawfully existing at the date Of the exchange
of the ratification of this treaty, including
the amounts due to depositors in the Ha-
waiian postal savings banks, is hereby as
sumed by the government of the United
States, but the liability OF the United States
i'll this regard shall III no case exceed three
and one-quarter millions of dollars. So
long however, as the existing government
and the present commercial relations of the
Hawaiian Islands are continued, as herein
before provided, said government shall con.
tinue to pay the interest on said indebted
ness.
ARTICLE VI.
The COVE -nment Of the United States
agrees to pay TO Liliuokalani, tbs queen,
within one year from the date of the ex
change Of the rati1ca ions Of this treaty, the
sum Of twenty thou aud dollars, aud annu-
ally thereafter like sum of twenty thou.
sand dollars during the term OF her natural
life, provi led she in good faith submits to
the authority of the government of tn,
Unite States and the local government OF
the lands.
And the government of the United States
furt ier agrees to pay TO the Princes kaiu-
iani within one year from the date of the
exchange of the Publications Of this treaty,
the gross sum of one hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollirs, provided she, in good faith,
submits to thu authority of the government
of the United States and the local govern
ment of the islands.
ARTICLE VII.
TIE present treaty shall be ratified by the
President of the United Stat s, by and With
the advice an cons. mt OF the Senate on the
one part, and by the provisional government
of the Hawaiian Islands on the other, and
the Publications thereof shall he exchanged
at Honolulu as soon as po sible. Such ex-
change shall be made on the part Of the
Unit d States by the commissioner herein
before provided for, and it shall operat a a
complete and final conveyance to the United
States Of all the rights Of sovereignty and
property herein coded to them. Within one
month after slch exchange of ratiications
the provisi, nal government shall furnish
said commissioner with fu and complete
schedule Of all the public properly herein
cedsd and transferre |.
In witness whereof, the respective pleni-
potentiaries have signed the above articles
and have hereunto alike their seals.
Done in dnplica at the city OF Washing
ton; this fourteenth day of February, one
tho sand eight hundred and ninety-three.
john w. FOSTER fSelll
LoRIN A. THURsToN. [Seall
WILLIAM r. CASTLE. (Sell.l
WILLIAM G. WILDER. [seaLl
CHARLES R. CARTER. ISeal.l
JOSEPH MARSDEN. ISeal.l