The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-15
CONTENTS OF TREATY.
Details of the Convention at
Last Made Public.
SPAIN GETS TRADE CONCESSIONS

SPAIN GETS TRADE CONCESSIONS.
The "Open Door TO Our Late Enemies
In Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philip
mines For Ten Years--Treaty Must BE
Ratihed In six Months.
I,ondon. Dec. 1.-THE Paris CORE
spondent of The Times gives the following
as the text of the principal points of the
Spanish American treaty, omitting dlplo-
matte oircumlocutions:
ssSpain relinquishes all claims of sover-
eighty over and title to Cuba, and as the
island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to
be occupied by the United States the latter
will, so long as such occupation shall last,
assume and discharge the obligations in
respect to protection of life and property
which may, under international law, re-
suit from the fact of its occupation.
ssSpain cedes to the United States the
island of Porto Rico and the other islands
now under Spanish sovereignty in the
West Indies, with Guam, in the Marianne
or Ladrone islands. Spain cedes to the
United States the archipelago known as
the Philippine islands
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ten years from the date and exchange of
ratifications of the present treaty, admit
Spanish ships and merchandise to the
ports OF the Philippine islands on the
same terms as the ships and merchandise
Of the United States.
The United States will, upon the sig
nature Of the present treaty, send back to
Spain at its own cost the Spanish soldiers
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of Manila by the American forces. The
arms of the soldiers in question shall be
restored to them Spain will, upon the
signature of the present treaty, release all
prisoners of war and all persons detained
or imprisoned for political offenses in con
nection with the insurrection in Cuba and
the Philippines and the war with the
United States.
son their part, the United States will
release all persons made prisoners of war
bv the American forces and will under
take to obtain the release of all Spanish
prisoners in the hands of the insurgents
in Cuba and the Philippines.
The Release of Prisoners.
ssTbe United States will, at their own
cost, return to Spain, and the govern
ment of Spain will, at its own cost,
return to the United States, Cuba, Porto
Rico or the Philippines, according to the
situation of their respective homes, the
prisoners released or caused to be released
by them respectively under this provision.
The United States and Spain mutually
reIinquish all claim for indemnity, ma
tional and individual, of every kind, of Ell
ther government or of its citizens or sub
jects, against the other government that
may have arisen since the beginning Of
the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to
the exchange Of ratifcations of the present
treaty, including all claims for indemnity
for the cost of the war. The United States
will adjudicate and settle the claims of its
citizens against Spain relinquished under
this stipulation.
'sSpanish subjects, natives of the penin
sula, residing in the territory over which
Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or
ceded her sovereignty. may remain in such
territory or may remove therefrom, retain
ing in either event all their rights Of prop
erty, including the right TO sell or dispose
of such property or its proceeds, and they
shall also have the right to carry on their
industry. commerce and profession, being
subject in respect thereof to such laws as
are applicable to other foreigners. In the
event of their remaining in the territory
they may preserve their allegiance to the
crown of Spain by making, before a court
of record, within a year from the date of
the exchange of ratiiications of the treaty,
declaration of their decision to preserve
such allegiance, in default of which decla
ration they shall be held to have renounc-
ed it and to have adopted the nationality
of the territory in which they may reside.
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the native Inhabitants Of the territory
hereby ceded to the United States shall be
determined by congress- The inhabitants
Of the territory over which Spain relin-
quishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be
secured in the free exercise Of their re-
ligion.
Spaniards In American Colonies.
'sSpaniards residing in the territories
over which Spain, by this treaty, cedes or
relinquishes her sovereignty shall be sub
ject. in matters civil as well as criminal,
to the jurisdiction Of the courts OF the
country in which they reside pursuant to
the ordinary laws governing the same,
and they shall have the right to appear
before such court and to pursue the same
course as citizens of the country to which
the courts belong.
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rights and patents acquired by the Span
iards in the island of Cuba and in Porto
Rico and the Philippines and the other
ceded territories at the time of the ex-
change of the ratifcations Of the treaty
shall continue and be respected Spanish
scientific, literary and artistic work, not
subversive of public order in the territories
in question, shall continue to be admitted
free of duty into such territories for Pc
riod Of ten years, to be reckoned from the
date of the exchange of the ratifications of
the treaty.
Spain shall have the right to establish
consular officers in the ports and other
places of the territories sovereignty over
which has been either reiinquished or ceded
by the present treaty. The government
Of each country will, for term Of ten
years from the exchange of ratifcations,
accord to the merchant vessels of the other
country the same treatment in respect of
all port charges, including entrance and