The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11
TREATY is SIGNED.
Representatives Of Both Nations Affix
Their Signatures to the Papers.
EIGHT PRINCIPAL ARTICLES.
The First Contains the Customary Pre-.
amble Hoping forPerpetual Peace.
SPANS SOVEREIGNTY RElINOUlSHED
Cuba Surrendered and Porto Rico, The
Philippines and Guam Coded.
ARRANGEMENTS TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS
spaninrds ana Friars Held by PhiI-
ipinos md Cnbnns Held by spain
Arc To He Released.
SPANS SOVEREIGNTY RElINQUlSnED
Cuba Surrendered and Porto Rico, The
Philippines and Guam Coded.
ARRANGEMENTS 10 EXCHANGE PRISONERS
Especial Dispatch. TO The Post.l

Especial Dispatch, to The Post.)
Washington, December 1o.--Ths news
that the peace treaty had been signed was
heartily welcomed ut the executive man.
sion. Judge Day cabled tho announcement,
with full statement OF the treasy's CON
tents. and these were most satisfactory to
the authorities.
So far as the correspondent has been
able TO learn there are eight principal ar
tieies in the treaty. The first contains GUS
tomary reference to the desire of both
countries to re-establish friendly rela-
lions and remain perpetually at p ace. Then
follows an article setting forth SPANS re-
liuuuishnient of her sovereignty over Cuba
and an article relating to the withdrawal
OF Spanish troops. Spain cedes Porto Rico
and the fifth article is devoled to with
drawafs of Spanish troops and methods IL
the islands ceded to the United States.
Great detail is gone into as to the man
ner of evacuation and military COM
mission such az is sitting in Cuba will
not be necessary.
The articles of tho treaty relate to the
payment of $4,000. 900 to Spain for the
Philippines and the establishment OF an
open door" commercial policy with Spain.
An article relating to cession of the
Island of Guam is included in the treaty
as we'll as provision for the release Of
PHILIPPINES and Cubans he.a prisoners by
Spain in exchange for the immediate re-
lease of the friars and spaniards now in
custody OF the PHILIPPINES.
Paris. December io.---The joint commits
sion met at $3.50 p m. and at a:15 p. M took
a recess until 6 p. m. The commissioners
are awaiting the engrossing of the treaty
OF peace
The Americans were the first to arrive
at the foreign office. the Spaniards coming
half an hour later. Senior Montero Rios.
president Of the Spanish commission, as
c. nded tho steps leanilg on cane aud
bundled up in fur coat. The Americans
shook hands with the Spaniard1 when they
entered the conference hall. The faces of
the representatives of Spain were exceed
ingiy solemn. Apparently they regarded
the occasion as funereal one.
The treaty, which was not completed,
was brought in sections in the hands o..
the engrossers while the commission was
sitting. After being photographed, the
commissioners listened TO the reading Of
the treaty until SIS at which hour they
took a recese until Z. while awaiting the
arrival of the last sections Of the treaty.
The long session this afternoon and the
subsequent recess we're due only to the
fact that each article of the treaty had
to be carefully read and compares in Span
ish and English and to the fact that The
engIrgting OF the last article In Spanish
was .ncomplete-
The treaty as signed consists OF seven
teen articles, 1t having been advisable to
slsbdivaie two or three Of the articles
In the draft agreed upon at the last meet
ing.
The commissioners OF the two com
missions wrote their names ON two copies
Of the rreaty. one copy being for the
archives. The document was prepared by