The age-herald., 1898-12-07
PARIS TREATY
 IS FINISHED Nothing Now Remains But the
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 No Session Today.

Paris, December 6-The peace treaty of Paris is practically an accomplished fact. Today's session disposed of the essential features of the treaty, which will be em- bodied in the following eight articles:
 l. The customary preface of treaties, in the nature of an expression of amity and Of hope for perpetual peace.
 2. The relinquishment by Spain of her sovereignty over Cuba.
 8. The withdrawal of the Spanish troops.
 4. The relinquishment by Spain of her sovereignty over Porto Rico.
 Q. Spain cession of the Philippines.
 6. The withdrawal of the Spanish troops there.
 '. Payment by the United States of s2o,- 100000 for the Philippines
 8. Provision for the "open door" commer- cial policy in the Philippines.
 An Interesting Paper
 The rough draft of the treaty, which may be considerably changed, covers the pro- posals. It makes long document, which Senator Cushman l.. Davis of the upite6- States peace commission says will be one of the most interesting papers of its char acter ever written. So completely are the details of the evacuation of the Philippines stipulated that commission such as ar- ranged for the Spanish withdrawal from the West Indies will be unnecessary
 Among the questions not yet settled, how ever, are the coalng station and religious freedom in the Carolines, the Spanish com- mission not having replied to the Ameri- can offer. The Americans agree to trans port the Spanish prisoners home, including the garrison and sailors at Manila captured by Admiral Dewey and General Merritt, as well as the soldiers and civilians held by the Filipinos, whose return the Americans have guaranteed. As compensation, Spain promises to liberate all Cuban. Porto Rican and Philippine political prisoners. Span- ish soldiers elected to remain in the colo nies may do so, but it is more matter of economy for the Americans to return the soldiers, as they must be fed as long as they are kept, and Spain is unable to bear the expense of the repatriation.
 Eight secondary Subjects
 Also the Americans have rejected Spain's offer for free shipping for ten years in Cu- ban and Porto Rican waters, they having given the Spanish commissioners such poor consolation as the latter may derive from the permission to reapply when the diplo- matlc relations have been renewed for ship ping concessions under the reciprocity scheme of the Dingley law. for which Se- nor Dupuy DeLome was negotiating in Washington when the war broke out. There are still under discussion eight secondary subjects, which the Spanish commissioners preached last week, including the status of patents and copyrights. The American r,do fn tero Rios a written reply covering these questions There will probably be no joint session tomorrow, as the Spaniards desire time to consider the document.
 Confirmed In Washington
 Washington, December 6.-The advices from Paris to the effect that 1t might be reasonably presumed that the peace com- missoners will be ready to sign treaty of peace within a day or two is fully con firmed here. It is learned that the presi- dents instructions to Judge Day were to hasten the conclusion and to that end the American commissioners have been au- thorized to limit the treaty closer to the protocol points, leaving other matters. such as the acquisition of cable stations and naval stations, to be dealt with hereafter As such separation of the points is entirely in line with the expressed desire of the Spanish commissioners, there appears to be no reason now that an agreement has been reached as to all of the protocol points, why these should not be immedi- ately reduced to the form in which it is de- sired they should appear in treaty and be at once signed by the commissioners. In this case 1t is possible the treaty of peace may be submitted to congress even before the Christmas recess.
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