The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-08-18
TERMS OF PEACE.
TEXT OF THE PROTOCOL between
SPAIN AND UNITED STATES.

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TEXT OF THE PROTOCOL BETWEEN
SPAIN AND UNITED STATES.
The Document is Composed of Six
Articles, Each One Defending a De-
mand of the United States and a
Concession Made by the 1adrid
Government
The text OF the protocol signed be-
tween Spain and the United States is
as follows:
Ills excellencv, NJ. Jules Cambon.
ambassador extraordinary and pleni-
potentiarv of the French republic at
Washington, and Mr.. William K.
DAY. secretary of state of the United
States, having received respectively
to the effect plenary powers from the
Spanish government and the govern
ment of the United States. have es-
tablished and signed the following
articles which define the terms on
| which the two governments have
agreed with regard to the questions
| enumerated below. and Of which the
| object is the establishment of peace
between the two countries, namely:
'.Article l.-Spain will renounce
all claim to all sovereignty over and
all her rights over the island of Cuba.
..Article 2.-Spain will cede to the
| United States the islands of Porto
Rico and the other islands which are
at present under the sovereignty of
Spain in the Antilles, as we'll as an
island in the Ladrone archipelago, to
be chosen by the United States.
..Article 3.-The United States will
occupy and hold the city, bay and
harbor of Manila, pending the con-
clusion of a treaty of peace which
| shall determine the control, DISPOSE
ton and government of the Philip
pines.
..Article 4.-Spain will Immediately
evacuate Cuba. Porto Rico and the
other islands now under Spanish SOY
ereigntv in the Antilles. To this
effect each of the two governments
| will appoint commissioners within
ten days after the signing of this
protocol, and these commissioners
Shall meet at Havana within thirty
days after the signing of this proto-
col with the object OF coming to an
agreement regarding the carrying
out of the details of the aforesaid
evacuation of Cuba and other ad accent
Spanish islands; and each of the two
governments shall likewise appoint
within ten days after the signatures
of this protocol other commissioners
who shall meet at San Juan de Porto
Rico within thirty days after the sig
nature of this protocol to agree upon
the details of the evacuation of Porte
Rico and other islands now under
Spanish sovereignty in the Antilles.
..Article 5.-Spain and the United
States shall appoint to treat for peace
five commissioners at the most fol
either country. The commissioners
shall meet in Paris on October 1st at
the latest to proceed to negotiations
and to the conclusion of the treaty o.
peace This treaty shall be ratified
in conformity with the constitutions
laws of each of the two countries.
'.Article 6.-Once the protocol is
concluded and signed, hostilities
shall be suspended, and to that effecr
in the two countries orders shall be
given by either government to the
commanders of it's land and sea force:
as speedily as possible.
done in duplicate at Washington
read in French and in English by the
undersigned, who afliX at the foot o
the document their signatures ant
seals, August II, 1898.