Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-21
THE PEACE TREATY.
BRIEF OUTLINE OF ITS SEVEN.
TEEN ARTICLES.
Disposition of Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines-Comme Treaty
Will Not BE Effected Until the Peace
Agreement Is Ratified.

Extraordinary precautions were mai
tanned by both the peace commissions I
preserve secrecy as 20 the contents of ii
treaty. Each commission has two copie
but even the commission attaches wei
not permitted to peruse the document
The State Department was advised tn;
the text of the treaty is entirely too Ion
TO send by telegraph, so a copy will |
mailed or brought to Washington by Ii
American peace commissioners. The d.
partmeht's ad3ices are that the treat
consists of GOO typewritten pages, prol
ably the longest document of the kind
the worlds history. The correspondei
Of the Associated Press obtained from
source usually reliable the following ou
line of the treaty:
Article I provides for the relin-
quishment of Cuba.
Article provides for the cession
Of Porto Rico.
Article provides for the cession
of the Philippines for $20,000,000 as
compensation,
Article embraces the plans for
the cession of the Philippines, in
cluding the return of Spanish pris-
oners in the hands Of the Tagalos.
Article deals with the cession of
barracks, war materials, arms,
stores, buildings and all property
pertaining to the Spanish admins
tration in the Philippines.
Article 6 is a remuneration by both
nations of their respective claims
against each other and the citizens
of each other.
Article { grants to Spanish trade
and shipping in the Philippines the
same treatment as American trade
and shipping for period of ten
years.
Article provides for the release
of all prisoners of war held by
Spain and of all prisoners held by
her for political offenses committed
In the colonies acquired by the Unit
ed States.
Article 8 guarantees the legal
rights of Spaniards remaining in
Cuba.
Article 10 establishes the relig-
ious freedom of the Philippines and
guarantees to all churches equal
rights.
Article II provides for the compo-
sition of courts and other tribunals
in Porto Rico and Cuba.
Article u provides for the admin
istration of justice in Porto Rico
and Cuba.
Article Is provides for the contin-
- Snon,.h
copyrights in the ceded territories,
giving Spanish books admittance
free of duty.
Article IA provides for the estab-
lishment of consulates by Spain in
the ceded territories.
Article 10 grants to Spanish COM
merce in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines the same treatment as
to American for ten years, Spanish
shipping to be treated as coasting
vessels.
Article 16 stipulates that the OBJ
legations of the United States to
Spanish citizens and property in
Cuba shall terminate with the with
drawal of the United States author
itios from the island.
Article II provides that the treaty
must be ratified within six months
from the date Of signing by the re-
spectiva governments in order to be
binding.
For some time to come the Unite
States and Spain must get along withor
any treaty to regulate commerce betwee
the two countries. An effort was made {
Paris to secure an arrc cement with til
Spanish commissioners looking to the r,
viyal ot the old treaties until they coul
be replaced by others, but this havin
failed. no negotiations for new CONNIE
cial treaties will be undertaken befor
ratification of the heace treatY.