The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-17
Outline of the Seventeen Articles
Comprised in the Important
Document.
THE ENTIRE GROUND WILL Be- COVERED.
The Disposition of Cuba, Porto Rico AID
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Claims
Against Each Other-The Rights OF
spaniards Remaining in the Coded Ter
ritory-ReIigIous Freedom, Etc.

lowing as the text of the Hispano-
American treaty, emitting diplomatic
circumlocutionS:
Spain relinquishes all claims of sover-
eighty over and title to Cuba; and as the
: island is upon it's evacuation by Spain to
oa occupied by the United States. the lat
ter will. so long as such occupation snail
last, assume and discharge the obligations
in respect to the protection of life and
: property which may, under international
law, result from its occupation.
Spain cedes to the United States the is
and of Porto Rico and the other islands
now under Spanish sovereignty in the
West Indies. with Guam, in the Mariana,
Or Ladrone. Stands.
Spain cedes to the United States the
archipelago known as the Philippine is
lands.
The United States will for a term of ten
years from the date and exchange of rati-
| fications 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 sigma
! ture to the present treaty, send back to
Spain at it's own cost the Spanish soldiers
! taken as prisoners of war at the capture
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-
! aection with the insurrection in Cuba and
the Philippines and the war with the
United States.
On their part the United States will re-
lease all persons made prisoners of war
by 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 United States will, at their own
cost, return to Spain. and the government
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 re-
leased or caused to be released by them
! respectively under this provision.
The United States and Spain mutually
~rGlinquish all claim for indemnity. ma
tional and individual, of every kind, of
either government. or of it's citizens or
subjects, against the other government
that may have arisen since the beginning
of the late instruction in Cuba and prior
to the exchange of Publications of the
present treaty, including all claims for in
demnity for the cost of the war. The
United States will adjudicate and settle
the claims of its citizens against Spain re-
~linquished under this stipulation.
Spanish subjects, natives of the penin-
sula, residing in the territory over which
Spain by the present treaty reIinuuishes
or coded her sovereignty, may remain in
such territory or may remove therefrom.
retaining in either event all their rights
of property, 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. and
profession, being subject in respect there
of to sudl laws as are applicable to other
fcroigne!t. In the event of their remain
ing in tie territory they may preserve
their allegiance to the crown of Spain
by making, before a court of record, with
in a year from the date of exchange of
notifications of the treaty, a declaration
of their decision to preserve such ale
glance. in default of which declaration
they shall be held to nave renowned it,
and to have adopted the nationality of
the territory in which they may reside.
The civil rights and political status of
the native inhabitants of the territory
hereby coded to the United States shall
be determined by congress. The inhabi-
tants of the territory over which Spain
relinquishes Or cedes her sovereignty
shall be secured in the free exercise Of
their religion.
Spaniards residing in the territories
over which Spain by this treaty cedes or
relinquishes her sovereignty shall be sub
iect in matters civil as well as criminal
to the jurisdiction of the courts of the
country in which they reside. pursuant
10 the ordinary laws governing the same.
and they shall have the right to appear
before suC-l court and to pursue the same
course as citizens of the country to which
the coSTtS belong.
The right of property secured by copy
rights and patents acquired by the Span
iards in the island of Cub and in Porto
Rico and the Philippines and the other
coded territories at the time of the eX-
change of the Publications of the treaty
shall continue and he respected. Spanish
scientific, literary and artistic works. not
subversiye of public order in the terri
tories in question, shall continue to be
admitted free of duty into such terrific
ries for a period of ten years. to be reck-
oned from the date of the exchange OF
the Publications of the treaty.
Spain shall have the right to establish
consular offices in the ports and other
places of the territories. sovereignty over
which has been either r~elinquished or
coded by the present treaty.
The government of each county will,
for a term of ten years from the ex-
change Of notifications. accord to the mer-
chant vessels of the other country the
same treatment in respect of all port
charges. including entrance and clear
SIN' 'NNIS bShN Nv anu N'ilildSt uu-
ties. as it acCOrds to its own merchant
vessels not engaged in coastwise trade.
The provisions may at any time be ter
minated on six months notice given by
either government to the other.
1t is understood that any obligation
assumed in this treaty by the United
States with respect to CuIa is limited to
the tine of the occupation by the
United States of hat island, but
the United States government will,
upon the termination of such occupation,
advise any government established in the
island to assume the same obligations.
Disappointed Because the President Did
Not Speak.
Lynchburg. Va. Dec. 1.-THE presi-
dental train pulled into the Union sta
ton a little after seven o'clock last
night. and stopped only three or four
minutes. Although it was after dark
and very cold. a crowd of hundreds
Curged along the sides of the cars to
get a glimpse of the president. 1t was
not until the last car pulled through
that he was sighted on the rear plat
form. bowling to the cheering assem-