Connecticut western news., 1898-12-15
CONTENTS OF TREATY.
Details of the Convention at
 Last Made Public.
SPAIN GETS TRADE CONCESSIONS.

AIN ub1o lhhUh OONOhOolONo. The 'Opsn Door" to Our Late Enemies
 In Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philip
 pines For Ten Years-Treaty Must He
 Ratified In Six Months.
 London, Dec 14.-The Paris corre- spondent of The Times gives the following as the text of the principal points of the Spanish-American treaty, emitting diplo- matio oiroumlocutions:
 Spain relinquishes all claims of sover- eighty over and title to Cuba, and as the island Is, upon Its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States the latter will, SO long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations In respect to protection of life and property which may, under international law, re- suit from the fact of its occupation.
 "Spain oedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and the other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, with Guam. in the Marianne or Ladrone islands. Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine islands. .=..
 "The United States will, for a term of ten years from the date and exchange of notifications 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
 'sThe United States will, upon the sig nature of the present treaty, send back to Spain at It's own cost the Spanish soldiers taken as prisoners of war on the capture of Manila by the American forces. The nf ha in, hfa 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- nection with the instruction In Cuba and the Philippines and the war with the United States.
 "On their part, the United States will release 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 ReIease of Prisoners.
 ''The United States will, at their own cost, return to Spain, and the govern ment 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 released or caused to be released by them respectively under this provision.
 ''The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all claim for indemnity, na- tional and individual. of every kind, of ei thsr government or of its citizens or sub jects, against the other government that may have arisen since the beginning of the late insurreotion in Cuba and prior to the exchange of notifications of the present treaty, including all claims for indemnity for the cost of the war. The United States will adjudicate and settle the claims of its citizens against Spain relinquished under this stipulation.
 "Spanish subjects, natives of the penin- sula, residing In the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or oeded her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retain ing in either event all their rights of prop erty, 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, commerce and profession, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners In tho event of their remaining in the territory they may preserve their allegiance to the crown of Spain by making, before a court of record, within a year from the date of the exchange of notifications of the treaty, a declaration of their decision to preserve such allegiance, in default of which deola- ration they shall be held to have renounc. ed 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 oeded to the United States shall be determined by congress. The inhabitants NAa tlr xxh atr lir,- quishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in the free exercise of their re- ligion.
 Spaniards In American Coloniss.
 "Spaniards residing in the territories over which Spain, by this treaty, cedes or relinquishes her sovereignty shall be sub ject, in matters civil as we'll as criminal, to the jurisdiction of the courts of the country in which they reside, pursuant to the ordinary laws governing the same, and they shall have the right to appear before such court and to pursue the same course as citizens of the country to which the courts belong.
 "The right of property secured by copy rights and patents acquired by the Span iards in the island of Cuba and in Porto Rico and the Philippines and the other ceded territories at the time of the ex- change of the notifications of the treaty shall continue and be respected. Spanish scientific, literary and artistic work, not subyersive of public order in the territories in question, shall continue to be admitted free of duty into such territories for a pe- riod of ten years, to be reokoned from the date of the exchange of the notifications of the treaty.
 Spain shall have the right to establish consular officers in the ports and other places of the territories sovereignty over which has been either relinquished or oeded by the present treaty. The government of each country will, for a term of ten years from the exchange of notifications, accord to the merchant vessels of the other country the same treatment in respect of all port charges, including entrance and clearance dues, light dues and tonnage duties, as 1t accords to it's own merchant vessels not engaged in coastwise trade. This provision may at any time be termi- mated on six months notice given by ei- ther government to the other.
 Ut Is understood that any obligation assumed in this treaty by the United States with respect to Cuba is limited to the time of the occupation by the United States of that island, but the United States government will, upon the termina- ton of such occupation, advise any gov ernment established in the island to as- sume the same obligations.