Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
PEACE TREATY SIGNED.
Points Of the Famous Document
That Ends the War.
NO CLAIMS FOR INDEMNITY.


NO CLAIMS FOR INDEMNITY.
The United States VIII Settle the
Claims of Its CItIzen-Spaniards Re-
naming in Conquered Territories
May Preserve Allegiance to Spain.
Paris, Dec. 12.-The work of the peace
Commission was concluded on Saturday
evening, when the treaty was signed by
both the Spanish and American COM
missioners The treaty consists of IL
articles, it having been found advisable
to subdivide two or three of the articles
in the draft formerly agreed upon.
Spain relinquishes all claims Of SOW
ereignty 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 dis
charge the obligations in respect to,
protection of life and property which
may, under international law, result
from the fact of its occupation
Spain cedes to the United States the
Island of Porto Rico and the other ISL
ands now under Spanish sovereignty in
the West Indies, with Guam, in the
Ladrone Islands.
Spain cedes to the United States the
archipelago known as the Philippine
Islands.
The United States will, for 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.
The United States will, upon the sig
nature of the present treaty, send back
to Spain, at its own cost, the Spanish
soldiers taken as prisoners of war on
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 i'm
prisoned for political offenses in con-
nection with the instruction in Cuba
and the Philippines and the war with
the United States.
The United States will release all per-
sons made prisoners of war by the
American forces and will undertake to
obtain the release of all Spanish pris-
oners in the hands of the insurgents in
Cuba and the Philippines.
The United States will, at their own
cost, return to Spain and the govern
ment of Spain will, at it's own cost. re-
turn 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.
The United States and Spain mutu-
ally relinquish all claim for indemnity.
national and individual, of every kind.
of either government or of its citizens
or subjects, against the other govern
ment that may arise since the begin
ming of the late Instruction in Cuba
and prior to the exchange of ratifica-
tions of the present treaty. including all
claims for indemnity for the cost of
war. The United States will adjudi-
cate and settle the claims of its citi-
zens against Spain, relinquished under
this stipulation.
Spanish subjects, natives of the pen
insula, residing in the territory which
Spain relinquishes, may remain in such
territory or may remove therefrom, re-
of property, including the right to sell
or dispose of such property or it's pro-
ceeds, and they shall also have the
right to carry on their industry COM
merce or profession, being subject in
respect thereof to such laws as are
applicable to other foreigners. In the
event of their remaining in the ter
ritory Trey may preserve their allegi-
ance to the crown of Spain by making
a declaration of their decision to pre-
serve such allegiance, in default of
which declaration they shall be held
to have renowned it.
The civil rights and political status
of the native inhabitants of the terri.
tory hereby eeded to the United States
shall be determined by congress. The
inhabitants of the territory over which
Spain relinquishes or cedes her SOW
ereignty shall be secured in the free
exercise of their religion.
Spaniards residing in the territories
over which Spain cedes or relinquishes
her sovereignty shall be subject in mat
tiers civil as well as criminal to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the coun-
try 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 coun-
try to which the courts belong.
The rights of property secured by
copyrights and patents acquired by the
Spaniards in the coded territories shall
continue to be respected. Spanish
scinetific, literary and artistic works
shall continue to be admitted free of
duty into such territories for a period
of ten years.
Spain shall have the right to establish
consular offices in the ports and other
places of the territories, sovereignty
over which has been either relinquished
or coded. The government of each
country will, for a term of ten years,
accord to the merchant vessels of the
other country the same treatment as
it accords to it's own merchant vessels
not engaged in coastwise trade. This
provision may at any time be revoked
on six months notice given by either
government to the other.
The treaty must be ratified within six
months.