The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-27

As the SpanIards 1ufn Over Property
Americans Assume Control.
Both NATIONS ARE TO FIRE sALu1ES
United states Guarantees 10 Protect
All Intcrcsts and tn Preserve
Order In the Island.

evacuation commissioners Will tomorrow
4 issue the following proclamation to the
iclhabitants OF the island OF Cuba.
The undersigned commissioners, Oh the
part Of the United States. having been In
vested with power by the president to ar
range for and execute the evacuation OF
Cuoa and adjacent islands and also taking
over the public property of Spain. have
entered into an agreement with the COM
nilssloners on the part OF Spain for the
Anal ceremonies and regulations to be OBJ
served and carried out on the 1st day o..
Janaiaiy and thereafter until al Spanish
troops shall have embarked for repatriation
and the tame Is pubished for the guidance
of the inhabitaJts and others outside of
the Santiago district
The undersigned desire In this pubic
manner To impress ma enjon upon iii the
people OF the island the necessity for strict
compliance with the terms or this agree
mcnt to tho end that public order and due
respect for the gravity of the occasion may
! prevail and especially to admonish all
classes of peoplo to exercise self-restraint
ana moderation and refrain from giving
n. cause OF ohensc or irritation aud from
the exhibition Of excitement, undue MANI
festation of feeling, or from doing any act
4 oaleuiated to produce irritation or bad
feeling. II
II = o.. nearly four months this commission
and other officials OF the United States
nave been under the protection OF the
4 spanish authority ana they havc extended
10 the Unsted States the most scrupuIous
courtesy aDd consideration and not one
unpleasant incident has married our 90
iDllru hetr iIet a
positions are soon TO be reversed ami they
are 70 become our guests anI entitled to
OUT protection we must SEQ to 1t that tn v
Enjoy the Same immunity and censtdera-
Won Apart from the eminent propriety of
hiich course, tho best Interests of all
clhsses, CubanS, Span1artls and Americans
VIII pe thereby subserved Acthsg under
a sense OF duty 10 the people and our gov
errinent we give notice that any violation
OF the terms and provisions OF this agree
lnent will be resented ana offenders
prought promptly to Justice. Representing
al ciilsseS and interests we shall be gov
eined by the strictest impartiality with
n the sole purpose OF promoting the re-
haDllltntion and pacltication of Cuba The
preservation OF peace. the security to Der-
sons arh property and the establishment
an nnafnaenance of government with lust
laws, impartially adrninistered. are ind.s
pensable to the welfare and happine az
people We therefore co!ifidertly invoke the
ard and Co operation Of the inhabitants In
accomplishing these ends
me agreement is us follows:
Whereas The convention entered in,to
ON Tho 10th day of November 1893. no
Tween the commissioners of The Unite 1
Sstes and the commissioners OF Spain pro
vsdes That the final evaruatabn OF Cuba and
adjacent Spanish islands by the forces OF
Span shall be completed by II o'rlock
meridian on the first day OF january, 1899.
and says that 1t for unavoidable reasons
The enharkatien OF Spanish forces shlll
NOT pc completed ON the date herein fixed,
IN krch case suitable and conygaietat p!ncts
shall be designated for the resleenca Of
the nenninine Spanisa troops untll their
eniMrkatt0a shall be accomplished Il ba-
Ing We'll understood. however, that these
troops will not be elected from the!r qtar-
ceis difi'fng the time THAT they must nee
essa-!ly remain there. leaving tnem in
Their quarters and the sick In
HOSPITALS nader ese safeeua,,J az
TIE ARMIES OF the Unified States until thew
q can Re sent home; npd whereas. notwth-
stumbling all the efforts made by the Snan-
ssh aufNrrsttes faithfully and promptly 10
c,rry out tho provisions OF ths aforesaid
convention there will still be number OF
Span.sh troops In the provinces OF Matan- :
ms and Santa Clara Nston dt will havs
bswn impossible TO embark fer Their native
oouItry before the first OF january next
Now. therefore. be It agneed be4wee,
sbe commissioners of the Unitsd States
and the commissioners of Spain In ioint
session assembled. possessing FIR this f,,ir-
rose under article 4 or the pro'orol aerea-
ment between The Unitsd States ard Spa
signed On Washington OF the 12th day of
August, 1888, full authority from the gov
erctn,ent of the United Sfufes and thu yov
ernms'nr OF Spain resDective'y ms follows.
" First the Spanish troops penn' ming
unemharked on the first OF january VIII
remain undssturbed until their embarka
tson TO Spain. In their respective quarters.
bull dings ard grounds actually tNen re-
uup.sd by them AMI during that pe.f,i
x'hsil enjoy the privileges and imnu tiles
usually accorded by the rules OF IN erna-
4ioral law governing forearn troop, in n
friendly country. The qui,rters, buitsinrs
md GROUNDS actually occupied by said
troups viii be considered as being cove e /
Y BY the nrIyifeges of extra territoriallty.
II rce G7eihility for keeping good order Ia
3. pleces thus occur,ed being urcn the au-
4 thorities OF the Umatei Statas. The COM
= nandrng officer of the Spenish flsr-es In
q the event OF pubic disorder, VIII ph,rc
hyHeelf ~ once IN communication with the
commandine officer OF the Unite1 S-ates
forces and In concert With HIM carry out
such measures for the suppression OF dis
4 order az they may joirutly agneN upon,
y OF yhifh faiey may have formulated "a "a
Hs1pce for the prevention and Suppression
of Tu9h Hisorfers.
rs Serocd. the Spaplah officers In COM
= Hsnd OF troer,s win give die notice tn thu
!, reArssf ccnmprd,-g owi-er OF this Urited
=! f',pxes forces of INTENDED departure from
0uaTts.a for their respective points Of EN-
b7fi,sslon.
srh'rd. provincial and municipal au-
( &60r1tie, VII NM he ssicwAd 70 rex N any
s 196tlpes, nor rive anv oratrv whirhi VIII
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