The age-herald., 1899-01-06
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 The United States will pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars ($2O, ,OOO OO0) within three months after the exchange of the notifications of the present treaty.
 Article 1.-The United States will for the term of ten years from the date of ex- change of the notifications of the present treaty admit Spanish ships and merchant disc to the ports of the Philippine islands on the same terms as ships and merchant disc of the United States.
 Article 5-The United States will, upon the signature of the present treaty, send back to Spain, at its own cost, the Spanish sol diers taken as prisoners of war on the cap ture of Manila by the American forces. The arms of the soldiers in question shall be restored to them.
 Spain will, upon the exchange of the notifications of the present treaty, proceed to evacuate the Philippines as well as the island of Guam, on terms simar to those agreed upon by the commissioners ap- pointed to arrange for the evacuation of Porto Rico and other islands in the West Indies under the protocol of August F. 1898. which is to continue in force until its provisions are completely executed.
 Evacuation of the Islands
 The time within which the evacuation of the Philippine islands and Guam shall be completed shall be fixed by the two gov ernments. Stands of coors, uncaptrued war vessels, small arms, guns of all cali bres, with their carriages and accessories, powder, ammunition, live stock and ma terias and supplies of all kinds, belonging to the land and naval forces of Spain in the Philippines and Guam remain the property of Spain. Pieces of heavy ordnance, ex- elusive of field artillery, fin the fortifica- tions and coast defenses shall remain in their supplements for the term of six months, to be reckoned from the exchange of notifications of the treaty, and the Unit ed States may in the meantime purchase material from Spain If satisfactory agreement between the two governments on the subject shall be reached.
 Article 6-Spain will, upon the signing of the present treaty, release all prisoners of war and all persons detained or imprisoned for political offences, in connection with the instructions in Cuba and the Philip pines and the war with the United States.
 Release Prisoners of War
 Reciprocically, the United States will re- lease all persons 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 government of the United States will, at its own cost return to Spain, and the government of Spain will, at its own cost, return to the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, according to the situation of their respective homes, prison CTS released or caused to be released by them, respectively, under this article.
 Article 7-The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all claims for indem- nifty, national and individual of every kind, of either government or of its citizens CT subjects, against the other government that may have arisen since the beginning of the lat fv, (sx,ho md yartnr fO fha exchange of notifications of the present treaty. including all of claims for indemnity for the cost of the war.
 The United States will adjudicate and set tie the claims of its citizens against Spain reinquished in this article.
 Cession of Public Propeety
 Article S--In accordance with the provi- sions of articles 1, and of this treaty Spain reinquishes Cuba and cedes in Porto Rico and other islands in the West Indies, in the island of Guam and in the Philip pine archipelago, all buildings. wharves, barracks forts, structures, public high ways and other immovable property which, in conformity with law belong to the public domain and as such belong to the crown of Spain.
 And, it is hereby declared that the relin- uuishment or cession. as the case may be to which the preceding paragraph refers cannot in any respect impair the property of rights which by law belong to the peaceful possession of property of all kinds of provinces. municipalities. public or pri- vate establishments, ecclesiastic or civic bodies or any other associations having legal capacity to acquire and possess prop erty in the aforesaid territories renounced or ceded, or of private individuals, or what soever nationality such individuals may be.
 To be Observed Reciprocally
 The aforesaid relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, includes all documents exclusively referring to the sovereignty re- Iinuuished or ceded that may exist in the archives of the peninsula. Where any docu- ment In such archives only in part relates to said sovereignty, a copy of such part will be furnished whenever 1t may be re- quested Like rules shall be reciprocally observed in favor of Spain in respect of documents in the archives of the islands above referred to.
 In the aforesaid relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, are also included such
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