The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-11
PEACE TREATY.
Full Text of the Document is
Made Public.
Its Provisions are COntaiued In IL
Articles that Tell In Diplomatic
Language the Story OF the
Loss of Spain's Colo
lI NAL Possessions.

is the treaty of peace concluded at
Paris between the United States and
Spain.
Article Spain relinquishes all
claim of sovereignty over and title to
Cuba; and as the island is upon its
evacuation by Spain to be occupied by
the United States, the United States
will, so long as such occupation shall
last, assume and discharge the obliga-
tions that may under international
law result from the fact of Its occupa-
ton, for the protection of life and
property.
Article 2-Spain cedes to the United
States the island of Porto Rico and
other islands now under Spanish SOW
ereignty in the West Indies, and the
island of Guam in the Ladrones.
Article Spain cedes to the United
States the archipelago known as the
Philippine islands.
Article 1.-The United States will,
for the term of ten years from the
date of the exchange of ratifications
of the present treaty, admit Spanish
ships and merchandise to the ports of
the Philippine islands on the same
terms as ships and merchandise 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 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 exchange of the notifications Of
the present treaty, evacuate the Phil
ippines, as well as the island of Guam,
on terms similar to those agreed up
on by the commissioners appointed to
arrange for the evacuation of Porto
Rico and other islands in the West
Indies under the protocol of August
IL, 1898, which is to continue in force
until the provisions are completely ex-
ecuted. The time within which the
evacuation of the Philippine islands
and Guam shall be completed shall be
fixed by the two governments. Stands
OF colors, uncaptured war vessels,
small arms, guns of all calibers with
their carriages and accessories, pow
der, ammunition, live stock and ma
terials and supplies of all kinds be-
longing to the land and naval forces
of Spain in the Philippines and Guam
remain the property of Spain. Pieces
of heavy ordnance, exclusive of field
artillery, in the Notifications and
coast defenses, shall remain in their
emplacements for the term of six
months, to be reckoned from the ex-
change of ratifications of the treaty,
and the United States may in the
meantime purchase such material
from Spain, if a satisfactory agree
ment between the two governments
on the subject shall be reached.
Article 6-Spain will, upon the sig
nature of the present treaty, release
all prisoners of war and all persons
detained or imprisoned for political
offenses in connection with the insur-
rections in Cuba and the Philippines
and the war with the United States.
Reciprocally 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 prisoners in the hands of the
insurgents in Cuba and the Philip
| pines. 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 Uni
ted States, Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, according to the situation
of their respective homes, prisoners
released or caused to be released by
them, respectively, under this article.
Article 7-The United States and
Spain mutually relinquish all claims
for indemnity, national and individ-
ual, of every kind, of either govern
ment, or of its citizens or subjects,
against the other government, that
may have arisen since the beginning
| of the late insurrection 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 ad-
| Indicate and settle the claims of its
citizens against Spain relinquished in
this article.
Article Sin conformity with the
provisions of articles /, 2 and 3 of this
treaty, Spain relinquishes in Cuba and
cedes in Porto Rico and other islands
in the West Indies, in the island OF
Guam, and in the Philippine archipel.
ago all the buildings, wharves, bar.
racks, forts, structures, public high.
ways and other immovable property
which belong to the public domain
and as such belong to the crown oi
Spain. And it is hereby declared that
the REIMBURSEMENT or cession, as the
case may be, to which the preceding
paragraph refers, cannot impair the
property or rights which by law be
long to the peaceful possession o.
property of provinces, municipalities
public or private establishments, &c
clesiastical or civic bodies, or an,
other associations having legal capac
ity to-possess property in the afore
said territories ceded, or of private in
dividuals, of whatsoever nationalit,
such individuals may be.
Article 9-Spanish subjects, native.
of the peninsula, residing in the ter
ritory over which Spain by the pres
ent treaty relinquishes or cedes he
sovereignty, may remain in such ter
ritory or may remove therefrom, re
tanning in either event all their rights
{ of property, and they shall also hav,
the right to carry on their industry
commerce and professions, being sub