The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-06
EXECUTIVE MANSION

q
Gated in the list accompanying the report
'''' ' W WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 1899.
To the President: The undersigned, Sec
rotary of State, has the honor to lay be
fore the President, with view to its
submission to the Senate, if deemed
proper, a treaty of peace concluded at
Paris on December 10, 1898, between the
United States and Spain. Accompanying
the treaty are the protocols of the con-
ferences of the Peace Commission at
Paris, together with copies of statements
made before the United States Commits
inclosed list. Respectfully submitted,
JOHN HAY.
Accompanying the message and the
Secretary's letter is the Official text of
the treaty, being an exact copy of the
document brought to the United States
by the American Commissioners.
The full text of the treaty follows:
The United States of America and her
Majesty, the Queen Regent of Spain, in
the name of her august son, Don Alfonso
XIII, desiring to end the state of war now
existing between the two countries, have
for that purpose appointed as plenpoten-
tiarieS:
The President of the United States,
liam P. Frye, George Gray and Whitelaw
Reid, citizens of the UniteI States.
And her Majesty, the Queen Regent OF
Spain, Don Eugenio Montero Rios, Presi-
dent of the Senate: Don Buenaventura de
Abarzuza, Senator of the Kingdom and
ex-Minister of the Crown; Don Jose de
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court;
Don Wenceslao Ramirez de Villa-UrIutia,
potentiary at Brussels, ana Don Rafaei
Correro, General of Division, who, hav-
ing assembled in Paris and having ex-
changed their full powers, which were
found to be in due and proper form, nave
after discussion of the matters before
them agreed upon the following articles:
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 obligations that may under
international law result in the fact of its
occupation for the protection OF life and
property.
Article II-Spain cedes to the United
States the island of Porto Rico and other
islands now under Spanish sovereignty
in the West Indies, and the island Of
Guam in the Marianas, or Ladrones.
Article III-Spain cedes to the United
ippine Islands, and ,comprehendlng the
islands lying within the following line: A
line running from west to east along or
near the twentieth parallel of north lati-
tude and through the middle Of the navi-
gable channel of Bachi, from the one
hundred and eighteenth Q1StM to the one
nunQreQ ana LWenIy-S6VenIn tlZItn) de-
gree meridian of longitude east of Green
witch, thence along the one hundred and
twenty seventh Q27th) degree meridian of
longitude east of Greenwich to the paraI-
lei of four degrees and forty-tive minutes
CAD north latitude, thence along the par
allel of four degrees and forty-five min
uteS (4:40) north latitude to its interSec-
ton with the meridian of longitude one
hundred and nineteen degrees and thirty
five minutes Q19:35) east of Greenwich,
thence along the meridian of longitude
one hundred and nineteen degrees and
thirty-five minutes Q19:35) east of Green
witch to the parallel Of latitude seven de-
greeS and forty minutes G:40) north,
thence along the parallel of latitude seven
degrees and forty minutes GAO north to
its intersection with the one hundred and
sixteenth Q16th) degree meridian of longi
tude east of Greenwich, thence by direct
line to the intersection of the tenth G0th)
degree parallel of north latitude with the
one hundred and eighteenth 01Sth) degree
meridian of Longitude east of Greenwich,
and thence along the one hundred and
longitude east of Greenwich to the point
of beginning. The United States Wilt pay
to Spain the sum of twenty million dol
lars (S20 900 ,000) within three months after
the exchange Of the ratification of the
present treaty.
Article IV-The United States will for
the term of ten years from the date of
the exchange of the ratification 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 V-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 ratification of the pres
ent treaty, proceed to eVacuate the Philip
pines as well as the island of Guam, on
terms similar to those agreed upon by the
Commissioners appointed to arrange for
the evacuation of Porto Rico and other
islands in the West Indies under the pro-
tocol of August H. 1898, which is to con-
tinue in force till its provisions are COM
pletely executed. 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 car
ton, livestock and materials 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, exclusive of
field artillery, in the Notifications and
coast defenses shall remain in their en-
placements for the term of six months To
be reckoned from the exchange of the rati-
fications of the treaty, and the United
States may in the meantime purchase
such material from Spain if a satisfactory
agreement between the two Governments
on the subject shall be reached
Article VI-Spain will, upon the sigma
ture of the present treaty, release all
prisoners of war and all persons detained
or imprisoned for political offenses in
connection with the instruction in Cuba
and the Philippines and the war with the
United States. Reciprocally, the United
States will release all persons made pris-
oners of war by the American forces, and
will undertake to obtain the release of all
Spanish prisoners in the hands of the in
surgents 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