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ercise of their religion.
ARTICLE XI.

ercise of their religion.
| ARTICLE ri.
| The Spaniards residing in the territories
over which Spain by this treaty cedes or
rcnquishes her sovereignty shall be sub
ject in matters civil as well as criminal
to the jurisdiction of the courts of the
country wherein they reside, pursuant to
the ordinary laws governing the same;
and they shall have the right to appear
before such courts and to pursue the same
course as citizens of the country to which
the courts belong.
ARTICLE XII.
Judicial proceedings pending at the time
of the exchange of Publications of this
treaty in the territ cries over which Spain
relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall
be determined according to the following
rules
/. Judgments rendered either in civil
suits between private individuals or in
criminal matters before the date men
toned and with respect to which there is
no recourse or right of revenue under the
Spanish law shall be deemed to be final
and shall be executed in due form by
competent authority in the territory with
in which such judgments should be car
ried out
9. Civil suits between private individ-
uals which may on the date mentioned
he undetermined shall be prosecuted to
judgment before the court in which they
may then he pending or in the court that
may he substituted therefor.
3. Criminal actions pending on the date
mentioned before the Supreme Court OF
Spain against citizens of the territory
which by this treaty ceases to be Spanish
shall continue under its jurisdiction until
final judgment; but such judgment hav-
ing been rendered, the execution thereof
boil I., ,,,,,it tod 70 f1,n
thor!ty of the place in which the case
arose.
: ARTICLE XIII.
The rights OF property secured by copy
rights and patents acquired by Spaniards
in the Island de Cuba, and in Porto Rico
, the Philippines and other coded territor-
,, les, at the time of the exchange of the
: Publications of this treaty shall continue
to be respected. Spanish scientific. literary
, and artistic works not subversve of pub
, lie order in the territories in question
/ shall continue to be admitted free of duty
, into such territories for the period of ter
, years, to be reckoned from the days OF
/ the exchange of the notifications of this
, treaty.
ARTICLE XIV.
< Spain will have the power to establish
l consular offices in the ports and places
}
3 which has been either reinqushed OF
4 coded by the present treaty.
ARTICLE Ky.
= The government of each country will
S for the term of ten years. accord to thu
8 merchant vessels of the other country thu
same treatment in respect Of all por
. charges, including entrance and clearance
dues, light dues and tonnage duties as i
; accords to its own merchant vessels no
engaged in the coastwise trade.
D This article may at any time be ter
=. minated on sin months notice given b!
either government to the other
e ARTICLE XVI.
1t is understood that any obligations as
sumod in this treaty by the United State
with respect to Cuba are limited to tn
9 time of its occupancy thereof; but it will
/ upon the termination of such occupancy
= advise any government established in tn
Il island to assume the same obligations
d ARTICLE XVII.
The present treaty Shall he ratified b.
: the President of the United States, b.
and with the advice and consent of tn
:, Senate thereof. and by her Majesty, tn
;, Queen Regent of Spain; and the ratihca
lions shall be exchanged at Washington
=, within six months from the date hereof
= or earlier, if possible
u In faith whereof. we, the RESPECTIVE
Il Observation-Disclosures have signcH tfis treat
and have hereunto affixed our seals.
: Done in duplicate. at Paris. the tent
. dav of December, in the year of our Lor'
. one thousand eighteen hundred and nine
ty-eight.
WILLIAM r. DAY,
CUSHMAN X. DAVIS
WILLIAM p. FRYE,
GEORGE GRAY,
. WHITELAW reid,
Il EUGENIO MONTERO RIOS,
. y. DE ABARZUZA,
: j. DE GARNICA,
t W. II. DE VILLA URRUT1A,
IL II RAFAEL CERERO.
i MASS OF CORRESPONDENCE.
Q Accompanying the treaty is grea
mass of correspondence, making a PRINT
d ed volume of 675 pages. This includes
It mong other things all of the credentials
the American commissioners TO Parls an
the protocols which are the records or TN
daily proceedings of the commissioners
" that led up to the final treaty of peace
n embodying necessarily all OF the propos
o lions and counter propositions of the pas
l. printed in both languages, English an
e Spanish.
J. that the press reports from Paris durin
J. the proceedings of the commission Sc
= these forth with n remarkable degree {
= accuracy considering the secrecy whic
was supposed to overhang the proceed
= ings.
v There is also included all the CORE.
a. pondence that passed between the trenc
e Embassy here and the Department {
e State which led up to the signature OF tn
If protocol, but, the interesting feature
s. namely, the effort of the Spanish Minste
p of Foreign Affairs to withdraw the sovel
g eighty of the Philippines from question
O. has already been published unofhcially.
e. FRENCH CHARGES PROTEST.
a. Included in this correspondence is lettt
from NJ III ebaut, the French charge d
s. affares, protesting against the continl
II ance of the operations of the insurgents
lie the Philippines which he assumed wa
at with the knowledge and consent of II
n American commanders, and suggestin
n that the Spanish troops captured at Mani
id be allowed to fight the Filipinos.
III TO this Mr.. Moore, acting secretary, r
+ piled on September 5, that upon investig;
b. ton he had found that most of the stat
,f ments were groundless. There was so
Is of a suggestion from the French chars
d'affairs to the effect that the families
g the Spanish officers who We're captured
n Guam were suffering.
in There is included all of the correspol
of dence that passed between the departmei
n OF state and the United States consuls
Is Manila. Hongkong and Singapore, relati'
"a to the hilippineS.