The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-17

iUe rEOtoSol TIT Fhits
 Washington, February i6.-The protocol of the agreement is as follows:
 "Whereas the Dominican government, in view of the debts which burden the republic, the imminent peril and urgent menace of intervention on the part of the nations whose citizens have claims al- ready established or to be established, finding itself,. as it does unable peremp- torily to fulf1 its obligations on account of which political disturbances have arisen and other causes have brought the treasury into embarrassment, the result being that the obligations are falling due without it's having been possible to pay them or even the interest thereon, de- elares to reach an arrangement with all it's creditors and the government itself in assuring their regular receipt of reve- nues sufficient for the payment of it's in- ternal administration and the maintenance of It's administrative autonomy without any interruption by the exigeneles of for eign creditors or by internal political dis turgances; and
 "Whereas the government of the United States of America viewing any attempt on the part of the governments outside of this hemisphere to oppress or control the destiny of the Dominican republic as a manifestation of an unfriendly dispo- stion towards the United States, is in compliance with the request of the Domin- ican government, disposed to lend 1t as- sistance towards effectng a satisfactory arrangement with all the creditors of the Dominican government agreeing to re- spect the complete territorial integrity of the Dominican republic.
 Each Government Represented.
 The Dominican government, represent ed by the Secretary of State of foreign relations, Citizen Juan Francisco Sam chez, and the Secretary of State of Finance and Commerce, Citizen Federico Velasquez and the United States govern ment represented by its minister resi- dent, Thomas C. Dawson, have agreed and covenented as follows:
 Article l. The United States govern ment agrees to attempt the adjustment of all the obligations of the Dominican government, foreign as weii as domestic, the adjustment, the payment of and of the conditions of amortization, the con- sideration of conflicting and unreasonable claims. and the determination of the val idity and amount of all pending claims
 If in order to reach such adjustment, 1t shall be considered necessary to name one or more commissioners, the Domini- can government to be represented on said commission
 Article g. In order to enable the United States government to render the assis- tance above mentioned 1t shall take charge of the existing custom houses and those which may hereafter be created. and shall name the employees necessary to their management and shall collect and take charge of all custom house re- ceipts.
 "These employees shall be subject to the civil and criminal Jurisdiction of the Do- minican republic The Dominican gov ernment to appoint in each or the custom houses an officer for the purpose Of mak- ing an inspection on behalf Of Domini- can interests
 Article 3. Out of the revenues which shall be collected in all the custom houses of the republic the government of the United States shall deliver to the Do- minican government. sum, which shall not be less than 45 per cent of the total amount collected for the purpose of sup plying the needs of the public service and which the Dominican government shall receive in monthly payments rom the date of the taking possession or the custom houses by the official or the United States divided into four install nents in the following manner;
 "Forty-fve per cent of the total sum collected monthly in the periods ending on the sth. 18th, 22d and the last day Of each month.
 How Money Shall Be Applied.
 Article 4. The government of the Unit ed States will apply the 5 per cent which it retains toward the payment Of ta) the employees sof all the custom houses' tp) the interest amortization and instaii- ments of the Dominican debt. foreign and domestic, in accordance with what IS hereinbefore provided. according as H