Cession of the Philippines and  million payment by the US   This edit caught my eye I dont have a problem with the edit but I dont follow the edit summary No mention of  millionpayout for ceding Spanish imperial territory Hence the term cede and Im concerned that confusion might develop in the absence of clarifying information Some points Spain did cede the Philippines to the US  the word cedes appears explicitly in Article III of the Treaty of Paris  later TofP which ended the warhttpavalonlawyaleeduthcenturyspasp In a paragraph of that treaty article separate from the paragraph re the cession the US agreed to pay Spain M The TofP does not spell out the reason for the paymant Many sources eg   support this without drawing conclusions about the connectedness or lack thereof between the cession and the payment Some sources eg    characterize this as Spain selling the Philippines to the US generally without explaining this characterization One source  explains The nature of this payment is rather difficult to define it was paid neither to purchase Spanish territories nor as a war indemnity In the words of Historian Leon Wolff It was  a gift Spain accepted it   WPNPOV should be exercised by WP editors in asserting any connectedness or lack of connectedness between the cession and the payment If assertions about this appear in WP articles WPDUE should be the guiding policy point    earlier Boracay Bill