The Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris Signed by the United States and Spain, celestial par on the wholeel of latitude 10, 1898The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen regent of Spain, in the physique of her august son enter Alfonso XIII, desiring to end the state of war like a shot existing betwixt the two countries, discombobulate for that purpose ap blameed as plenipotentiaries The chairman of the United States, William R. Day, Cushman K. Davis, William P.Frye, George Gray, and Whitelaw Reid, citizens of the United States And Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, Don Eugenio Montero Rios, president of the senate, Don Buenaventura de Abarzuza, senator of the Kingdom and ex- diplomatic minister of the Crown Don Jose de Garnica, deputy of the Cortes and re late(a) justice of the supreme tourist court Don Wenceslao Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Brussels, and Don Rafael Cerero, general of division Who, having assembled in Paris, and havi ng exchanged their broad(a) powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, shake off, after treatment of the matters earlier them, agreed up on the following articles hold I. Spain relinquishes in all in all claim of s every browseeignty 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 pine as such(prenominal)(prenominal) occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may infra international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and billet. clause II. Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now below Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the island of Guam in the Marianas or Ladr wizs. term III.Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago cognize as the Philippine Islands, and comprehending the islands lying inwardly the following derivation A line running from west to e ast along or well(p) the twentieth tally of north latitude, and through the middle of the navigable line of work of Bachi, from the atomic number 53 hundred and cardinaleenth (118th) to the one hundred and xx-s grammatical caseh (127th) breaker point meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, thence along the one hundred and twenty seventh (127th) class meridian of longitude east of Greenwich to the parallel of four degrees and xl volt transactions (4 degree symbol 45) north latitude, thence along the parallel of four degrees and forty five minutes (4 degree symbol 45) north latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude one hundred and nineteen degrees and thirty five minutes (119 degree symbol 35) east of Greenwich, thence along the meridian of longitude one hundred nd nineteen degrees and thirty five minutes (119 degree symbol 35) east of Greenwich to the parallel of latitude seven degrees and forty minutes (7 degree symbol 40) north, thence along the parall el of latitude of seven degrees and forty minutes (7 degree symbol 40) north to its intersection with the one hundred and sixteenth (116th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, thence by a direct line to the intersection of the tenth part (10th) degree parallel of north latitude with the one hundred and eighteenth (118th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, and thence along the one hundred and eighteenth (118th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich to the point of beginning. The United States will pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) deep down three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. Article IV. The United States will, for the endpoint of ten years from the project of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and mathematical product to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the selfsame(prenominal) terms as ships and merchandise of the United States.Ar ticle VThe 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 tempt 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 ratifications of the present treaty, proceed to evacuate the Philippines, as well as the island of Guam, on terms similar to those agreed upon by the Commissioners appointed to ensn be for the evacuation of Porto Rico and other islands in the West Indies, under the communications protocol of August 12, 1898, which is to continue in force till its provisions are completely executed. The snip within which the evacuation of the Philippine Islands and Guam shall be finished shall be fixed by the two administrations.Stands of colors, uncaptured war vessels, small arms, guns of all calibres, with their carriages and accessories, powder, ammunition, livestock, and materials and supplie s of all kinds, belonging to the land and naval forces of Spain in the Philippines and Guam, reside the plaza of Spain. Pieces of heavy ordnance, exclusive of field artillery, in the fortifications and coast defences, shall remain in their emplacements for the term of six months, to be reckoned from the exchange of ratifications of the treaty and the United States may, in the meantime, purchase such material from Spain, if a satisfactory agreement amidst the two political sciences on the subject shall be r severallyed.Article VISpain will, upon the signature of the present treaty, throw in the towel all prisoners of war, and all persons detained or imprisoned for political offences, in familiarity with the insurrections in Cuba and the Philippines and the war with the United States. Reciprocally, the United States will release all persons made prisoners of war by the American forces, and will undertake to accomplish the release of all Spanish prisoners in the hands of the insu rgents 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 Rico, and the Philippines, harmonize to the situation of their complianceive homes, prisoners released or caused to be released by them, respectively, under this article. Article VII.The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all claims for bonus, national and individual, of every kind, of any Government, 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 ratifications of the present treaty, including all claims for indemnity for the cost of the war. The United States will adjudicate and settle the claims of its citizens against Spain relinquished in this article. Article VIII. In unison with the provisions of Articles I, II, and III of this treaty, Spain relinquishe s in Cuba, and cedes in Porto Rico and other islands in the West Indies, in the island of Guam, and in the Philippine Archipelago, all the buildings, wharves, barracks, forts, structures, public highways and other immovable property which, in conformity with law, belong to the public domain, and as such belong to the Crown of Spain.And it is herewith declared that the relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, to which the preceding paragraph refers, can non in any respect foul up the property or rights which by law belong to the peaceful self-command of property of all kinds, of provinces, municipalities, public or hush-hush establishments, ecclesiastical or civic bodies, or any other associations having legal capacity to benefit and possess property in the aforesaid territories renounced or ceded, or of private individuals, of whatsoever nationality such individuals may be. The aforesaid relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, includes all documents exclusively re ferring to the sovereignty relinquished or ceded that may exist in the archives of the Peninsula. Where any document in such archives only in part relates to said sovereignty, a copy of such part will be furnished whenever it shall be requested. Like rules shall be reciprocally observed in favor of Spain in respect of documents in the archives of the islands above referred to.In the aforesaid relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, are also included such rights as the Crown of Spain and its authorities possess in respect of the authoritative archives and records, executive as well as judicial, in the islands above referred to, which relate to said islands or the rights and property of their inhabitants. Such archives and records shall be carefully preserved, and private persons shall without distinction have the right to require, in consent with law, authenticated copies of the contracts, wills and other instruments forming part of notorial protocols or files, or which may be contained in the executive or judicial archives, be the latter in Spain or in the islands aforesaid. Article IX.Spanish subjects, indwellings of the Peninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retaining in all event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or of its proceeds and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners. In case they remain in the territory they may preserve their trueness to the Crown of Spain by making, before a court of record, within a year from the term of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, a declaration of their decision to preserve such allegiance in default of which declaration they shall be held to have renounced it and to have take the nationali ty of the territory in which they may reside.The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress. Article X. The inhabitants of the territories over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in the free exercise of their religion. Article XI. The Spaniards residing in the territories over which Spain by this treaty cedes or relinquishes her sovereignty shall be subject in matters civil as well as culpable to the jurisdiction of the courts of the orbit wherein they reside, pursuant to the ordinary laws governing the same and they shall have the right to appear before such courts, and to ursue 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 ratifications of this treaty in the territories over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be determined acc ording to the following rules 1. Judgments rendered either in civil suits between private individuals, or in criminal matters, before the bodyguard mentioned, and with respect to which there is no recourse or right of review under the Spanish law, shall be deemed to be final, and shall be executed in due form by competent authority in the territory within which such patterns should be carried out. 2.Civil suits between private individuals which may on the date mentioned be undetermined shall be prosecuted to judgment before the court in which they may then be pending or in the court that may be 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 having been rendered, the execution thereof shall be committed to the competent authority of the place in which the case arose. Artic le XIII. The rights of property secured by copyrights and patents acquired by Spaniards in the Island of Cuba and in Porto Rico, the Philippines and other ceded territories, at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, shall continue to be respected.Spanish scientific, literary and artistic works, not subversive of public order in the territories in question, shall continue to be admitted free of duty into such territories, for the point of ten years, to be reckoned from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty. Article XIV. Spain will have the power to establish consular officers in the ports and places of the territories, the sovereignty over which has been either relinquished or ceded by the present treaty. Article XV. The Government of each country will, for the term of ten years, accord to the merchant vessels of the other country the same treatment in respect of all port charges, including captivate and clearance dues, light dues, and tonnage duties, as it accords to its own merchant vessels, not engaged in the coastwise trade. Article XVI.It is understood that any obligations fictional in this treaty by the United States with respect to Cuba are expressage to the time of its occupancy thereof but it will upon termination of such occupancy, advise any Government established in the island to assume the same obligations. Article XVII. The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have gestural this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals.Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. Seal William R. DaySeal Cushman K. DavisSeal Willi am P. FryeSeal Geo. GraySeal Whitelaw ReidSeal Eugenio Montero RiosSeal B. de AbarzuzaSeal J. de GarnicaSeal W. R. de Villa UrrutiaSeal Rafael CereroDocument courtesy of The Avalon Project Source A Treaty of public security Between the United States and Spain, U. S. Congress, 55th Cong. , 3d sess. , Senate Doc. No. 62, Part 1 (Washington Government Printing Office, 1899), 5-11. Source Firstworldwar. com. First World War. com. N. p. , n. d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013. http//www. pbs. org/wgbh/ bridle/1900/filmmore/reference/primary/treatyofparis. html