A ————————————————— i AA VS EACE TREATY. Submitted to the Senate With President's Message. vem—— ARTICLES AGREED UPON f— Show Complete Submission to United States Demands Cuba and the Phillip pines— All Claim to Sovereignty Over the Former Relinguished — Ceding of the Archipelago-—-The Rights of Citizens. Washington, D, C., (Special, )—The follow- ing is the President's message and the letter of the Secretary of State submitting to the Seénate the treaty of peace concluded at Paris between the United States and Spain, to gather with the official to the United States by the American com- missioners: “To the Senate of the United States: — “1 transmit herewith, with a view to its of Paris on December 10, 1898, together with the protocols and papers indicated in the list State, “Wa McKiNvey, “Executive Maosion, 1899, “To the President: “The undersigned, Secretary of State, bas the honor to lay before the President, with a view to its submission to the Senate, it deamed proper, a treaty of peace concluded at Paris on December 10, 1898, between the United States and Spain, cols of the conferences of the peace commis- sion at Paris, together with coples of state- ments made before the United States com- inclosed list, “Respectfully submitted, ‘Joux Hav. “Department of State, Washington, Jan. 3, 1809." The Peace Troaty. The United States Ameriea and Majesty the Queen Regecot of name of her august son, Don Alfonso XIII, desiring to end the state of war now existing her of pose appointed as plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States Wm. R. Day, Cushman K. Davis, Wm, P, Frye. George Gray and Whitelaw Reid, citizens of the United States, And her Majesty the Spain—Don Eugenio Mootero Rios, presi. dent cf the Senate; Abarzuza, Senator of the kingdom and ex-| minister of the crown; Don Jose de Garniea, | Deputy to the Cortes and associate justice of the Supreme Court: Don Weneceslao Ras mirez de Villa-Urrutia, envoy extraordinary aod minister plenipotentiary at Brussels, and Don Rafael Cerero, general of division Who, having assembled in Paris and hav Queen found to be in due and proper form, have, after discussion of the matter before them, agreed upou the following articles . ARTICLE Spain relinquishes ail claim ofsove over the title of Cuba. Aud as the isiand is, by Spain, to be the United such occupation shall last, ass charge the obligations that m ternational law, result from occupation, for the protection of ilfe and property, reigaly its evacustion by the will, so long as ime apd dis- under ine fact upon ’ ueiled geeu pie States, Siates RY. of its Ads dd Spain ecedes to the United States the Isl land of Porto Rico and other islands pow under Spanish sovereignty the West la- dies. and the Isiand of Goeam, in the Marl anas or Ladrones, ARTICLE 111 Spain cedes to the United States the.archi- peiago known as the Philippine Islands, and comprehending the islands lying within the followieg lines: A ine ruanoing from west to east along or near the tweatieth parallel of north latitude and through the middle of the navigable channel of Bachi, from the 118th to the 127th degree meridian of longitude east of Green- wich: thenee along the 127th degree meridian oily in of longitude east of Greenwich to the par- allel of 4 degrees aod 45 minutes north lati- tude to its intersection with the meridian of Greenwich: thence along the meridian Jongitude 110 degrees and 35 minutes oust of Greenwleh to the parallel of latitude of 7 degrees and 40 misutes north to its intersec- Jine to the intersection ol the the point of beginning. The United States will pay fo Spain the sum of $20,000 000 within three months after the exchange of the ratifieations ent treaty, ARTICLE IV, The United States will, for the form of tan years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the yiallippine Islands on the same terms os ships and merchandise of the United States, ARTICLE ¥. The United States will, upon the signa- ture 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, Tue arms of the soldiers in question shail be sestored to them. Bpain will, upon the exchange of the rati- fications of the present treaty, proceed to evacuate the Philippines, as well as the Island of Gusm, onterms similar to those agreed upon by the commissioners ap- pointed to arrange for the evacuation of Porto Rleo nod other islands in the West Indies under the protocol of August 12, 1808, which Is to continue In foree till its are completely executed, The time within which the evacuation of the Philippine Islands and Guam asball be aompieted shall be fixed by the two govern- ments, Stands of colors, uncaptured war vessels, small nxme, guns of all onlibers, with thelr earriages and acesesorins, powder, am munition, live stock and materials and sup- plies of all kinds belonging to the land and naval forces of Epain In the Philippines and Guam remain the property of Spain, Pieces of heavy ordnance, exclusive of fleld artil- lery, in the fortifications and coast defenses shall remaln In thelr emplacements for the term of six months, to be reckoned from the ox of ratifleations of the tresty; and &ho United States may, In the meantime, purobase suob material from Spain i a sat. isfactoly agreemont betwlen the two gov- ernmehts on the sul ject shall be reached. ARTICLE ¥1. Spain will, upon the sigoature of the pres. ent treaty, release all prisoners of war and all persons detdloed or iggprisoned for polit lcal offenses Iu congection with the insur- rection in Cuba and the Philippinks and the war with the Uglied States. Reciprocally the United States will release all persons made prisoners of war by the American forces and will undertake to obtain the re- lease of all Spanish prisénars in the hands of the insurgents in Ciba apd the Philippines. The government of the United States will, atits own oost, return to Spalp, and the government of Spain will, at its own cost, return to the United States, Cub, Porto Rico and the Philippines, according to the situa- tion of thelr respective homes, prisoners re- leased or caused to be released by them, re- spectively, under this article, ARTICLE VII, The United States and Spain mutually re clalms for indemnity, national and ladividual, of every kind ot either gov- the other government that may have arisen since the beginning of the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to the exohange of ratifi- claltus for indemuity for the cost of the war, The United States will adjudicate and set- relinquished iu this article, ARTICLE VIIL In conformity with the provisions of arti- the Philippine archi- forts, structures, public highways and other conformity And it is heraby declared that the relin- to which the preceding paragraph refers cannot in any respect impair the property property of all kinds, of en property in aforesaid territories, renounced or ever nationality suoh individuals may be, Tho aloresald rellaquishment or cession, As the cass may ba, includes all documents exclusively referring to the soversigaty, re- linquished or ceded, that may exist in the archives of the peniosula, Where any doe- ument io such archieves only in part rolates to sald sovereignty a copy of sueh part will be furnished whenever it shall be requested. Like rules stall be reciprocally observed in favor of Spaio in respect of documents in Ia the aforesaid relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, are also included such rights as the crown of Spain and its suthor- ities possess In respect of the official ar- chives and records, executive as well as islands above referred which relate to sald lelands or the rights and property of thelr inhabitants, Such archives and records shall be carefully preserved, and private persons shall, without distise- tion, have a right to require, in accordacce wita law, authsnticated copies of the con tracts, wills and other lustraments forming part of notariol protocols or flies or which may be contained in the executive or judieal archives, be the latter in Spain or in the | iands aforesaid. to ARTICLE IX. Spanish subjects, natives of the peninsuin, rasidiog in territory over which Spain the present treaty rellaquishes or cedes her may remove therefrom, retaining io the right to sell or disposes of such property or of Its proceads; and they shall also have industry, com- meres and professions, being sulject in re spect thereof! to such laws as are applica In case they remain legianes to the crown of Spain by making before a court of record, within a year from the date of the exchange of ratifieation this treaty, a declaration of their decision to praserve such allegiance, in default of which declaration they shall be held to have re. nounced it and to have adopted the nation- ality of the territory in which they may re- side, The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitauts of the territories hereby be deter of mined by the Congress, ARTICLE X. The inbabitants of the territories over whicd Spain raiinquishes or cedes her sov- ereignty 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 re linqu'shes her sovereignty shall be sul ject in matters civil as well as eriminal, to the jurisdiction of the courts of the country wherein they reside, pursuant to the ordi. nary laws govering the same, and they shall have the right to appear before such econrts aod to pursue the same course as citizens of ARTICLE XIL Jadieal proceedings ponding 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 according to the foilowitg rules: FirstJudgments rendered either in clvil suits between private individuals or in erim- inal matters before the date mentioned, and with respect to which there Is no recourse or right of roview under the Spanish law, shall be deemed to be final aod shall be ex- scuted In due form by competent authority in the territory within which such judg- ments should be carried out, Second Civil suits between private indi. viduals which may, on the ‘date mentioned, be undetermined shall be prosecuted to judgment before the court ia which they may then be peadiog, or io the court that may be subsiituted therefor, Third—Criminal actions ponding on the date mentioned before the Bupreme Court of Spain against citizens of the territory which, by this treaty, cedsés to bs Spanish shall continue under its jurisdiction until final judgment; but such judgment having boon rendered, the execution thereof shall be committed to the competent authority of the place in which the case arose, ’ ARTICLE X1EL, Rights of property secured by copyrights and patents sequired by Spaniards in the ls land of Cuba and lo Porto Rico, the Philip pines and other ceded territories at the time of the exchange of the ratifloations of this treaty shall continue to be respected, Bpan- ish selentifie, literary and artistic works not subversive of publie order in the terri. tories in shall continues to be ad question mitted free of duty iyto such territories for the period of ten years, to be reckoned from the date of the exchange of the ratifioa- tions of this treaty, ARTICLE X1V, Spain will have the power to establish consular offices in the ports apd places of the territories the soversignty over which has been either relinquished or ceded by the present treaty, ARTICLE XV. The government for : each country will, for the term of ten years, accord to the mer chant vessels of the other country the same treatment in respect of all port charges, in- cluding entrance and clearance dues, light dues and tognage dutles, as it accords to its own merchant vessels not engaged in the constwise trade, This article may st any time be terminat- ed on six months’ notice given by either government to the other, ARTICLE XVI. It Is understood that any obligations as- fumed in this treaty by the United States with respect to Onba are limited to the time of its ovcupation theree!l; but it will, upon the termination of such occupancy, advise Avy government established in the islands to assume the same obligation, ARTICLE XVII, The present treaiy shall be ratified by the the advice and consent of the Benatethereof, aud by her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain; and the ratifications shall be ex- changed at Washington within six months of the date hereof, or earlier if possible, Iu faith whereof, we, the respective plen Ipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and liave hereunto affixed our seals, Done in duplicate st Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight, [Seal, ] Wirriax RB Dav. [Seal ] Cusiuxax K. Davis, [Sea! Wireiax P. Faye, GronGaE Guay, Wmireraw Rep Evorexio Moxteao Rios, B. p¥ ABARZUZA. J. DE GARXICA. W. BR, px Vira UnnuTia, Baraxy Ceneno + {Seal,] {Seal ] [Seal.] [Seal] [Seal | [Seni] [Sesl } STEAMERKRS sUFFER AT SEA. The Big Vorwaerts Wrecked and Eleven Men Lost, Losxpox, Zag. (By Cable. }—All the steam- ers arriving at English ports the last two days report terrible storms on the Atlantie, A dispateh to Lloyds says the Iiailan steamer Yorwaerts, which left Amsterdam on December 15 and touched at Cardiff on December 20, has been abandoned near Trevose Head, on the West Cornwell coast, She wont ashore in the gale that bas been raging in the Irlsh Channel, Eleven mem- bars of the erew, who put off in boats were Nise, who clung to the rigging, ware rescued by the comst guard lifeboat, There is six feot of waterin the Vorwaests hold, The steamer Augus was wrecked at the entrance of Dieppe harbor. Bhe was a freight vessel aud crashed into the end of the jetty at midnight, partly destroying it. The captala and fourteen of the crew suc- ceeded in clinging to the part of the jetty which was cut off from the shore. They re mained there all night, and thelr cries brought succor io the morning. Ouse mas perished from exhaustion, and four men wera drowned in the englos room, The British steamer Felbridge, which left Baitimore on December 15 for Silgo, arrived at Galway in a damaged condition and short of coal. Bomse of the cargo was used as fuel, The Atiantic transport steamer Mesaba, Captain Layland, from New York 24 for London, passed Prawis Point and reported she spoke the American steamer Catania, Captain Furiong, Ginsgow December 17, for New York, in lat tude 48 degrees, longitude 39 degress, in Glstrege. Her decks were swept and she asked for assistance, but such a severe gale Was raging that the Mesaba was unable to help ber, though she waited for seven hours 80, The Catania is an iron sehooner-rigged screw steamer, built at Ginsgow in 1881, Bhe registers tous gross and 1, M2 tons net, Bhe Tweedie Trading Company, of The Beltish steamer Brinkburn, previously reported wrecked December 15 near Sellly Islands, while bound from Galveston via Norfolk for Havre, in command of Captain Murtio, Is fast disappearing. Her malomasi bas gone, and ber forepart is breaking up, while the after part Is completely submerg. ed. Great quantities of cotton are washing ashore from the wreck, The Norwegian bark Speranza, Captain Nielsen, which salled from Cardiff on De. snmber 20 for Pernambuco, ins been wreck. ed on Bt, Agues, the southeramost of the Scilly Isiands, The crew is missing. MASKED MEN ROS EXPRESS CAR. Decesmbear 2,633 They Terrorize the Messenger and Train men and HMlow Open the Safe, Mansfield, Mo, (Speecinl,)