55TH CONGRESS, SENATE. Doc. No. 62, A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. TRANSMITTING A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 4, 1899.-Read; treaty read the first time and referred JANUARY 11, 1899.-Injunction of secrecy removed. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN, SIGNED AT THE CITY OF PARIS ON DECEMBER 10, 1898. JANUARY 4, 1899.-Read; treaty read the first time and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and, together with the message and accompanying papers, ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. JANUARY 11, 1899.-Injunction of secrecy removed. JANUARY 13, 1899.-Ordered printed. To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed at the city of Paris on December 10, 1898; together with the protocols and papers indicated in the list accompanying the report of the Secretary of State. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, January 4, 1899. To the President: The undersigned, Secretary of State, has the honor to lay before the President, with a view to its submission to the Senate if deemed proper, a treaty of peace concluded at Paris on December 10, 1898, between the United States and Spain. Accompanying the treaty are the protocols of the conferences of the Peace Commission at Paris, together with copies of statements made before the United States Commissioners, and other papers indicated in the inclosed list. Respectfully submitted. Department of STATE, Washington, January 3, 1899. JOHN HAY. 1 The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen 2 Regent of Spain, in the name of her august son Don Alfonso 3 XIII, desiring to end the state of war now existing between the 4 two countries, have for that purpose appointed as plenipotentiaries: 5 6 The President of the United States, William R. Day, Cushman K. Davis, William P. Frye, George 7 Gray, and Whitelaw Reid, citizens of the United States; 8 And Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, 9 Don Eugenio Montero Ríos, president of the senate, Don Buen10 aventura de Abarzuza, senator of the Kingdom and ex-minister of 11 the Crown; Don José de Garnica, deputy to the Cortes and asso12 ciate justice of the supreme court; Don Wenceslao Ramirez de 13 Villa-Urrutia, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary 14 at Brussels, and Don Rafael Cerero, general of division; 15 Who, having assembled in Paris, and having exchanged their 16 full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have, 17 after discussion of the matters before them, agreed upon the fol18 lowing articles: 19 20 ARTICLE I. Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title 21 to Cuba. 22 And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be 23 occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long 24 as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obli25 gations that may under international law result from the fact 26 of its occupation, for the protection of life and property. |