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Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
Spain, treaty with Under Article 5 of the protocol (for text see Cuba), the following were appointed commissioners to negotiate peace: On the part of the United States: William R. Day, of Ohio, ex-Secretary of State; Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, United States Senator; William P. Frye, of Maine, United States Senator; George Gray, of Delaware, United States Senator; Whitelaw Reid, of New York. On the part of Spain: Eugenio Montero Rios, president of the Senate; Buenaventura de Abarzuza, W. R. de Villa Urrutia, Gen. R. Cerero, J. de Garnica. The commission held its first session in Paris on Oct. 1, and at 8.45 P. M., on Dec. 10, the treaty was signed by all the commissioners. It was ratified by the United States Senate on Feb. 6, 1,899, by a vote of 57 to 27. The President signed the treaty Feb. 10, and it was transmitted to Spain and received the signature of the Queen Regent March 17. The copy of the treaty belonging to the United States was received here early
United States (United States) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to bnto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washinety-nine, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-third. Williplenipotentiaries: The President of the United States: William R. Day, Cushman K. Davis, Wille Gray, and Whitelaw Reid, citizens of the United States. And her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spevacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such oUnited States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result nd property. Art. 2. Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islandsions of the present treaty. Art. 4. The United States will, for ten years from the date of exchandise of the United States. Art. 5. The United States will, upon the signature of the present tr[21 more...]
Brussels (Belgium) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
he 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-minister of the crown; Don Jose de Garnica, deputy to the Cortes and associate justice of the Supreme 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 having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have, after discussion of the matters before them, agreed upon the following articles: Article 1. Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty 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 long as such occupation shall last, assu
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
naventura de Abarzuza, W. R. de Villa Urrutia, Gen. R. Cerero, J. de Garnica. The commission held its first session in Paris on Oct. 1, and at 8.45 P. M., on Dec. 10, the treaty was signed by all the commissioners. It was ratified by the United pain, in the name of her august son, Don Alfonso XIII., was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Paris on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the original of which, in the Spanish language, is word rdinary and minister plenipotentiary at Brussels, and Don Rafael Cerero, General of Division. Who, having assembled in Paris and having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have, after discussion of the matte, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed 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.
Greenwich, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
hundred and twenty-seventh degree, meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, thence along the one hundred and twenty-seventh degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich to the parallel of four degrees and forty-five minutes north latitude, thence along the parallel of four degre one hundred and nineteen degrees and thirty-five minutes east of Greenwich, thence along the meridian of longitude one hundred and nineteen degrees and thirty-five minutes east of Greenwich to the parallel of latitude seven degrees and forty minutes north, thence along the parallehe one hundred and sixteenth degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, thence by a direct line to the intersection of the tenth degree e one hundred and eighteenth degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, and thence along the one hundred and eighteenth degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich to the point of beginning. The United States will pay to Spain the sum of $20,000,000 within three months a
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
Spain, treaty with Under Article 5 of the protocol (for text see Cuba), the following were appointed commissioners to negotiate peace: On the part of the United States: William R. Day, of Ohio, ex-Secretary of State; Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, United States Senator; William P. Frye, of Maine, United States Senator; George Gray, of Delaware, United States Senator; Whitelaw Reid, of New York. On the part of Spain: Eugenio Montero Rios, president of the Senate; Buenaventura de Abarzuza, W. R. de Villa Urrutia, Gen. R. Cerero, J. de Garnica. The commission held its first session in Paris on Oct. 1, and at 8.45 P. M., on Dec. 10, the treaty was signed by all the commissioners. It was ratified by the United States Senate on Feb. 6, 1,899, by a vote of 57 to 27. The President signed the treaty Feb. 10, and it was transmitted to Spain and received the signature of the Queen Regent March 17. The copy of the treaty belonging to the United States was received here early
Cuba (Cuba) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
ith Under Article 5 of the protocol (for text see Cuba), the following were appointed commissioners to negoinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spacal offences in connection with the insurrections in Cuba and the Philippines and the war with the United Stat Spanish prisoners in the hands of the insurgents in Cuba and the Philippines. The government of the Unitedin will at its own cost return to the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, according to the sisen since the beginning of the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to the exchange of ratifications of the pr 1, 2, and, 3 of this treaty, Spain relinquishes in Cuba and cedes in Porto Rico and other islands in the Wess and patents acquired by Spaniards in the island of Cuba, and in Porto Rico, the Philippines, and other ceded in this treaty by the United States with respect to Cuba are limited to the time of its occupancy thereof; bu
Manila (Philippines) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. Art. 4. The United States will, for ten years from the date of exchange of ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States. Art. 5. The 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 capture 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 arrange for the evacuation of Porto Rico and other islands in the West Indies under the protocol of Aug. 12, 1898, which is to continue in force till its provisions are completely executed.
West Indies (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
the protection of life and property. Art. 2. Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the island of Guam, in the Mariannes or Ladrones. Art. 3. Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands, and compreheas the island of Guam, on terms similar to those agreed upon by the commissioners appointed to arrange for the evacuation of Porto Rico and other islands in the West Indies under the protocol of Aug. 12, 1898, which is to continue in force till its provisions are completely executed. The time within which the evacuation of the P Art. 8. In conformity with the provisions of Arts. 1, 2, and, 3 of this treaty, Spain relinquishes 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
Minnesota (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): entry spain-treaty-with
Spain, treaty with Under Article 5 of the protocol (for text see Cuba), the following were appointed commissioners to negotiate peace: On the part of the United States: William R. Day, of Ohio, ex-Secretary of State; Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, United States Senator; William P. Frye, of Maine, United States Senator; George Gray, of Delaware, United States Senator; Whitelaw Reid, of New York. On the part of Spain: Eugenio Montero Rios, president of the Senate; Buenaventura de Abarzuza, W. R. de Villa Urrutia, Gen. R. Cerero, J. de Garnica. The commission held its first session in Paris on Oct. 1, and at 8.45 P. M., on Dec. 10, the treaty was signed by all the commissioners. It was ratified by the United States Senate on Feb. 6, 1,899, by a vote of 57 to 27. The President signed the treaty Feb. 10, and it was transmitted to Spain and received the signature of the Queen Regent March 17. The copy of the treaty belonging to the United States was received here early
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