William R. Day, Secretary of State of the United State, and His Excellency Jules Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France at Washington, respectively possessing for this purpose full authority from the Government of the United States and the Government of Spain, have concluded and signed the following articles, embodying the terms on which the two Governments have agreed in respect to the matters hereinafter set forth, having in view the establishment of peace between the two countries, that is to say:

Spain will relinquish all claim of sovereignty over title to Cuba.

Spain will cede to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and also an island in the Ladrones to be selected by the United States.

The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.

Spain will immediately evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies; and to this end each Government will, within ten days after the signing of this protocol, appoint Commissioners, and the Commissioners so appointed shall, within thirty days after the signing of this protocol, meet at Havana for the purpose of arranging and carrying out the details of the aforesaid evacuation of Cuba and the adjacent Spanish islands; and each Government will, within ten days after the signing of this protocol, also appoint other Commissioners, who shall, within thirty days after the signing of this protocol, meet at San Juan, in Porto Rico, for the purpose of arranging and carrying out the details of the aforesaid evacuation of Porto-Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies. 

The United States and Spain will each appoint not more than five commissioners to treat of peace, and the commissioners so appointed shall meet at Paris not later than October 1, 1898, and proceed to the negotiation and conclusion of a treaty of peace, which treaty  shall be subject to ratification according to the respective constitutional forms of the two countries. 

Upon the conclusion and signing of this protocol, hostilities,  between the two countries  shall be  suspended, and notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each Government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. 
Done at Washington in duplicate. in English and in French, by the Undersigned, who have hereunto set their hands and seals, the 12th  day of August 1898. 

The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of her august son Don Alfonso XIII, desiring to end the state of war now existing between the two countries, have for that purpose appointed as plenipotentiaries: 
The President 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-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: 

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, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property. 

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 Marianas or Ladrones.

Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands, and comprehending the islands lying within the following lines: 
A line running from west to east along or near the twentieth parallel of north latitude, and through the middle of the navigable channel of Bachi, from the one hundred and eighteenth (118th) to the one hundred and twenty seventh (127th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, thence along the one hundred and twenty seventh (127th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich to the parallel of four degrees and forty five minutes (4 45') north latitude, thence along the parallel of four degrees and forty five minutes (4 45') north latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude   one hundred and nineteen degrees and thirty five minutes (119  35') east of Greenwich to the parallel of latitude seven degrees and forth minutes (7  40') north, thence along the parallel of latitude of seven degrees and forty minutes (7 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 (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 beginning. 
The United States will pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) within three months after the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty.

The United States will, for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratification's of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same term as ships and merchandise of the United States.

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 ratification's 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 August 12, 1898, which is to continue in force till its provisions are completely executed. 
The time within which the evacuation of the Philippine Islands and Guam shall be completed shall be fixed by the two Governments. Stand of colors, uncaptured war vessels, small arms, guns of all calibres, with their carriages and accessories, powder, ammunition, livestock, and materials and supplies of all kinds, belonging to the land and naval forces of Spain in the Philippines and Guam., remain the property of Spain. Pieces of heavy ordnance, exclusive of field artillery, in the fortifications and coast defenses, shall remain in their emplacements for the term of six months, to be reckoned from the exchange of ratification's of the treaty; and the United States may, in the meantime, purchase such material from Spain, if a satisfactory agreement between the two Governments on the subject shall be reached. 

Spain will, upon the signature of the present treaty, release all prisoners of war, and all persons detained or imprisoned for political offenses, in connection with the insurrections of 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 obtain the release of all Spanish prisoners in the hands of the insurgents 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, according to the situation of their respective homes, prisoners released or caused to be released by them, respectively, under this article.

The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all claims for indemnity, national and individual, of every kind, of either 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 ratification's 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.

In conformity with the provisions of Articles I, II, and III of this treaty, Spain relinquishes in Cuba, and cedes in Porto Rico and other islands of 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 hereby declared that the relinquishment or cession, as the case may be, to which the preceding paragraph refers, cannot in any respect impair the property rights which by law belong to the peaceful possession of property of all kinds, of provinces, municipalities, public or private establishments, ecclesiastical or civic bodies, or any other associations having legal capacity to acquire and possess property in the aforesaid territories renounced or ceded, or of private individuals, or whatsoever nationality such individuals may be. 
The aforesaid relinquishment or cession, as the cae may be, includes all documents exclusively referring to the sovereignty relinquished or ceded that may exist in the archives of the Peninsula. Where any document to 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 posses in respect of the official archives and records, executive as well as judicial, in the islands above referred to, which relate to said island or the rights of their inhabitants.  Such archives and records shall be carefully preserved, and private persons shall without distinction have the right to require, in accordance with law, authenticated copies of the contracts, wills and other instruments forming part of notarial protocols or files, or which may be contained in the executive  or judicial archives, be the latter in Spain or in the islands aforesaid. 

Spanish subjects, natives 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 either 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 allegiance to the Crown of Spain by making, before a court of record, within a year from the date of the exchange of ratification's 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 adopted the nationality 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.

The inhabitants of the territories over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in the free exercise of their religion. 

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 criminal to the jurisdiction of the courts of the country wherein the reside, pursuant to the ordinary laws governing the same; and they shall have the right to appear before such courts, and to pursue the same course as citizens of the country to which the courts belong.

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 according to the following rules: 
  1.  Judgments rendered either in civil suits between privateindividuals, or in criminal matters, before the date 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 judgments 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 pendng or in the court that may be substituted therefor. 
  3.  Criminal actions pendng 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. 

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 ratification's 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 period of ten years, to be reckoned from the date  of the exchange of the ratification's of this treaty. 

Spain shall 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.

The Government of each country will, for the term of ten years, accord to merchant vessels of the other country the same treatment in respect of all port charges, including entrance and clearance dues, light dues, and tonnage duties, as it accords to its own merchant  vessels, not engaged in the coastwise trade. 
This article may at any time be terminated on six months' notice given by either Government to the other.

It is understood that any obligations assumed in this treaty by the United States with respect to Cuba are limited to the time of its  occupancy thereof; but it will upon the termination of such occupancy, advise any Government established in the island  to assume the same obligations.

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 ratification's shall be exchanged at WAshington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. 
In faith whereof, we, 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 on thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. 
 

      [SEAL.]                                                          WILLIAM R. DAY. 
      [SEAL.]                                                          CUSHMAN K. DAVIS. 
      [SEAL.]                                                          WILLIAM F. FRYE. 
      [SEAL ]                                                          GEO. GRAY. 
      [SEAL.]                                                          WHITELAW REID. 
      [SEAL.]                                                          EUGENIO MONTERO RIOS. 
      [SEAL.]                                                          B. DE ABARZUZA. 
      [SEAL.]                                                          J. DE GARNICA. 
      [SEAL.]                                                          W R DE VILLA URRUTIA.
      [SEAL.}                                                         RAFAEL CEREO.