nt McKinley, who, on January 4th, forwarded
the same to the Senate of the United States with a view to its
ratification. Below will be found the complete text of the treaty as
submitted by the President.

ARTICLE I.--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.

ARTICLE II.--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.

ARTICLE III.--Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known
as the Philippine Islands, and comprehending the islands lying within
the following line:

"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
to its intersection with the meridian of longitude one hundred and
nineteen degrees and thirty-five minutes (119-35) east of Greenwich,
thence along 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 forty minutes (7-40) north,
thence along the parallel of latitude 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 point of beginning."

The United States will pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars
($20,000,000) within thre