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

_Article_ 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 Marianas or Ladrones.

_Article_ 3.--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 W. to
E. along or near the 20th parallel of N. latitude, and through
the middle of the navigable channel of Bachi, from the 118th to
the 127th degree meridian of longitude E. of Greenwich, thence
along the 127th degree meridian of longitude E. of Greenwich to
the parallel of 4 deg. 45' N. latitude, thence along the parallel
of 4 deg. 45' N. latitude to its intersection with the meridian of
longitude 119 deg. 35' E. of Greenwich, thence along the meridian of
longitude 119 deg. 35' E. of Greenwich to the parallel of latitude 7 deg.
40' N., thence along the parallel of latitude of 7 deg. 40' N. to its
intersection with the 116th degree meridian of longitude E. of
Greenwich, thence by a direct line to the intersection of the 10th
degree parallel of N. latitude with the 118th degree meridian
of longitude E. of Greenwich, and thence along the 118th degree
meridian of longitude E. of Greenwich to the point of beginning.

The United States will pay to Spain the sum of $.20,000,000
within three months after the exchange of the ratifications of
the present treaty.

_Article_ 4.--The United States will, for the term of 10 years
from the date of the exchange of the 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.

_Article_ 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 ratification of the present
treaty, proceed to evacuate the Philippines, as well as the
Island of Guam, on terms similiar to those agreed upon b