of Cuba adopted on February twenty-first
ultimo, the following.

APPENDIX

ARTICLE I. The Government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or
other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend
to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any way authorize or permit
any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or
naval purposes, or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of
said island.

ART. II. That said Government shall not assume or contract any public
debt to pay the interest upon which, and to make reasonable sinking-fund
provision for the ultimate discharge of which, the ordinary revenues of
the island, after defraying the current expenses of Government, shall be
inadequate.

ART. III. That the Government of Cuba consents that the United States
may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban
independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the
protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for
discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the Treaty
of Peace on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the
Government of Cuba.

ART. IV. That all acts of the United States in Cuba during its military
occupancy thereof are ratified and validated, and all lawful rights
acquired thereunder shall be maintained and protected.

ART. V. That the Government of Cuba will execute, and, as far as
necessary, extend the plans already devised, or other plans to be
mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the island, to
the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be
prevented, thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of
Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the United
States and the people residing therein.

ART. VI. That the Isle of Pines shall be omitted from the proposed
constitutional boundaries of Cuba, the title thereto being left to
future adjustment by treaty.

ART. VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence
of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own
defence, the Government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States
lands necessary for coaling or naval stations, at certain specified
points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.

ART. VIII. That, by way of further assurance, the Government of Cuba
will embody the foregoing provisions in a perm