...the American Commissioners, while including the cession of the archipelago in the article in which Spain "cedes to the United States the Island of Porto...under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and also the Island of Guam in the Ladrones," or in an article expressed in similar words, will agree that...

...United States would assume and discharge the obligations that might under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property. " so long as such occupation should last ; " and that any obligation assumed in that treaty by the...

...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, can not well be strained so as to require the United States, by way of protecting life or property,...

...sovereignty and dominion of this country. By the treaty with Spain of April 11, 1899 (30 Stat. 1754, art. 2): "Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto...Indies, and the Island of Guam In the Marianas or Ladronee." Article 9 of the same treaty provides: • "The civil rights and political status of the...

...135 F.— 25 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," and, further, that "the relinquishment of Spanish sovereignty shall not be held to impair the property...

...United States should "assume and discharge the obligations that may, under international law, result from the fact of its occupation for the protection of life and property." It further provided that any obligations assumed by the United States, under the treaty, with respect...

...•within thirty days after the signature of this protocol, to agree upon the details of the evacuation of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the Antilles. ART. 5. Spain and the United States shall appoint to treat for peace five commissioners at...

...United States would assume and discharge the obligations that might, under international law, result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property, "so long as such occupation should last"; and that any obligations assumed in that Treaty by the United...

...occupation shall last, assume ami discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property. Apparently the provisions of these two articles are, sufficiently comprehensive to include rights of...

...provisions of the treaty are : (1) Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. (2) Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto...in the West Indies, and the island of Guam in the Mariannes or Ladrones. (3) Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine...