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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 [degree symbol] 45']) north latitude, thence along the parallel of four degrees and forty five minutes (4 [degree symbol] 45') north latitude to its intersection with the meridian of longitude one hundred and nineteen degrees and thirty five minutes (119 [degree symbol] 35') east of Greenwich, thence along the meridian of longitude one hundred and nineteen degrees and thirty five minutes (119 [degree symbol] 35') east of Greenwich to the parallel of latitude seven degrees and forty minutes (7 [degree symbol] 40') north, thence along the parallel of latitude of seven degrees and forty minutes (7 [degree symbol] 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 three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
evangilder said:Oddly enough, pd, I recently saw a documentary on the Spanish American War. What happened with the Maine was either sabotage, by an American, or an accident of some sort that was later the trigger. One of my relatives lost a leg in that war and little is know of his service. It was not talked about much.
RG_Lunatic said:There is no question that the USA did not want European powers to have holdings in the Americas. How the Philippines got involved I really don't understand, other than that it was clear that Spain could not hold them. Either they fell to America or to another power.
RG_Lunatic said:European history was one war after another for hundreds of years on end. Can you blame the USA for not wanting European colonies in the Americas?
RG_Lunatic said:And I would point out that Cuba were freed and the Philippines were freed, both without having to fight wars of Independence. And Peurto Rico has been offered both Independence and statehood but wishes neither.
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BombTaxi said:RG_Lunatic said:There is no question that the USA did not want European powers to have holdings in the Americas. How the Philippines got involved I really don't understand, other than that it was clear that Spain could not hold them. Either they fell to America or to another power.
And just because Spain couldnt hold them, the USA had to seize them? If this was a war of liberation, why not give them independence and leave them alone? Oh yes...they made a very good Pacific naval base, didnt they? :-K How the Phillipines got involved was that they were grabbed because they offered a strategic advantage.
RG_Lunatic said:European history was one war after another for hundreds of years on end. Can you blame the USA for not wanting European colonies in the Americas?
BombTaxi said:If this isnt a blatant argument in support of cultural imperialism, I dont know what is. What you are saying is that because the USA didnt like the Europe was run, they had a right to kick Europeans out of the 'American' part of the world. That, to be quite frank, is rubbish. A lot of people right now dont agree with the way the USA is run - but I bet you'd be angry if they invaded you and wasted your country because they didnt like your government.
BombTaxi said:RG_Lunatic said:And I would point out that Cuba were freed and the Philippines were freed, both without having to fight wars of Independence. And Peurto Rico has been offered both Independence and statehood but wishes neither.
If Cuba was 'freed', why did the US start stamping down on it when it, later on in history, chose itself a Communist government? Free countries can do what they want - the result of Cuba's liberation has been that the US has held an economic and political shotgun to its head for a century.
The Phillipines were not freed either - they became a US naval base. And just to reflect your imperialist logic, RG... is it any surprise Puerto Rico didnt want statehood?
RG_Lunatic said:The Phillipines are not an independant nation? You better tell them that!
plan_D said:This thread and the many others on this forum are to prove to Americans like you, that attack Britain's history because it was imperialistic, that America was basically the same, with one difference. America hid it's expansionist attitude under the guise of 'in the name of democracy'.
Britain was a product of it's time and openly admitted it was expanding it's empire. America hids behind democracy to enlarge it's empire.
Medvedya said:RG_Lunatic said:The Phillipines are not an independant nation? You better tell them that!
They were as of July 4, 1946, but have a look here - some stuff here I didn't really know about before. I found it most interesting!
http://www.historyguy.com/PhilipineAmericanwar.html
plan_D said:Americans thought that Britain was trying to continue that after World War 2 but there is no such proof that we were. It annoys me that a major attack from Americans against Britain is that we were/are imperialist.
You have to admit that America was the same on a lesser scale.