1900.11.07〈美西割讓菲律賓偏遠島嶼條約〉

1900.11.07〈美西割讓菲律賓偏遠島嶼條約〉
Cesion A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE LAS ISLNAS DE SIBUTU Y CAGAYAN DE JOLO

 

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN, IN THE NAME OF HER AUGUST SON, DON ALFONSO xiii, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, desiring to remove any ground of misunderstanding growing out of the interpretation of Article III of the Treaty of Peace concluded between them at Paris the tenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, whereby Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands and comprehending the islands lying within certain described lines, and having resolved to conclude a Treaty to accomplish that end, have for that purpose appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN, the Duke de Arcos , Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain to the United States,

AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; John Hay , Secretary of State of the United States,

Who having met in the City of Washington and having exchanged their full powers which were found, to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon following sole Article:

 

SOLE ARTICLE

Spain relinquishes to the United States all the title and claim of title, which she may have had at the time of the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace of Paris, to any and all islands belonging to the Philippine Archipelago, lying outside the lines described in Article III of that Treaty, and particularly to the Islands of Cagayan Sulu and Sibutu and their dependencies, and agrees that all such islands shall be comprehended in the session of the Archipelago as fully as if they had been expressly included within those lines. 雲程譯

西班牙在巴黎和平條約中所曾放棄給美國，坐落於第三條所指稱之界線外的任一與所有屬於菲律賓群島的島嶼，特別是Cagayan Sulú群島與Sibutú島及其附屬島嶼之所有名義與該名義之主張，雙方並同意前述島嶼必須包含於前述所割讓之菲律賓群島之內做為其整體的一部分並明示包含於該界線內。雲程譯

 

The United States, in consideration of this relinquishment, will pay to Spain the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) within six months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty.

The present Treaty shall be ratified by Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, after approval by the Cortes of the Kingdom, and by the President of the United States, by and with the consent of the Senate thereof, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.

In faith whereof, we, the representative Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals.

Done in duplicate at the cityof Washington , the 7^th day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundres.

ARCOS

JOHN HAY

Cagayan Sulú群島：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu

Sibutú島：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibutu,_Tawi-Tawi

 

參考資料：
1895.08.07〈有關日西兩國西太平洋版圖國境宣言〉
1898.12.10 美西〈巴黎和約〉第三條
1900.11.07〈美西割讓菲律賓偏遠島嶼條約〉
菲律賓出生證明：1946.07.04〈馬尼拉條約〉