Compare And Contrast The Treaty Of Peace Between The Us And Spain

Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain, also known as the Paris treaty, was signed by the representatives of United States and Spain in 1898. It was a peace protocol which is aimed to ending Spanish-American war, and included seventeen articles. One of the treaty’s main concern was Spain would relinquish their sovereignty and cede to nearly all colonies. To put Paris treaty into context before looking through the articles, we should focus on breakout of the Spanish-American war. Spanish-American war was out in April, 24, 1898 and end in December, 10, 1898. The main reasons for this war were related to the Cuba problem and could be concluded into the following points: First, according to the discontent with the
Spanish government would relinquish the sovereignty of Cuba, and ceded the lands of Porto Rico, West Indies, the island of Guam in Marianas or Ladrones and Philippine Islands to Unite States. Unite State then would give 20 million dollars to Spain as the humane reparation of war. Last but not least, upon Spain evacuation, Cuba would be officially occupied by Unit State. It indicated that even the Spanish-American war had ended, Cuba didn’t fulfill its goals of achieving independence status. Sixteenth article were also regulated the relationship between Cuba and Unite States. It regulated that even if Unite States had ended its occupation toward Cuba, any government established in Cuba were advised to assume and follow the obligations in this treaty. Therefore, Cuban not only achieved independence but also had to obey the rules which weren’t made by themselves. Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth articles were dealing with the post-war problems. Unite States and Spain announced both of them would release the soldiers they captured, prisoners and sent them back at their own cost. The both sides would also relinquish claims for war reparation. The most important was, Spain would cede all proprietary rights of immovable property in the lands which it relinquished in this
It regulated the judicial proceedings before Unite States and Spain exchange the ratifications of treaty. Additionally, Spain could establish consular officers in the ports and the territories which it relinquished. The last fifteenth and seventeenth articles regulated that one country should give another’s merchant vessels the same treatment, including entrance, light dues and so on in the following ten years. This idea of equal commercial treatment could be traced back to the Open Door policy, and indicated the Unite State government's attitude toward the international diplomacy by considering their own profits. Last but not least, this peace treaty should be ratified within six mounth or earlier. According to the influence of the peace treaty between the Unite States and Spain, it could be concluded into following points: First, as Cuba didn’t fulfill its goals of achieving independence status and Unite State’s occupation, it aroused the Cuban’s continuous nationalism movement. Thus, the relationship between Unite States and Cuba had became intense since the implementation of this