Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1897 — TEXT OF THE HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION TREATY. [ARTICLE]

TEXT OF THE HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION TREATY.

Provision* of the Pact Between the United Ftate* and the Little Island Republic a« Signed and Sent to the Senate. THE United States of America and the Republic of Hawaii, in view of the natural dependence of the Hawaiian Islands upon the United States, of their geographical proximity thereto, of the preponderant share acquired by the United Statea and its citizens in the Industries aud trade of said islands, and of the expressed desire of the Government of the Republic of Hawaii that those Islands should be incorporated into the United States ns an integral part thereof aud under its sovereignty, have determined to accomplish by treaty au object so Important to their mutual and permanent welfare. To this eud the high contracting parties have conferred full power au “ authority upon their respectively appointed plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the United States; John Sherman, Secretary of State, the United States. The President of the Republic of Hawaii; Francis March Hatch. Lorrln A. Thurston and William A. Kinney. „ ARTICLE I. Tne Republic of Hawaii hereby cedes absolutely and without reserve to the United Statea of America ail rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind In and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies; and It is agreed tbut all the territory of and appertaining to the Republic of Hawaii is hereby annexed to the United States of America under the name of the Territory of Hawaii. „ ARTICLE 11. . The Republic of Hawaii also cedes and hereby traiftfers to the United States the absolute b-e and ownership of all public, Government or crown lands, public buildings or edl ® < \ es - Ports, harbors, military equipments and all other public property, of every kind and description, belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining. The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands In the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition; provided, that all revenue from or proceeds of tlie same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military or naval purposes of the United States or may be assigned for the uae of the local government.- shall be used solely for the benefit of the Inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other publie purposes. ARTICLE in. Until Congress shall provide for the government of such Islands, all the civil. Judicial aa d military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said Islands shall be vested in such person or persons, and shall lie exercised in such a manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned. The existing treaties of the Hawaiian Islands with foreign nations shall forthwith cease and determine, being replaced by such treaties as may exist or as may be hereafter concluded between the United States and such foreign nations. The municipal legislation of tlie Hawaiian Islands, not enacted for the fulfillment of the treaties so extinguished, ami not inconsistent with this treaty nor contrary to tlie Constitution of the United States, nor to any existing treaty of the United States, shall remain In force until the Congress of tlie United States shall otherwise determine. Until legislation shall be enacted extending the United States customs laws and regulations to the Hawaiian Islands, the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian Islands with the United States and other countries shall remain unchanged. ARTICLE IV. The public debt of the Republic of Hawaii, lawfully existing at the date of the exchange of the ratification of tills treaty, including tlie amounts due to the depositors in tlie Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, Is hereby assumed by the Government of the United States; but tlie liability of the United States shall not exceed $4,000,000. So long, however, ns tlie existing government and the present commercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands are continued, as hereinbefore provided, said government shall continue to pay tlie Interest on said debt. ARTICLE V. There will be no further Immigration of Chinese Into the Hawaiian Islands except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States, and no Chinese by reason of anything herein contained shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands. ARTICLE VI, Tlie President shall appoint five commlsssioners, at least two of whom shall be residents of tlie Hawaiian Islands, who shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, recommend to Congress such legislation concerning the Territory of Hawaii as they shall deem necessary or proper. ARTICLE VIC. This treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advlee and consent of tlie Senate, on tlie one part, and by tlie President of the Republic of Hawaii, by and witli tin- advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with the Constitution of tin- said Republic, on the other; and the ratification hereof shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. In witness whereof tlie respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done In duplicate at the City of Washington this sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. JOHN SHERMAN, FRANCIS MARCH HATCH, LORRIN A. THURSTON, WILLIAM A. KINNEY.