Cuban Independenc?
Article I. The Government of Cuba shall never enter into any
treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or
tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit
any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval
purposes, or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island.
Article II. The Government of Cuba shall not assume or contract
any public debt to pay the interest upon which, and to make reasonable
sinking-fund provision for the ultimate discharge of which, the ordinary
revenues of the
Article III. The Government of Cuba consents that the United States
may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence,
the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property,
and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to
Cuba imposed by the Treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and
undertaken by the Government of Cuba. . . .
Article V. The Government of Cuba will execute, and, as far as
necessary, extend the plans already devised, or other plans to be mutually
agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the island, to the end that a
recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented, thereby
assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce
of the Southern ports of the United States and the people residing therein....
Article VII. To enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the Government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations, at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the ]?resident of the United States.