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 PROTOCOL-SPAIN. LMARGH 29, 1900. 1881 Protocol 0 agreement extending, as to the Phili pine' Islands, orsi:22 Merch 29,1909 months §rom `April 11, 1.900 the eriod in Article [Af the rmnppme issues, T reatg of Peace between the States and S a/in, signed at Paris §$§?,§§?S“,‘§,'f°fSp“““h December 10, 1898, daring which Spanish suhgects, natives of the VJ¤1·30»1>-1759- Peninsula, declare their vmtention to retain their Spanish nationalit .mShgned at__Washington, March 2.9, 1900,* advice and consent of?] the Senate, April 27, 1.900,* proclaimed, April 28, 1.900. BY THE` PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a protocol of agreement extending, as to the Philippine Preamble. Islands, for six months from April 11, 1900, the period fixed in Article IX of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris on the tenth day of December, 1898, during which Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, may declare before a court of record their intention to retain their Spanish nationality, was ‘ signed at Washington on March 29, 1900, by the Honorable John Hay, Secretary of tate of the United States, and the Duke de Arcos, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Spain at Washington, the original of which protocol of agreement being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows: Whereas by the ninth Article Habiendose estipulado y conof the Treaty of Peace between venido en el Articulo 9° del Trathe United States of America and tado de Paz, firmado en Paris el the Kingdom of Spain, signed at dia 10 de Diciembre de 1898, entre Paris on December 10, 1898, it was los Estados Unidos de América y stipulated and agreed that Spanish Espana,que los siibditos espanoles, subjects, natives of the Peninsula, naturales de la Peninsula, que perremaining in the territory over manecieran en los territorios cuyo which Spain by Articles I and II Soberania Espana renunci6 6 cedio of the said treaty relinquished or por los Articulos 1° y 2° del refeceded her sovereignty could pre- rido Tratado, odran conservar serve their allegiance to the Crown_ su nacionalidad Espanola, haciendo of Spain by making before a court ante una oncina delregistro, dentro of record within a year from the de un ano despues del cambio de date of the exchange of ratiiica— ratiiicaciones del Tratado, una tions of said treaty, a declaration declaracion de su pro 6sito de conof their decision to preserve such servar dicha nacionaliidadz allegiance; And whereas the two High Con- Y deseando las dos Altas Partes tracting Parties are desirous of Contratantes extender el Elazo extending the time within which dentro del cual los siibditos spasuch declaration may be made by noles, naturales de la Peninsula, Spanish subjects, natives of the residentes en las Islas Filipinas, Peninsula, remaining in the Philip- puedan hacer tal declaraciénf pine Islands;