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SPAIN. 



respecting the true application of the treaty was 

 as follows: 



1. No citizen of the United States residing in 

 Spain, her adjacent islands, or her ultramarine pos- 

 sessions, charged with acts of sedition, treason, or 

 conspiracy against the institutions, the public secu- 

 rity, the integrity of the territory, or against the Su- 

 preme Government, or any other crime whatsoever, 

 shall be subject to trial by_ an exceptional tribunal, 

 but exclusively by the ordinary jurisdiction, except 

 in the case of being captured with arms in hand. 



2. Those who, not coming within this last case, 

 may be arrested or imprisoned, shall be deemed to 

 have been so arrested or imprisoned by order of the 

 civil authority, for the effects of the law of April 17, 

 1821, even though the arrest or imprisonment shall 

 have been effected by armed force. 



3. Those who may be taken with arms in hand, 

 and who are therefore comprehended in the excep- 

 tion of the first article, shall be tried by ordinary 

 council of war ; in conformity with the second arti- 

 cle of the hereinbefore-mentioned law ; but, even in 

 this case, the accused shall enjoy for their defense 

 the guarantees embodied in the aforesaid law of 

 April 17, 1821. 



4. In consequence whereof, aa well in the cases 

 mentioned in the third paragraph as in those of the 



second, the parties accused are allowed to name at- 

 torneys and advocates, who shall have access to them 

 at suitable times. They shall be furnished in due 

 season with a copy of the accusation and a list of 

 witnesses for the prosecution, which latter shall be 

 examined before the presumed criminal, his attorney 

 and advocate, in conformity with the provisions of 

 Articles xx. to xxxi. of the said law; they shall have 

 the right to compel the witnesses of whom they de- 

 sire to avail themselves to appear and give testimony, 

 or to do it by means of depositions ; they shall pre- 

 sent such evidence as they may judge proper, and 

 they shall be permitted to be present and make their 

 defense in public trial, orally or in writing by them- 

 selves, or by means of their counsel. 



5. The sentence pronounced shall be referred to 

 the Audiencia of the Judicial District of the Captain- 

 General, according as the trial may have taken place 

 before the ordinary judge or before the Council of 

 War, in conformity also with what is prescribed in 

 the above-mentioned law. 



In July, the budget was agreed to in the 

 Cortes. In the course of the debate Sefior Ca- 

 novas del Castillo said the financial situation 

 was improving. The Government had been 

 able to abandon the system of raising loans to 



pay the coupons. A copyright bill was adopt- 

 ed, whereby subjects of states whose legisla- 

 tion in regard to literary matters is similar to 

 Snain's will have in Spain the same rights as 

 Spanish subjects. The Cortes finally adjourned 

 in the middle of July. Before their adjourn- 

 ment, the King had appointed Sefior Orovio 

 Minister of Finances. The insurrection in 

 Cuba continued during the year, although the 

 Government troops, under the chief command 

 of General Martinez Campos, who had been 

 appointed in 1876, made considerable progress 

 in reconquering territory from the insurgents. 

 The Governor-General, Jovellar, in order to 

 induce the insurgents to return to their al- 



legiance, issued the following decree on May 

 5th: 



ABTICLE I. From the date of this decree, all orders 

 of banishment decreed gubernatively by this Gov- 

 ernment for political motives are hereby rescinded, 

 and all proceedings now under way regarding the 

 same are hereby overruled. 



ART. II. The embargoes imposed gubernatively 

 on insurgents who have presented or may present 

 themselves for pardon before the termination of the 

 war shall also be raised. There will, however, be 

 excepted from the favor of disemhargo the property 

 of backsliding insurgents and that of the leaders of 

 the insurrection, in respect to which this General 

 Government will adopt the measure it deems most 

 convenient, according to the special circumstances 

 of each case. 



