...Treaty of Paris of 1899, Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain to the United States, with the provision that the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territory be determined by the US Congress.4 These negotiations were between representatives of the...

...Rico, supra, pp. 47-53. stated, in what was to become a contentious provision in the Insular Cases: "The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." (Article 1X, Para. 2). Puerto Rico thus settled into a military government which lasted...

...264 : " The Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain authorized the Congress to determine the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, and by the Act of July I, 1902. 32 Stat. 691, declared that all inhabitants continuing...

...Islands from Spain under the Treaty of Paris.1 That document granted Congress the power to determine "[t]he civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants. . . ."of the Islands. 2 Commencing in 1902, 'Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain, 30 Stat. 1754...

...United States under eny other Act, are hereby declared t£ be citizens of_ the United States." (enphaslt added). (2) 30 Stat. 1759: "The civil rights and political status of the natlva inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United State! ahall be determined by the...

...Congress has the right to determine the future status of Guam. Article IX of that Treaty reads, in part: "The civil rights and political status of the native...inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United SCat.* shall be determined by the Congress." 30 Stat. 1734, 1739 (1898). A* to the Charter of the United...

...Rico' s status as a territory. White reasoned that the provisions of the Treaty of Paris that allowed "The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ceded territories to be determined by Congress," negated any intention to incorporate the acquired...

...island chain to Germany. It is instructive to note that the Treaty of Paris contained the provision, "The civil rights and political status of the native...ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress." Germany subsequently lost the Northern Marianas to Japan which obtained the islands as a...

...conformity with law, belong to the public domain, and as such belong to the Crown of Spain. Article IX. The civil rights and political status of the native...territories hereby ceded to the United States shall he determined by the Congress. At no time in the transfer of sovereignty did American or Spanish officials...

...renounced il and to have adopted the nationality of the territory in which the may reside. The civil rifhts and political status of the native inhabitants of...hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined bv the Congress." | 2. FIRST ORGANIC ACT OF PUERTO RICO -1900 -1917 (Eihibit B) . ~W The United States...