"Article I: The Government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of (Juba1 nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval purposes, or othenrvise, Iodgment in or control over any portion of said island. "Article III: The IGovernment of Cuba oonsents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence1 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 Govemment of Cuba... "Article VII: To enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba1 and to protect the people thereon as well as for its own defense the IGovemment of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coating or naval stations. at certain specied points, to be agreed upon with Background: lCuba was a Spanish {Spain} colony until the US won the Spanish-American War. Notes