MAKING PUBLIC THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SPANISH STATE.

WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship between the
Republic of the Philippines and the Spanish State designed to strengthen
further the bond of friendship now happily existing between them in a manner
befitting their historic and cultural ties, was concluded and signed by the
respective plenipotentiaries of the two Governments at Manila, on September 27,
1947;

WHEREAS, in its Resolution No. 47, adopted on
April 14, 1948, the Senate of the Philippines concurred in the making of the
said Treaty of Friendship, with a reservation which is quoted as follows:

“Resolved, That the Senate of the
Philippines concur, as it hereby concurs in the Treaty of Friendship between
the Republic of the Philippines and the Spanish State which was concluded and
signed at Manila on September twenty-seven, nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
with the understanding, that nothing in the Treaty shall be construed as affecting,
altering, amending or repealing any of the existing constitutional provisions,
statutes or laws, of the Republic of the Philippines prohibiting aliens, or
limiting or regulating their rights to acquire, possess, and dispose of movable
or immovable property, to establish and maintain schools of learning, to reside
and travel, and to engage in trade, industry, and other pursuits.”

WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified
and confirmed by the President of the Philippines subject to the interpretation
of the Treaty placed by the Philippine Government in an exchange of notes
between the Republic of the Philippines and the Spanish State, dated April 7,
1948, and April 12, 1948, respectively, and to the reservation in the
resolution of concurrence of the Philippine Senate, quoted above;

WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified
on behalf of the Government of the Spanish State;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification of the
said Treaty of the two Governments were exchanged at Manila, Philippines, on the
25th day of July, 1948; and

WHEREAS, the said Treaty shall enter into force
on the exchange of instruments of ratification;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Elpidio
Quirino, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Treaty, with the
instruments of ratification and the exchange of notes annexed thereto, to be
made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may
be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines
and the citizens thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this 4th day of
January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the third.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

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