`  == Cession of the Philippines and $20 million payment by the U.S. ==  This edit caught my eye. I don't have a problem with the edit but I don't follow the edit summary (``No mention of $20 million-payout for ceding Spanish imperial territory. Hence the term, 'cede) and I'm concerned that confusion might develop in the absence of clarifying information. Some points: *Spain did cede the Philippines to the U.S.  the word ``cedes`` appears explicitly in Article III of the Treaty of Paris (1898) (later TofP) which ended the war.http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/sp1898.asp *In a paragraph of that treaty article separate from the paragraph re the cession, the U.S. agreed to pay Spain $20M. The TofP does not spell out the reason for the paymant. *Many sources (e.g., , ) support this without drawing conclusions about the connectedness or lack thereof between the cession and the payment. *Some sources (e.g., , ,  characterize this as Spain selling the Philippines to the U.S.; generally without explaining this characterization. *One source  explains, ``The nature of this payment is rather difficult to define; it was paid neither to purchase Spanish territories nor as a war indemnity. In the words of Historian Leon Wolff, 'It was ... a gift. Spain accepted it. ...``.  WP:NPOV should be exercised by WP editors in asserting any connectedness or lack of connectedness between the cession and the payment. If assertions about this appear in WP articles, WP:DUE should be the guiding policy point.    (earlier Boracay Bill) `