"In full consideration of the cession made by this convention, the United States agrees to pay, within ninety days from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, in the City of Washington to the diplomatic representative or other agent of His Majesty the King of Denmark duly authorized to receive the money, the sum of twenty-five million dollars in gold coin of the United States."
"In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland."
"His Majesty the King of Denmark by this convention cedes to the United States all territory, dominion and sovereignty, possessed, asserted or claimed by Denmark in the West Indies including the Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix together with the adjacent islands and rocks."
In 1917 Denmark ceded to the United States all territory, dominion and sovereignty in the Danish West Indies, including Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix, together with adjacent islands and rocks. The United States agreed to pay twenty-five million dollars in gold coin within ninety days of ratification, and the treaty specified logistics of transfer, evacuation, and property allocations. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing declared that the United States would not object to Denmark extending political and economic interests over Greenland. The exchange functioned as a quid pro quo combining territorial transfer, payment, and diplomatic acquiescence. A contemporary proposal to void the agreement raises concerns about destabilizing longstanding territorial transactions and diplomatic expectations.
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