The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-11

and the general lines of the campaign.
q. To raise troops, to declare reprisas
and to grant letters of marque
-. To grant military ranks from sub
lieutenant to major general in the form
l! established by the law of military organiza
ton.
20. To issue paper money, to coin
money, fixing its kind and value.
10. To contract loans. determining
when they shall become due the interests.
discounts, collections and guarantees. and
TO make all negotiations advised by the
public veal, being strictly responsible for
the use 1t shall make of these faculties and
of those provided in the previous article.
III. To levy taxes, decree the invest
ment OF public funds and to ask and APP
prove the accounts Of the same.
"l2. To determine the foreign policy and
TO appoint and remove agents, representa-
tiyes and delegates of all classes.
10 To grant passports.
IA, To issue the safe conduct necessary
for the discharge Of the duties OF the gov
eminent.
10. To make treaties with other powers.
choosing the commissioners who are to eel
citrate them But without being able TO
delegate in them its final approval. Peace
WIN Spain must be ratified by the assem-
bly, an! can not be negotiated but on the
basis OF absolute and immediate ndepen-
dence of all tho island of Cuba.
Article u. The secretary OF war will
be superior chief of the army of liberty"
In the additional articles as to the mill
tary organization the following are TO be
found: va
NO. 8. That the government can n,,no
ana may freely separate the general in
chiei and the lieutenant general.
NO 4. That there shall be chief for
very army corps appointed by the govern
ment on the information or at the proros-
~ OF the general in chief as to the first
mentioned, and by the chief of department
the general in chief for the sec,
onds" VIC seV-
pursuant TO that constitution. which i,
published in document 10 of The FIFTY. fif,h
congress, second session The eovern
heut was elected as follows:
PRESIDENT, Bartolomaye Mosso. ,.i,,
Domingo Mendez Capote: secr.s
Iary CT war, Jose b. Teleman: secre,arv q, |
.orelsh relations, Andre Moreno de Lntorrr.
S.etr,ary OF the treasury, Ernesto Fonts |
,eI p seere.ary oil the interior. DR.. Man |
to' eaeh
The said government counc, .o,,,
MAJOR General Maxine Gomez as eonar,i
II ohie' and Major General Calixto CART
IS lieutenant general. u"fVia
hht the best proof of the evIstoroa :,
nv Nupan capital and government ,s ,ba
oiiowing official telegram published NV NV
,a spanish minister. Dupuy de LONE
, $4,000 January ~ 1898, and signed by Senop
Nems Is, secretary OF the Spanish govern.
nen5 ~ Cuba, 1t follows. e''e'h-
Havana, January ol.--senor caste,,o,..
as taken Possession of the VILLAGE ~ Es
eran1a IA The Sierra dc Cubltas, where
w lhsurgsnt government had lis besd.
uarlers' during the stubborn resistance
- w INC 'nsargtn'S-iha government ar
' ,a escaped, The Axt day. continuin,
y s, apsls, ions the same general der.ated
, ' tn =, LOW insurgents who were coming
h, s'u OF me government. dispensing
inc. "n,nlhs iiity-
me cubans are willing to rest thei, cas.
,h's testimony OF the Spanish goyern-
MI ! IT.. Gonzalez de Quesada.
na'fse uAffaires OF the Cuban Republic