The herald., 1898-04-11

Associated Press Special Wire
| WASHINGTON, April 1o.-Senor Coma
les de Quesada, the diplomatic represent
ative of the Cuban junta today issued ;he
following signed statement to show that
| the insurgents have regularly organized
civil government whose independence can
| be recognized:
| THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
"Civil governmental is circulated by
| the enemies of the cause of the !ndepend-
ence of Cuba that they have no govern
ment or civil organization to recognize. l;
| is admitted by all that there Is Cuban
army which has forced Spain to confess
] her inability 10 re-eStablsh her control of
| the island the triumphs and hardshlps of
| the Cuban soldiers are written up every
day. but the more admirable example of
| the virtue and capacity of the people of
Cuba the creation and working of a civil
organiza ton. Is lost. and there Is no writer
who has visited the island-English or
American-who has told the world of the
movement of the republic of Cuba AT
this moment a short sketch of the laws
and officers of the republic cannot fail 10
interest the American people and serve
20 dispel any doubt in the mind of senator's
and congressman who will be called to
vote for resolution recognizing the re-
public.
From the very inception of the revolu-
ton the Cubans provided for civil pow
er. The Cuban revolutionary party which
prepared and directed the movement was
a civil organization, headed by Jose Marti,
who worked zealously in establishing the
ma ra n tIp he
sword Gen. Gomez then and throughout
s!rous that the civil authorities should
have the supreme power.
"When he and Marii landed, their first
aim was to constitute a provisional gov
ernment. Gomez, as we'll as all the other
military leaders, recognized Mart! as the
civil head. After the meeting of Gomez
Maceo and Marti at Mejorana on May 4,
1895. a call for the selection of representa-
tives of the Cuban people to form a civil
government was made and Marti and Co.
mea marched to the central provinces TO
arrange for these important details. The
DEGREES of that time are always signed by
both Gomez and Mart..
"The death Of Marti postponed for a
time the selection of the representatives
but IN the beginning of September 1885,
the call previously issued was complied
with.
Representatives from each of the prov
inces of Santiago, Puerto Principe, Santa
Clara and the western part of the island,
comprising the provinces of Matanzas and
Habana, making twenty in all, were elec.-
ed to the constituent assembly, which was
TO establish civil government, republican
in form.
THE constituent assembly, composed OF
doctors, lawyers and stinguished Gu
bans, met at Jimaguayu, in the province of
Puerto Principe, on September 13, 1895. 1t
was duly organized it solemnly declared
the independence of Cuba and it's separa-
ton from the Spanish monarch, and con-
firmed the existence of the republic of
Cuba among the political divisions of the
world.
THE constitution, based on democratic
and republican principles, was to be in
force two years, unless the freedom OF
Cuba was obtained previous to the ex-
piration of that time.
"On the 18th of September the following
officials of the government were elected
by the constituent assembly in accordance
with the terms of the constitutions