The herald., 1898-04-11

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president, Salvador Cisueros Betan-
court of Puerto Principe.
"'Vice president, Bartolome Masso of
| MaGzanillo.
Secretary of war, Carlos Roloff of Santa
Clara.
Secretary of the treasury, Sevro Pima OF
Santa Spiritus.
Secretary of the interior, Santiago Gar
cia Canizarez of Remedies.
Secretary Of foreign relations, Rafael
NJ Portunondo of Santiago de Cuba.
"Sub-secretary of war, Mari Monocal of
| Matanzas.
Sub-secretary of the treasury, Joaquin
Castillo of Santiago de Cuba.
"Sub-secretary of the interior, Carlos
Dubois of Baracia.
"Sub-secretary of foreign relations, Fer
min Valdez Dominguez of Habana.
| The installation of the officers duly fol-
| lowed. The election of the general in
chief and the second in command, who is
to bear the title of lieutenant general, was
then held and resulted in the unanimous
election of Gomez and Antonio Maceo, re-
spectively.
| oH tlit Qdy lHe COilStitueHt dSStIIl-
bly, elected by acclamation as delegate
plenipotentiary and general agent abroad
of the Cuban republic Tomas Estrada
| Palma.
During the two years of the first admin
stration and UP to the time of Maceos
death the civil authorities of the republic
have exercised their functions throughout
the territory controlled by the republic of
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island. There is a civil governor in every
province, who has his Subordinates and
employees. The provinces are divided into
prefectures, under the supervision of the
secretary of the interior. The duties of the
prefcts are various and are subject to spe-
cial laws. That these prefectures are in
working operation, the official kilograms
of the Spanish press afford innumerable
proofs. General Blanco, in a communica-
ton to his government under date of
| March 18th, published in all the Madrid
| papers, says:
| "'HAVANA-Captain General to Minis
ter of War: In operations of columns in
the east the military line of the enemy be-
tween Bayamo, Manzanillo and Canto was
broken, also destroying the civil ograniza-
ton which they had in that territory for
two years.
| Documents were filed before the senate
committee on foreign relations last April,
which were published as document No. 10,
Fifty-fifth congress, first session, which
proved that the civil government legislated
as to commerce, good workshops, manu-
| factories, customs inspectors, postoffices;
| that stamps have been issued, public
schools established, civil marriage pro-
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organized, taxes being collected amount
| ing to hundreds of thousands of dollars,
President Cisneros and afterwards Presi-
dent Masso, issuing state papers as they
became opportune. The military authori-
ties are subordinate to the civil govern
ment. In many documents the generals SO
declare it, and General Gomez, the COM
mander in chief, duly took the oath to the
constitution. In July, 1896, he published the
following circular:
Headquarters of the Army of LIBERIA
tion-(Circuar):
""rhis headquarters being informed of
the unworthy proceedings of some chiefs
and officers of the army with regard to the
civil authorities of the republic, and re-
solved, as it is, not to consent In any case
nor by any person that the sacred princt-
pies of discipline, subordination and NOR
ality of the revolution should be disre-
garded, but that respect should be rem
dered to the majesty of its democratic in
stitutions, its commander in chief and its
officers of the inevitable duty which they
have to respect the functionaries of the
civil government according to their rank.
1.-The military authorities are obliged to
give the decisive protection of their force
to the civil authorities, for the better full
| fllment of their duties.
1.-The chiefs of corps, divisions and bri-
| gades will Chastise severely any subor-
dinates against whom any complaints may
| be made of their bad conduct in this re-
spect, they being answerable to headquar-
ters for their leniency or Indifference. p.
Y. L. Remanganaguns, % July, 1s96.-The
general-in-chief, Maxine Gomez
"The general reports of the civil gov
| ernor of the east, Carlos Manuel de Ces-
| pedes, for the years 1896 and 1897 quoted in
| one of Senator Morgans speeches, confirm
| every one of our statements and is worthy
| of perusal Five newspapers are also pub
| lished in the republic: Ell Cuba No Libre,
| La lndepencia, FL Boletin de la Guerra,
La Sanidad and Las Villas. Books have
also been published, the first being the
primer for the public schools
| pursuant to the mandate contained in
| the constitution of 1885, constituent as
| sembly was convoked to meet in October,
| 1887, to revise the laws and to elect new
officers. The government council passed
an electoral law, and twenty-four repre-
sentatiyes were chosen from the six prov
inces by all the citizens of the republic,
those in the army as well as the civilians.
The election was untrammeled by the mill
tary. In notable letter to Gen. Garcia a
translation of which reached President Nc
Kinley, he told how, in Santiago de Cuba,
he gave his vote the same as the soldiers
and peasants, and how inspiring it was to
see the people exercise the right of suffrage
in districts controlled entirely by the re-
public.
"lt was a brilliant congress that sat
during the months of October and Novem-
Der. Dr, Msn9sz Capots exa1rsSidApt Of