The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-15
CUBAN COUNCIL CALLED
To Determine the Future Course
of the Insurgents.
A NUCLEUS AND A GUIDE
The Provisional Government Issues a
Observation-Disclosures Gratitude for
Liberation by the United
States.

Santiago de Cuba, Sep 14.-The
council of the so-called provisional gov
Of the republic of Cuba, rep
resented by Senior Bartolome Masso,
president; Cisnero Capote, vice presi-
dent, and Senior Fonte, Senior Aleman
and Senior Moreno de la Tore, secre-
taries, met at Santa Cruz on Sept. 1
and formulated a manifesto to the Gu
ban people with an order to the COM
manders of the Cuban army, both of
which have been promulgated.
The manifesto, which was an elabor-
ate document, touches on the history of
the movement for Cuban independence
and the principles upon which the Gu
ban people have fought for their liberty.
1t proceeds in part as follows:
The peace preliminaries have been
signed and the government of the Unit
ed States has imposed upon Spain an
obligation to %renounce all her rights of
sovereignty over the island of Cuba
and to evacuate the territory imme-
diately. The cessation of hostilities has
also been agreed upon.
Although the principal objects of our
revolution have been obtained, that is
the destruction of Spanish domination.
the work of this council is not yet at
an end, for the Cuban republic-the
luedl Tor winch we nave 1OuRnt-naS
not yet been constituted. Now that
hostilities have ceased and Spain has
re~nounced her sovereignty, il is the
duty of the ounci to set before the
Cuban people the feelings Inc purposes
of the men who made the revolution.
We always felt confident that through
our own perseverance we would in the
long run destroy Spanish domination;
but we must acknowledge that an in
| definite nrOIOnga inn of the Cfr1Uulp
would have annihilated the little that
was left of our wealth and population.
The entrance upon the field of a power
full and decisive factor upon which we
have always relied and toward which
the hearts of all Cubans have always
turned, has put an end to the horrors
of war, to the benefit of all concerned.
This prompt solution we must &C
knowledge the evident truth. That is
the best title the United States has to
our gratitude. We were abandoned by
the world, some nations ignoring us
through selfishness; others ignorant Of
u real condition. considering us an
obstinate and an ungovernable people.
because we did accept the cajoleries
and batteries with which Spain tried
10 soothe our just anger.
This was our situation when the
people of the United States. their pres
ident and congress, came to our rescue
anu lOOh upou NltlI HDbulutTS the TASK
of delivering US at once from an un-
bearable yoke. as our sufferings could
not be endured or permitted longer.
They ave accomplished their pro-
gramme brilliantly. What is more.
they have liberated in one way or an
other, from the rule of Spain. all peo-
Piles oppressed by her. The liberation
is definite and irrevocabIe. Spain has
been expelled from this hemisphere.
w are grateful. In nation as we'll
as individuals, gratitude is %ennobling.
As we begin now our national life. we.
more than another people, must be ieal-
Gus of our national honor. 1t is, there
fore. the duty of this council to explain
to the people Of Cuba what, in its opin-
ion. are our duties towards the United
States and toward ourselves and what
are the rules that ought to direct our
conduct.
When, after a long struggle, the
United States congress recognized the
right of the people of Cuba to be free
and independent and ordered the Span
ish forces TO withdraw from the island.
no Cuban government was recognized
but the one we had constituted, though
not recognized. was not opposed and
has not been opposed. No steps have
been taken TO dislodge il from the place
where Ii exercised its functions nor has
1t been considered an Legitimate au-
thority which ven have dissolved OF
destroyed for the good of the people OF
Cuba.
1T cannot but be otherwise. The
United States could not interfere in our
struggle for the sake of what our enc
mics might consider a political faction.
The American government could inter-
vene for the benefit of the whole peo-
pie or Cuba, a part of whom, being
under Spanish rule. was not free 10
express a urpos or a preference. The
i 80 A.
as o as the obstacle of Spanish rule
had been removed, Cuba should choose
a government that would shape the
destinies of the island.
The people of the United States
have all along appreciated the fact that
the majority of the people of Cuba
are In agreement with our principles,
for the motto of the United States gov
eminent has the same as ours-abso-
lutte independence for Cuba. Under
these conditions the nations could not
take a hostile position oward us OF
consider our authority illegitlmate and
harmful to the welfore of the Cuban
people.
These considerations have cons
WINGED US that we should not dissolve
and the powers that we have received
from an assembly elected by the peo-
pie under arms shoul never vanish
on the contrary, we fell that We
should remain as a nucleus and guide
for those who have vested such q
power in us. We have. therefore. de-
cided TO call together an assembly
which will determine our future
course"
In conclusion the manifesto gives a
lumber of reasons why the proposed
assembly should be convened and SOM
government or another chosen. nc
with the character Of a government
as yet. but as an official representa-.
ton of those Cubans who fought
against Spain and those who. in the
cities under Spain's control and in for
eign countries, w helped and sup
ported them"
Lavigne and Erne.
Neu York Sent III Z DnNdfn hal