The record-union., 1898-04-11

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of the Interior. The duties of the pre-
fects are various and are subject to
special laws.
That these procedures are in work
ing operation, the official kilograms of
the Spanish press afford innumerable
proofs. General Blanco, in a comnlu-
nication to his Government under date
of March 18th. published in all The
Madrid papers, says:
Hayana-Captain-G General tc Min
lister OF War: In operations of columns
in the east, the military lines Of -he
enemy between Bayamo, Manzanillo
and Canto, were broken, also destroy
ing the civil organization which they
had in that territory fc~ two years.
Documents were fl before the
Senate Committee OH Fore 81 Relations
last April. which were pubasheI as
document No. 10, Fifty-fifth Cox srecs,
first session, which proved that the civil
Government legislated as to commerce,
good workshops, manufactures, custom
inspectors, postOffices; that stamps
have been issued, public schools estab-
hshed, civil marriage provided for; that
the public treasury is we'll organized;
taxes being collected amounting to nun
dreds of thousands of dollars, President
Cisneros and afterwards President
Masso, issuing state papers as they be-
came Opportune. The military au-
thorities are subordinate to the civil
Government. In many documents the
Generals so declare it, and General
Gomez. the Commander-inCh duly
took the oath to the constitution. In
July. 1896 he published the following
circular:
Headquarters of the Army of Lib
Grafton.
This headquarters being informed
of the unworthy proceedings of some
chiefs and officers of the army with 1e-
gard to the civil authorities of the Ke-
public and resolved as it is not to con-
sent III any case nor by any person that
the sacred principles of discipline, sub
ordination and morality of the revolu-
tion should be disregarded, but tnat
respect should be rendered to the
majesty Of its democratic institutions,
its Commander-in-Ch Chief reminds It's Of
hcers of the inevitable duty which they
have to respect the functionaries Of the
civil Government according to their
rank
The military authorities are obliged
to give the decisive protection of their
force to the civil authorities, for the
better fulfiIlment of their duties.
The chiefs of the corps, divisions
and brigades will chastise severely all
subordinates against whom any com
plants may be made of their bad con
duct in this respect, they being answer
able to this headquarters for their len
iency or Indifference. p. Y. L. Remain
ganaguns, 22d July, 1896. The Cen
e1al-in-Chief, MAXIMO GOMEZ
The general reports of the Civil Gov
ernor of the East, Carlos Manuel De
Cespedes, for the years 1896 and 1897
quoted in one of Senator Morgan's s
speeches, confirm every one of our
statements and is worthy of perusal
Five newspapers are also published in
the republic: "El Cuba No Libre,' -
La independence" q" ''EI Boletin De La
Guerra" La Sanidad" and Las Vii
las"
Books have also been published, the
first being the primer for the public
schools.
Pursuant to the mandate contained
n else@os ns sitaation of 1895. a sconstitu-
ent assembly was convoked to meet in
October, 1897, to revise the laws and to
elect new officers. The Government
Council passed an electoral law and
twenty-fOur representatives We're chos-
en- from the six provinces by all the cit
izens of the republic, those in the army
as we'll as the civilians; the election
was untrammeled by the military In
a notable letter from General Garcia
translations of which reached Presi-
dent Mckinley, he told how in Santia-
go De Cuba he gave his vote the same
as the soldiers and peasants and how
inspiring it was to see the people exer-
else the right of suffrage in districts
controlled entirely by the republic
1T was a brilliant congress that sat
during the months of October and No
vember, DR.. Mendez Capote, ex-Presi-
dent of Law in Havana University, pre-
sided. The outgoing Secretary of
State submitted his reports, which We're
examined and passed upon by commit
tees appointed for the purpose A new
Constitution was adopted on the 29th
Of October, 1897, which will be in force
two years, unless independence is OBJ
tanned beforehand, when an assembly
shall be called to provide temporarily
fer the government and the administra
tion of the republic, until a definite
constituent assembly shall meet
The preamble says: We. the rep
resentatives of the Cuban people. free
Iy meeting in constituent assembly, con-
Voked by virtue of the mandate con-
tanned in the Constitution of 10Th of
September. 1895, ratify our firm and
unshakable resolve of obtaining the
absolute and immediate independence
OF the island, planting in it demo-
cratic republic and inspiring ourselves
in the present necessities of the revo-
luton; we decree the following consti-
tuition:
THE constitution determines what is
called the republic, who are citizens.
their individual and political rights. the
officers of the Government, their pow
ers and provides for the assem- blying
of the representatives. The principal
articles are: Article G-Cubans and
foreigners will be protected in their re-
ligious opinions and in the practice Of
their respective cults. as long as they
are not opposed to public morals.
Article 3. Education is free in all
the territory of the republic
Article 10. The electoral right
shall be regulated by the Government
on the basis of universal suffrage
Article II. The administration of
justice in reference to civil matters be-
longs to the civil authorities and its
procedure shall be regulated by law.
Article 22 Besides the powers
conferred upon it by other articles of
this constitution. the Government
Council has the following: