The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-07
G0MEZ'S FAREWELL TO CUBA.
MEN AND NOT SOLDIERS NEEDED
ron THE WORK AHEAD.

circumstances Have Made Necessary
a. Military Occupation That Was
Not Expecte1-He Urges All to CO.
operate With the Americans-A
Club should he Formed as the Nu-
cleus of Governmcnt-Views of
His Friends and Opponents.
Havana, June S.-Gen. Maxine Gomez,
the former commander-ln-chief of the Gu
ban army issued his farewell manifesto
to-day. In substance il says:
"The mission / have been entrusted
with is nearly concluded. I have attempt
ed to find solution of questions concern
ing the army which l commanded during
the bloodiest war known in America.
am now leaving. regretfully. TO attend to
necessary private business.
"A parting word to the people for whom
have sacrificed thirty years of my life
and to my friends in the army just dis
banded. which action should have been
take instantly after the removal of the
bloody weight of Spain's mereiless regime.
We armed ourselves and, therefore, now
we no longer want soldiers, but men for
the maintenance of peace and order, which
are the basis of Cubas future welfare.
A Submission Not Looked for.
at is necessary TO understand that the
nation In this epoch most difficult and un-
equalled in history, should avail Itself OF
the opportunity 10 show il possesses vir-
tues, in spite of the vices caused by colo
NAL government and the harshness OF
wariAe life. We wanted and depended
upon foreign Intervention 10 end the war.
This occurred at the most terrible mo-
ment of our contest and resulted in Spain
defeat. But none OF US thought this extra
ordinary event would be followed by a
military occupation of the country by our
adlios, who treat us as people incapable
OF acting for ourselves, and who have re-
duced us to obedience, TO submission and
to a tutelage imposed by force of clrcum-
stances. This cannot be our ultimate fate
after the years of struggle, and we should
aid by every pacific method in finishing
the work of organizing, which the Ameri-
cans accepted in the protocol, and which
is disagreeable for them as for ourselves.
This aid will prove useless without con-
cord among all the islanders. Therefore it
is necessary to forget past disagreements,
to completely unite all elements and TO or
ganize political party, which is needed in
any country.
Must Have "A Government.
ut is always said that countries have
the government which they merit, and
Cuba will have that to which her heroism
entities her To-day she can have but
one party with one object, that of obtain
ing the aspirations of years.
I'VE must devote ourselves to pacific la
bors, gain the respect of the world and
show that though our war was honorable
l.o
We must make useless by our behav-
ior the presence of a strange power In
the island, and must assist the Ameri-
cans to complete the honorable mission
they have been compelled to assume by
a force of circumstances. This work was
not sought by those rich Northerners,
owners of a continent / think doubts ana
suspicious are unjust. We must form I'M
nediately q committee or club TO be
nucleus Of a government. This will serve
Cuban interests purely and act as an aid
10 the intervenors.
''I as one of the first Cubans, although
one of our last old soldiers and not far
from the grave, without passions or smbi-
tions, call on you with the sincerity OF
father and urge a cessation of the super
huous discussions and the creation of par
ties of all kinds, which disturb the coun-
try and tend to cause anarchy In this
country there should not be one man
whom we consider a stranger. To-day
we no longer have autonomlsts or con-
servauves, but only Cubans
MY mission having ended ] will abb
sent myself temporarily TO embrace my
family, but will return shortly TO Cuba,
which love as much as my own land.
my last words for my soldiers are that.
as always, where my tent is, the Cubans
have a friend"
Views of II Expressed.
The farewell manifesto OF Gen. Gomez Is
the principal topic OF conversation among
Americans and Cubans Of all shades Of
politics.
The Americans for the most, consider II
an affecting address. expressing the real
views of the old patriot, and also his sin
cere intention to retire from public life
His Cuban admirers say the address viii
rank among the most famous in history.
His opponents, especially the members OF
the former military assembly, insist that
he has no intention to retire for more than
a few weeks, and that his real object is
TO gain public sympathy. They say also
that Col. Carlos Cespedes virtually writes
the greater part of what Gomez issues to
the public, though in this instance, prob
ably third was written by Gomez him