The times., 1899-04-08
OUESADA EXPLAINS
TIE COEN CONTRACT
He Believes Himself SANDER
ed Through Revenge.
Conditions Under Which the Agree
ment Was Entered In 0.
The Cuban Thought He Was Done
With Representing His Peo-
pIc-Thc CnnccI,atiOn.
To the Editor OF The Times:

To the Editor OF The Times:
| / am glad to have an opportunity OF
| publicly answering the ISLANDERS which have
| been privately circulated about me. Mr..
| Coen, in an interview published yesterday.
| charges that am interested in Cuban loan
schemes and franchises, and sets forth at
| length a contract between US.
| The fact is that Mr.. Coen rather places
me before the public as a man who, not
even for private gain, will support a meas
| ure detrimental to the interests of Cuba
and opposed 10 the policy of the United
States. 1t was because l refused to sup
port his scheme of making loan of s20,-
100000 in bonds for sI2 ,OO0, 600 in Cuban
silver that he grew wroth and is trying to
take vengeance. it was also because l re-
| fused to further this scheme which had the
support of the Cuban Assembly, which sent
a special committee to Washington, to try
to persuade the Administration to permit
the making of the loan, and because stood
with Gomez for the acceptance of $4,000, 600
from the United States, since | was con-
vinced 10 more could be obtained, that l
was censured and dismissed by the Cuban
Assembly. AS matter of fact, however,
the agreement he publishes did not exist at
lue llIlIe luese were
consideration by the Assembly.
In November, the date of the agreement,
it was presumed that all representation
of the Cubans in the United States would
cease, almost Immediately, and it was per-
fectly proper under the circumstances that
should. as an attorney, prepare to attend
to my business affairs. | sent my resigna-
tion TO the Cuban Assembly, but it was
not accepted.
AS soon as it was evident that l should
continue my representation of Cuba, l
spoke to Mr.. Coen and 10 his correspond
ent in Washington, stating that | desired
TO rescind the agreement. l was assured
that this would be done at any time.
The Garcia Commission heard Mr.. Coen
and took the stand, which / continued dur
ing the entire negotiations, that II Mr..
Coen could obtain the surety of the tacit
consent of the United States Government
to the making of the loan. that favorable
recommendation would be made TO the
Cuban Assembly.
When l went TO Cuba TO see General
Gomez, / insisted on the cancellation of
the agreement This was done on Janu-
ary 2S by Mr.. Coen, and by my attorney
in fact, Mr. Rubens. Mr.. Coen returned
his copy of the agreement to me. Since
that date. Mr. Coen has been silent, and
II was only when he found that l would
not cable to the Assembly to accept his
loan, against the wishes of the American
Government, that he sought TO vilify me.
AS for the charges that | am interested
in obtaining concessions and franchises,
il is notorious that none has been granted
in Cuba, and that none will be, until the
Cubans themselves govern the island.
| never received one cent in money,
stocks, or any equivalent from Mr.. Coen or
his company. | am perfectly willing TO
stand on the fact that even though | may
appear to have been interested in Mr.
Coen's loan, / opposed it from the first
unless ii should meet with the approval OF
the American Government, and did so be-
cause I did not wish the Cuban Assembly
to take any action which would be disau-
thorized by the American Government
GoNZALA DE QUESADA.
The Agreement Cancelled.
The following has been handed TO The
Times by Mr. Quesada in proof of his state
ment that his agreement with Mr.. Coen,
made in November 1898, was formally cln-
celed on January 2s, 1899. The document
explains itself
January 2s, 1899.
This memorandum Of agreement is 10 certify
that the agreement made and executed or
about November /, lsgs, 10y or between Charles
NJ Coen and Gonzala de Quesada, has been dis
solved and rendered null and void by mutual
consent.
CHARLES NJ COEN.
GONZALA DE QUESADA.
BY Horatio 5 Rubens, his
Attorney in Fact