The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-03
HONOR FOR NARTI.
First President of Cuban Rev.
olutionists Eulogized.
CROWDS THRONG HAVANA STREETS.
General Gomez Plans to Unite the
SpaniardS and Cubans In One Par
ty, Which Shall Strive For the
independence of the Island.

HAVANA, Jan. 80. = Four thousand
persons, men in their best clothing and
women gayiy dressed stood amid
pouring rain in Paula square yesterday
listening to six intensely patriotic eulo-
gies upon Jose Marti, the Cuban patriot
: and first president of the Cuban revolu-
tionary government. A tablet to his
memory was unveiled at the house
where he was born, in a street near by,
and 80 societies, consisting of $500 per-
sons, with banners, flags and five bands,
marched through the principal thor
oughfares to the square.
The procession, whose distinguishing
feature was 500 girls wearing white
dresses and red liberty caps, started at
l o'clock, reaching the square two hours
later. The streets were gayly decorated
with Cuban and American flags, and
though the interest ran high there was
no disorder of any kind. Marti's widow,
mother and son led the parade, with the
first Cuban flag used by the patriots,
which was loudly cheered.
The eulogies contained but few refer
ences to the United States or the mill
tary administration, and the only two
vituperative references to the Spaniards
were quietly received. The tendency of
all the speeches was toward the ut-
mate independence of Cuba, which the
orators recognized as a fact not yet ac-
complished. They declared that all Gu
bans should unite to reach that great
end, to make their desires known to
the world and to claim independence as
q right when the proper time arrived.
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that the Cubans should take steps to
preserve the house itself in Marti's
memory and should give financial as
sistance to those he had left behind He
called upon the Cubans to go to work
Juan Gomez, a mulatto with a con-
siderable reputation as an orator, made
the best speech Of the day. He coun-
seled firmness. concord and determi-
nation as means TT gain the coveted in
dependence. The power which has in
itervened between the old regime and
the one we are striving for" he said, sis
Unfamiliar with the ways and habits OF
our race, and, naturally, it will some
times blu1der IN its efforts to fulfiTl It's
obligations to Cuba. The Cubans 1nust
realize this and kegg it in mind. TREY
must calmly indicate a mistake when It
Is made and have I5aith that the error
will be corrected"
All the references to Cuban libre were
vociferously applanded and Matt was
ED up as an ,essSnnple for all Cubans.
a telegram of sesutation was sent to
General Maxine Gomez. Only two
spanish flags were on view throughout
the day--cne ovar a building used by
tne Spanish steamship line, and the
other over the Banco Espanol
The plan of General Gomez to unite
the Spaniards IN Cuba with the Gu
pans proper in party whose platform
should be the Independence of the is
land dees not altogether thrive in the
Spanish mind. Some Spaniards say
Yes. give US the Gomez programme Of
amity." Others are silent. AS for the
annexationists, 'ihey are very out
spoken in Havana but more reserved in
the interior of 1le island, where they
are outnunlberedaand far from the pro
lection Of the american troops
The Marquis Pinar del Rio has caused
some apprehension among the Span
ards by the assertion that during his
recent visit TO the United States he be-
zane convinced That the American gov
eminent did moi intend to hold Cuba
permanently. Spanish bankers ami
merchants decline to lend money or to
1--WE liberal credits because they fear
bat the American occupation VIII he
nrlef and that the reconstruction of the
insular system OF government viii be
Retarded in consequence.