The age-herald., 1899-06-07
POLITICAL PARTY NEEDED
Manifesto a Principal Topic Of Con,
 V0FSltiOl.
LYRCHINGS ARE DEPLORE[
The Recent Occurrence at San Antonio Greatly SpanishPapers Bitter, and Minister at Wash
 ington May Be Notified

Havana, June 6.-General Maxine Gomez, the former commander-in-chief of the Gu ban army, will issue his farewell manifesto today. In substance it will say:
 ''The mission I have been entrusted with is nearly concluded. I have attempted to find solution of the questions concerning the army which I commanded during the bloodiest war ever known in America. I am now leaving, regretfully, to attend to 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 taken instantly after the removal of the bloody weight of Spain's merciless regime. We no longer need soldiers, but men for the maintenance of peace and order, which are the basis of Cuba's future welfare.
 Tt is necessary to understand that the nation in this epoch, most difficult and un- equalled in history, should avail itself of the opportunity to show it possesses vir- tues, in spite of the vices caused by colo nial government and the harshness of war like life. We wanted and depended upon foreign intervention to terminate the war. This occurred at the most terrible moment of the contest, and resulted in Spain's de- feat. But none of us thought this extraor- dinary event would be followed by mli- tary occupation of the country by our al- lies, who treat us a people incapable of acting for ourselves, and who have reduced us to obedience, to submission and to a tutelage imposed by force of circumstances.
 Finishing Work of Organizing
 "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 Americans accept ed in the protocol, and which is as disa- greeable for them as for ourselves. This aid will prove useless without concerted effort among all the islanders. Therefore it is necessary to forget past disagree ments, to completely unite all elements and to organizez political party which is needed in any country.
 Tt is always said that countries have
 the government which they merit, and
 Cuba will have that which her heroism
 entities her to- Today she can have only one party, with one object, that of obtain ing the aspiration of years.
 We must devote ourselves to pacific labors; gain the respect of the world, and show that though our war was honorable, our peace must be more so.
 We must make useless by our behavior
 the presence of strange power in the
 island, and must assist the Americans to
 complete the honorable mission they have
 been compelled to assume by force of cir
 cumstances.
 This work was not sought by those
 rich Northerners, owners of a continent.
 I think doubts and suspicious are unjust.
 We must form immediately @ committee or club to be a nucleus of government
 This will serve Cuban interests purely and act as an antidote. l, as one of the first Cubans, although one of our last old sol- diers and not far from the grave, without
 passions ambitions call on you with
 the sincerity of father and urge cessa- tion of the superfluous discussions and the creation of parties of all kinds, which dis turb the country and tend to cause anarchy.
 "In this country there should not be one man whom we consider stranger. Today we no longer have autonomists or conserV- atives, but only Cubans.
 My mission having ended I will absent myself temporarily to embrace my family, but I will return shortly to Cuba, which l love as much my own land. My last words for my soldiers that, as always, where my tent Is the CupanS nave a friend"
 Principal Topic of Conversation The farewell manifesto of General Gomez
  Americans and Cubans of all shades of pol itics The Americans for the most part consider it an affectionate adieu, express ing the real views of the old patriot, and also his sincere intention to retire from public life. His Cuban admirers say the address will rank among the most famous 1 in history.
 His opponents, especially the members of l the former military assembly, insist that he has no intention of retiring for more l than a few weeks, and that his real object | is to gain public sympathy. They say also 1 that Colonel Carlos Cespedes virtually | writes the major part of what Gomez is- sues to the public, though in this instance l probably third was written by Gomez | himself. General Gomez spent the morning at his residence attending to business, and 1 he declined to see vistors this afternoon giving as an excuse the weakness that fol- | lowed his recent indisposition. Toward | evening he was seen driving, accompanied l by an aide. It is not thought probable that l he will leave Havana before the 1st of 1 July.
 Expects to Return to Cuba 1 After visiting San Domingo he expects l to return to Cuba in order to remove the 1 body of his son, Francisco Gomez, who was | killed with General Antonio Maceo. He 1 desires to reinter the remains ln his na- l tive land.
 Many residents of Havana who are nei- | ther friendly nor unfriendly to General Go l meg believe that if he lives he will soon l wish to resume his connection with the l island, and they also believe that Cuban l sentiment in the main would favor his be- 1 in glargely interested in the future Cuban | republic, even if not as its president. Lynching Deplored The lynching of Jose Fernandez Lebregat l at San Antonio de Tos Banos yesterday | by the Cubans is universally depored. The | general opinion is that It will give Spain | an opportunity to claim indemnity, oi 1 which she will readily avail herself, The | nro- -Sna niSh nanerS hittertv denounca the