Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-06
SAYS ADIEU To CUBA
Gen. Gomez Writes Another Long
Farewell Address.
MILITARY OCCUPATION
Exhorts Cubans to Be Patient and
Aid United States.
SHOWS NEED OF CONCORD

HAVANA June 6.-Gen. 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 l have been intrusted with
is nearly concluded. / have attempted to
find solution of questions concerning the
army which l commanded during the
bloodiest war known in America. l 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 disbanded,
which action should have been taken in
Stantly after the removal of the bloody
weight of SPANS merciless 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 Cuba's future welfare.
Views of the Future.
1T is necessary to understand that the
nation in this epoch. most difficult and I'M
equaled in history. should avail itself of the
opportunity to show it possesses virtues, in
spite of the vices caused by colonial gov
eminent and the harshness of warlike life.
We wanted and depended upon foreign in
tervention to end the war. This occurred
at the most terrible moment of our contest
and resulted in SPANS defeat
But none of US thought this extraordi-
nary event would be followed by a military
occupation of the country by our allies, VINO
treat us as people incapable Of acting for
ourselves, and who have reduced us to ODE
dience. to submission end to a tutelage I'M
posed by force of circumstances. This can
not 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 accepted in the proto-
col, and which is disagreeable for them as
for ourselves.
This aid will prove useless without con-
cord among all the islanders. Therefore,
1t is necessary to forget past disagree
ments to completely unite all elements and
organize political party, which is needed
in any country.
1t 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 only have one
party in Cuba, with one object, that OF
obtaining the aspiration of years
I'VE must devote ourselves to paclhc
labors. gain the respect of the world and
show that, though our war was honorable
peace must come.
To Nullify Alien Occupation.
I'VE must make useless by our behavior
the presence of a 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 CONT
nent. l think doubts and suspicious are
unjust.
I'VE must form Immediately a committee
or club to be a nucleus of government.
This will serve Cuban interests purely, and
act as an aid to the intervenors.
Il as one of the first Cubans, although
one of our last soldiers, and not far from
the grave, without passions or ambitions,
call on you with the sincerity of a father
and urge a cessation of the supertiuous dis
Cussons and the creation of parties of all
kinds. which disturb the country and tend