The sun., 1900-11-07
Constitution Making in Cuba.


|. wa, an impressive and interesting
spectacle hat wa~ presented IN Havana
on Norday of this week. when the Cuban
Constr iutloudi convention was opened p'
Govcrnu~ Gnu"ra WOOD. II was IN
pressiv" because mighty nation then
and There proved to m" world its purpose
- keep In" promise mad" on April Is,
sos. ~ give absolute independence to
weaker people -'rugclus 20 be- free. IL
was interesting because the construction
of a stable and efficient scheme of govern
nont i the highest civil function that can
be performed by man.
The un,rneh posit.ouiGk"n by the United
States with regard to cuba l. not the less
maiestic and magu0umous because II *
not entirely without precedent in history
Repeatedly duriu, the Persian and Pcopon-
ncsian wars was the trluLrh Of IN" Athen-
i'm arms followed not 10y IT," "unques,
" Greek cities but by the liberation Of
them from alien or uligarChicil "ppr"ss ion.
rpon the final overt hrpw Of Nla"'dou the
Roman victor proclaimed the restoration
of the libcrtie. of Hriins. More tlaii once
during the early Middle ages would one
l1allAn I DiNillb1WtdI'f hltl OF puI'
rathy put forth lis strength for tho deliver
ance Of anothe from foreign or domestic
tyrant Louis n. Of France helped IN"
Switzers 10 make their memorable stand
against CHARLrs the Bold. Queen ELIZA
RErR sent EuglI.h soldiers to assist the
Dutch Republic in ltS desperate contest
against the power OF Spain. Scarcely
was the French Revolution well under
way than it, clief spokesmen announced
that Liberty, like Islam. should he propa-
gated with the sword, and they presently
called into independent existence the
Ratavlau Republic. the Cisalpine Republic.
The Parthonopeln Republic and the Hell
Vc'ian Republic.
In IN" New World. also. th-rc have been
examples or sacrifices ChceTWily borne
hv one country tor the sake Of fulfilling
,noIhcrS aspiration for scif-govern'nent.
Hu, for the : ccor derived from France.
first in the form of money and munitions
of war aut rhcu in he shape Of fleets and
armies, u would pr badly have been inn
pu.s,t" for uny Evolutionary siros TO
maintain Hu cghi years fight against
Great britain. II vas an trGenilnc force
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