New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
CURANS CELEBRATE HERE
Women Give Dinner - Speakers
Laud u. S. at Meeting.

The first anniversary OF the pirth VI uie
Cuban Republic was fttingly observed last
night by local Cubans at public meeting at
Century Iyceum, the first Cuban meeting held
-; ,,;s c;ty since the Spanish-American War,
and q dinner for fifty guests at Lotos Hall,
which was given by the Cuban women for their
compatriots.
About five hundred persons attended the meet
ing There were several Americans In the au-
dience although, with the exception OF the
opening address by Senior o. A. Zayas, CUBAN
Consul General, all the speeches were delivered
in Spanish.
Both halls were prettily decorated with Amer
lean and Cuban colors- On the wall pehind the
platform at Century Hall. the emblems OF the
two nations were intertwined. There were also
on the wall large portraits of the Cuban pa
triots Palma, Marti. Agramonte and Gomez.
cable dispatch of greeting was sent to Pres
tdent Palma The committee which arranged
the details of the meeting consisted OF d.
Jacinto Luis Enrique Agramonte. Federico
Adelman and Alberto GARLIC
Through all the speeches ran vein OF graft
tude for the United States, which made possible
the celebration of last night The expressions OF
this sentiment elected great applause The
mention of President Roosevelt's name also pro-
voked enthusiasm.
Sehor Zayas paid high tribute in his opening
address to the United States for Its part IN the
liberation of Cuba, and its magnaninity III
granting the country absolute independence he
said in part:
May 20 is not important alone as the annVer Ts
of the establishment of Free Cuba. but is also a
great dav in the annals OF Cuba memorable
dsf in pdW st nPaen w02 Of
or intimidation. of its own free Will. with nign
fhe world. as President Roosevelt has said. that
governments as well as individuals should keep
General N Bolet-Peraza, ex-Venezuelan Min
lister to the United States. in his speech said
that the most useful contribution he could make
at the anniversary celebration was to call the
attention OF the new republic to the sad fate OF
some of her sister countries Of the tropics, op-
pressed by despotic governments and ruined by
intermittent revolutions, because civic virtue
and the education OF the masses had been
neglected.
I'VE must open the schools and close the bar
racks" said General Bolet- Peace and pros
perity are the result Of illustrated common
sense"
Dr. Guillerrno DOLE. Ex-Governor Of Pinar Gel
Rio Province, a member of the medical stan OF
General Skaters army at Santiago ana re-
Gently appointed Cuban Consul General az
Buenos Ayres delivered a glowing eulogy OF
the United States, President MCKINNEY anu
President Roosevelt
"The persevering energy of Washington ne
said the fruitful initiative OF JeHefsoh' 'lIe
prophetic foresight of Monroe, the sublime mag
nanirnity OF Lincoln, the serene wisdom OF Mo
KinIey and the enthusiastic patriotism OF Roose-
welt with all their superb qualities corrlplned'
could never have brought to a happy consum-
nation the magnificent outgrowth of the United
States if every one OF these men had not a pure
conscience and honest heart
THE White House, inexhaustible fountain of
good and justice, has always been sacred tab
ernacle of honesty and virtue"
Senior L. Horta also spoke
Interspersed with the speeches was vocal
number by Miss Maria Mantilla, and the rendi-
ton of a poem written for the occasion by Dr.
Jacinto Luis.
The exercises closed with the singing of the
Cuban hymn by twelve "senoritas.