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! HAVANA, Jan: 27.-To-morrow at
noon Major General Jose Gomez yet
eran II of TIE revolution aaginst Spain.
vii! rbe iaausurated rs President Of
tie Cuban republic and Alfredo
Zay;as will assume the Svice.presl.
denccy.h Governor! Masooa. who has
been tie real ruler Of Cuba during the
American lnterven ton, will. promul.
gate a decree declaring re.esta5lish-
ed the ordinary methods and}agencies
offguPernmans and turning over the
island o'f&@president Gomez and ths
Cuban Congress-. Thus the people Of
the gorgeous Isle Will take over'the
ma nagement Of their own govern
mental affairs for the second time un.
der eriAmer!can ausplces."sa.rr@'4li &aaF
TIE inaugural ceremonies Viii take
place in the palace and will be at.
tendediby diplomatic Representatives
and special ENJOYS from all Countries.
It will be a magnificent affair. attend.
cd by much pemp and circumstance,
and accoHlpan!edtby fverltable1 orgy
Of enthusiastic reyelryuon;tho part! OF
the freed and :lndependen = populace!it}:
5!'Blt the populace, II must be admit
ted; cares not so muc1 pforfpolitical
independence ms It does for the dot
teries, the cooking mains and the bull
tlghts0that are pramised under the
new regime. 81 These sports and pas:
times. dear Ito { the%heart Of every
Cuban, were at4least nominally ban.
lshed gby. the Puritan iedIcts Of the
American invaders, but the Liberal
party which controls the executive
and legislative brancAts O I the new
government, has promised that bills
establishing the legality Of, cock fight
ing and. inauguEatins- a >nat!onal.~lot.
tery; will be among the frat slntro-
duced. 81
The only kind Of warfare that is to
have attention now h that.of the cock
and bull rings The cock and the
plough were 4aina :are the emblems Of
the Liberal party. During the cam;
palen they we're extenslvelysdlsplayedI
as miniature toys 1and Lwdrn as sym;
bols: now sthe aIrselI y rp9o$teEis cook
Of the walk in tho tluest sense. Every
day one sees men md boys going
about the streets and ID the cars car
ry:ng a. couple of. the gorgeous plum,
aged little fowls that make, for the
Cubans. their great native sporlaHTne
society for tho Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals. which. In the island is
chilled the Human .s4clety and the
Band Of Mercy, has; ) iirIea TO interfere
aud prevent; these nights, at least
while thc American government that
forbade them iE.Ftill here. These hu,
nanltarIansI hold tna. ythe Influence
oi.a cock asht On the, ,slghtsaer is as
brutalizinr as is that Of a bull fight. !
Cock fighting. as Il Ii practsed IN
cnba, is an al!osether Inherent sport
from the comparatively! tame and hu'
manc pastlmc qoiI American cooking
mains. In the first place. the fowl is'
plucked Of his feathers, and his body
Isl brilliantly painted. OF course, he
starts into the frinE tenraseda Aroun%
his claws are dastened, with fineH Hdel'-'
but strong steel springs
the formidable. spurs that ARE TO tear
at his 4 antagonist. Both cocks are
equipped in the SAME way: they! have
equal chance at each other, and often
neither does bit both Just fight till'
exhausted and drop in the riney2Then
the managers" take Zip tho ilnanglel
bodies. RIB them with alcohol; ''poAr
drops of brandy y..looEwn lown n tnelr 81 1throats
and when d, tllcy gre revived enough enough to
be, maldened with pain set them at
-r(contInued on. Paoe Eiye,ItN