The chronicle=news., 1913-05-20
new PRESIDENT OF
CUBA INSTALLED

Havana, Cuba, May 2o.-Gencrnl
Mario Mchocal WIS inauguratcd sec.
ond president OF tho Cuban republic
shortly after noon today. succeeding
lose Miguel Gomez. who has been nj
III. head OF the government since the
American control OF the Msuinr af-
fairs came TO an end on January 2S.
1903. Tn. new pr.sidcn, received
his education In III. United statcs
and e. regarded as r. warm friend c'
III. great American republic. nj h!r
program il. promises TO cultivate
closer relations with the United
States. and to seek agricultural and
industrial development.
The popularity u! III. nca cx.cu.
,Iv. was a,,cs,cd by the enthusiastic
demonstrations attending hi, Undue
ton into offic" aud the srca, crowds
that witnc, ,.d all of the feature, OF
tn" Inauguration program. The TAX.
Ing Of III. oath of office was prcccd.
eel parade ot regular troops. civil
and the ruarai guard.
7 .." chief Justice of the supreme
court administered tho oath Of of.
flee 20 President Mcnocai ON the bal.
"ony OF the palace. In view Of the
thousands OF spectators who iiiirs.
the Plaza dc Armas. The retirint
president and his successor were sar-
rounded by tho dixnitari~s of stale.
the members n congress and the dip.
iouaa'ic corps In brilliant uniforms.
After the induction Of the president
Srnor Enrique Josr vsrona was
sworn In I'm vice prra,dcns ot che r..
public.
Gen. Mcnorai goes into power ns
the leader Of the Conservative party.
and ~ = result OF the declsis~ choice
OF the Cuban people In the elections
OF last fail. The retiring adminis-
isaiion was controlled by the i.ib~r.
ala. IN tho nrw senate the Cons-r.
raiiycs have a strength of thirteen
members against an opposition Of
eleven. In the lower house there are
now forty-ihrcc Liberals and forty.
eight who arr listed as cons~rva.
,ivc~. Five Of the latter. however.
sec Liberal "mus~umps" and they
Will hold the balance of power.
President M-nocai Is man oi
high ideals and enjoys the rrspcc, OF
all Clasa~s of the Cuban people. HS
In = eiSil engineer. an agricultural
and business expert. In addition to
being . soldier. His uncle. Ainsettc
Mcnocai. Was an American citizen. al
and engineer In the Unit
,,i States navy. II was under his di.
'cction tina, young Mcnocsl was cslu-
rated. since his ihiriccnih year
mos, Of his time has been spent in
the United stai1-. lie graduated
from Maryland Agricultural College
in 1884 and from Cornell University
four year. later.
Equipped with q splendid cduca-
,ion and with a perfect knowledge of
both English and spanish. Gen
success dates from hi.
first work after leaving Cornell. Ills
'irs, engineering work va. done In
Nicaragua on the survey for an In.
,.Eoc.anic canal. Before sailing
from New York on this trip he had
to siEn a release TO the company for
any responsibility for returning his
body to the United States In ease of
death. The company would agree.
however. to return the body on pay
mcnt of $3.50. to be deducted from
the salary Of the employee in fsibr.
large iustallmcn;s. Young Mcnocsl
decided that such posthmus luxurics
were not for struggling engineers.
SO he signed the release.
1, wa. in Nicaragua. where ne
spent two years. that Gen. Mcnocai
acquired the intimate knowledge OF
yellow fever and other tropical dis
eases that caused him to become one
of the most active agents in the
cleaning up OF Havana during th,
American occupation.
In 1899 Gen. Mcuocai returned to
Cuba. Al that time he laid before
the spanish city authorities a plan
fog cleaning M the city in tho inter-
est Of the public health. No ai,cn-
tion was paid TO the recommended
tions.
The military career Of Gen. Men.
oca1 dates from June s. 1895. when
he entered tho revolutionary army as
n private. His education and Ills
engineering ability made his promo
tidn rapid. Moreover nc met the 'if-
ficulties of a hard campaign with the
same courage that he faced yellow
fever in Nicaragua. His command In
CamaRuay and Oriente provinces
cleared that territory Of the SPAN
iar,is. His .torming Of the fortified
town Of Las Tunas was one OF the
brilliant fcats Of the campaign.
As inspector general Of public
cork. ,,n,lcr tbc American admins.