The American-Spanish war; . CHAPTER XX. THE WORK OF THE CUBAN DELEGATION. BY Gkn. T. ESTRADA PALMA. Delegate Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba. AFTER the peace of Zanjon, in 1878, the Cuban leadersfor the most part left Cuba and scattered throughSpanish America and the United States. A greatmany individuals and families later followed their exampleand it may be broadly stated that nearly all the Cubans out-side of Cuba, after the termination of the ten years war, werein sympathy with the idea of Cuban independence. JoseMarti conceived the idea of organizing the Cuban immigrationinto a re
The American-Spanish war; . CHAPTER XX. THE WORK OF THE CUBAN DELEGATION. BY Gkn. T. ESTRADA PALMA. Delegate Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba. AFTER the peace of Zanjon, in 1878, the Cuban leadersfor the most part left Cuba and scattered throughSpanish America and the United States. A greatmany individuals and families later followed their exampleand it may be broadly stated that nearly all the Cubans out-side of Cuba, after the termination of the ten years war, werein sympathy with the idea of Cuban independence. JoseMarti conceived the idea of organizing the Cuban immigrationinto a revolutionary party and succeeded in establishing clubsthroughout Central and South America, Mexico, Santo Do-mingo, Jamaica, Haiti and in many cities of the UnitedStates, particularly in the cigar-manufacturing centers. Theseclubs were united to form what was called the Cuban Revolu-tionary Party. They elected a president, who was called aDelegate, and a treasurer, the Delegate naming the secretaryof the party. The following
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