The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

The Cuban Government

4 pages in this part of The Story of Cuba.

The Cuban Government

Cubitas the Capital--A Letter from the President--Proclamation and Letter from Gomez, the Hero of the War, and a Letter from Maceo. The…

The Cuban Government: Spanish

He added it was impossible that the expressions of Spanish resentment against him and the reflections of the Autonomistic party should fail…

The Cuban Government: Weyler

This may be Gomez, but it has not quite the sound of him. As to General Weyler, we find this the attitude of the rebel chieftain: He is…

The Cuban Government: Pinar

A letter from Maceo is also published, and he says, dating from Pinar del Rio: When I last marched my army into Pinar del Rio, and when…

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