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.

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Spanish Story of the Treaty of Zanjon: Island-March

ALFONSO III., by the grace of God, and by the Constitution, King of Spain; and, in his name, and during his minority, the Queen Regent of the Kingdom: To all those who may see and hear these presents, be it known: that the Cortes have decreed, and we have sanctioned, the following: Article 1st. The system of government of the Island of Cuba, and its civil administration, shall be readjusted on the following basis: Basis 1st.--The municipal and provincial laws now in force in the Island shall be modified in so far as may be necessary to the following ends: All questions relating to the constitution of municipalities, and to the aggregation, segregation and demarcation of municipal districts, shall be determined by the council of administration after considering a report made by the respective provincial chamber of deputies.

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