Editorial May 29, 1902 Issue

The Republic of Cuba

T. Estrada Palma

May 20, 1902, witnessed the accession of Cuba to the sisterhood of republics. The United States of America redeemed its pledge made to the Cubans and to the world, and gave to Cuba that liberty for which her inhabitants have struggled for many long and bitter years, yea, even through generations.

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"In the historic room in the place of Spain's governor general, in which the departing Spaniards relinquished control of the island on January 1, 1899, the representatives of the United States government surrendered the trust then assumed, and Tomas Estrada Palma, first President of the Cuban Republic, took up his task of government.

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