CHAPTER I 1

Cuba for the Cubans--Era of the War of Independence--Organization of the Cuban Revolutionary Party--Vigilance of the Spanish Government--The Sartorius Uprising--The Abarzuza "Home Rule" Measure--Beginning of the War of Independence--José Marti, His Genius and His Work--Members of the Junta in New York--Independence the Aim--Marti's Departure for Cuba--Association with Maximo Gomez--Death of Marti--His Legacy of Ideals to Cuba.