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Departure of the Spanish Forces from Cuba--Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain--Cuba to be Made Independent--The Cuban Debt--First American Government of Intervention--The Roll of Spanish Rulers from Velasquez in 1512 to Castellanos in 1899--Relations between Americans and Cubans--Disbandment of the Provisional Government and Demobilization of the Cuban Army--A Mutinous Demonstration--Paying Off the Cuban Soldiers.