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be recognized as a rising journalist; in 

 1892 he was one of the influential writers 

 in the Revista Cubana, then edited by Dr. 

 Enrique Jose Varona, to which he contri- 

 buted a series of articles on the United 

 States as an intellectual power. 



In 1895 he issued a pamphlet widely 

 read at the time, Cuba and America, in 

 which he disclosed his separatist tendencies, 

 and on the outbreak of the War of In- 

 dependence Trelles began to take an active 

 part in it, laboring to arouse the spirit of 

 patriotism in Matanzas which had been 

 beaten down in the disaster of Ibarra (Feb- 

 ruary 24, 1895). So successful were his 

 efforts that Estrada Palma, then directing 

 the revolutionary propaganda from New 

 York, designated him, together with other 

 patriots, to form the Revolutionary Com- 

 mittee of Matanzas, of which he continued 

 to be the life and soul. 



In spite of the vigilance and persecuting 

 zeal of the Spanish authorities, Trelles 

 escaped to Tampa early in 1896 where he 

 pursued his activities for the Revolution. 

 He became a regular contributor to Patria, 



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