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to be Chief of the Cabinet to the general 

 satisfaction of the people. In the follow- 

 ing year he was made Professor of Civil 

 Law in the University where he has con- 

 tinued to teach with occasional interrup- 

 tions. In 191 1 he was made President of 

 the Exposition of Agriculture, Industry, 

 Art, and Labor. In 19 13 President Men- 

 ocal appointed him Envoy Extraordinary 

 and Minister Plenipotentiary to Washing- 

 ton, then as now the most important and 

 responsible diplomatic post to a Cuban. 

 In 19 14 he was made Secretary of State. 



Author: "Special Report of the Secre- 

 tary of Finance to General John R. Brooke, 

 U. S. A., Governor General of Cuba. Ha- 

 vana, 1899. El Derecho y la Sociologia, 

 Habana, 1900; Conferencia sobre el prob- 

 lema monetario de Cuba. Habana, 1904; 

 Discurso leido en la a pert ur a del cur so aca- 

 demico de iqio a iqii. Universidad de la 

 Habana, 19 10. 



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