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CUBANS OF T -DAY 



uel do Ccspedes. Marquez pursued courses 

 in the University of Havana, but the war 

 of 1895 prevented him from completing his 

 studies. During his youth he traveled in 

 Europe and the United States. After the 

 war was ended and Cuba had become in- 

 dependent he was intrusted with impor- 

 tant public duties. He was Secretary to 

 the Cuban patriot, Gonzalo de Quesada, at 

 Washington, during the negotiations for the 

 establishment of the republic. In 1900 he 

 was member of the Commission sent by 

 Cuba to the Paris Exposition. After this 

 date he devoted himself to journalism until 

 1907, when he was nominated Charge 

 d Affaires in Buenos Ayres. In 1909 he 

 became Resident Minister-, at Rio de 

 Janeiro; in 191 1 Minister Plenipotentiary 

 in Peru, and in 191 2 Minister Plenipoten- 

 tiary in Mexico. He was in Mexico at the 

 time of the tragic end of President Madero 

 and with other diplomats tried to save his 

 life. These efforts failed, but he was able 

 to place the widow, the father, and the sis- 

 ters of the President and the President's 

 brother, Ernesto Madero, safe on board the 



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