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which he had helped to organize. To fur- 

 ther the purposes of the party new periodi- 

 cals sprang up, El Triunfo, El Pais, and 

 later La Union on all of which Dr. Cancio 

 served as editor. He later withdrew from 

 the Autonomist party; but not desiring to 

 join the revolutionary conspirators, sepa- 

 rated entirely from political activity, shut- 

 ting himself up in his house. 



Nevertheless when, upon the American 

 Intervention, a new government was or- 

 ganized Dr. Cancio's talents were recog- 

 nized and his services required. He served 

 in the Treasury Department under the 

 direction of General Brooke and also under 

 the administration of General Wood. 



Shortly after the first Cuban government 

 was formed under the Presidency of Tomas 

 Estrada Palma in 1902, Dr. Cancio was 

 appointed substitute Secretary of Govern- 

 ment in which capacity he acted a year and 

 a half. At about this time he was instru- 

 mental in removing serious obstacles to 

 the negotiation of the Treaty of Recipro- 

 city with the United States; in recognition 

 of this service he was placed in charge of 



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