We shall profitably pause for a space in our narrative, to note what manner of Constitution it was that was thus adopted:
We, the delegates of the people of Cuba, in national convention assembled for the purpose of framing and adopting the Fundamental Law under which Cuba is to be organized as an independent and sovereign State, and be given a government capable of fulfilling its international[{205}] obligations, preserving order, securing liberty and justice, and promoting the general welfare, do hereby ordain, adopt, and establish, invoking the favor of God, the following Constitution:
Title I
THE NATION, ITS FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE
NATIONAL TERRITORY
Article 1. The people of Cuba constitute themselves into a sovereign, independent State and adopt a republican form of government.
Art. 2. The island of Cuba and the islands and islets adjacent thereto, which up to the date of the ratification of the treaty of Paris, of December 10, 1898, were under the sovereignty of Spain, form the territory of the Republic.
Art. 3. The territory of the Republic shall be divided into the six provinces which now exist, each of which shall retain its present boundaries. The determination of their names corresponds to the respective provincial councils.
The provinces may by resolution of their respective provincial councils and the approval of Congress annex themselves to other provinces, or subdivide their territory and form new provinces.
Title II
CUBANS
Art. 4. Cuban nationality is acquired by birth or by naturalization.