[PAX MUNDI]: [CUBA] Small selection of Autograph Statements Signed by a variety of famous Cuban individuals, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada (1871-1939) Cuban writer, politician and diplomat who served as President of Cuba August - September 1933, stating, in full, 'Let us give the World an age of peace and the following age will conquer war'; Luis Baralt (1849-1933) Cuban diplomat; Jose Manuel Cortina (1880-1970) Cuban politician, lawyer and journalist, stating, in full, 'The League of Nations is a consequence of the needs of Civilisation and of the world's present-day culture. It is an indispensable agency for the fundamental interests of Mankind. For this reason there will always be a League of Nations: its idea is already immortal and, whatever its transformations, it will follow its course in History, slowly but surely'; and two others. Some light age wear, generally about VG, 5

 

The present statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.