THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEW MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT GOMEZ'S CABINET. 



Hon. Joaquin Chalons, the new Secretary of 

 PubUc Works, appointed August, 1909. 



Sefior Joaquin Chalons, Secretario de Obras 

 PubHcas. 



lion. Francisco I.hikz I.iiva, the new Secretary 

 of the Interior, appointed August, 1909. 



Sefior Francisco Lopez Leiva, Secretario de 

 Gobernacion. 



Senor Joaquin Chalons, Secretary of 

 Public Works, is a native of Santiago 

 de Cuba and was graduated as a civil 

 engineer in Spain in 1887. His profes- 

 sional services took hiin to Santiago de 

 Cuba in 1890 and later in 1896 to Spain, 

 where he was in charge of an oftice in 

 connection with the railway company 

 from Madrid to Alicante. After the end 

 of the Spanish-American War Sefior 

 Chalons returned to Cuba and was for 

 some time in charge of the public works 

 at Santiago de Cuba and was also coun- 

 sellor or legal adviser of the Banco de 

 Fomento. 



Chili^s 



First 



Cuban 



Minister. 



Senor ^Mariano Aramburo y 

 Machado, the first Minister 

 appointed by the Cuban Gov- 

 ernment to' Chile, arrived in 

 New York, August 14. 



Sefior Aramburo said he 

 was proud to be the first man in the 

 diplomatic service of his country to 

 represent Cuba in Chile. He left on 

 August 20, going first to the Argentine 

 Republic. 



S'efior Aramburo is a well-known man 

 of letters in Cuba; he has been editor 

 of several prominent newspapers, among 

 them being the "Diario de la Marina," 

 "Discusion" and "Nuevo Pais." 



Senor Francisco Lopez Leiva, Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, was promoted from 

 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to 

 the office he now holds. He is a man 

 of letters, journalist and poet. He began 

 a crusade to improve and purify the 

 stage in Havana, something very much 

 needed. He has already closed several 

 places of amusement for violations of the 

 laws of moralitj' and decency. 



Tile Hatney, Cuba's Flagship. 



El Hatney, el buque almirante de Cuba, rep- 

 resentara la Repiiblica en la Celebracion Hudson- 

 Fulton, Nueva York, Septiembre 25-Octubre 29. 



At the Hudson-Fulton celebration, Sep- 

 tember 25 to October 9, Cuba will be 

 represented by the Hatney, flagship of 

 the Cuban nation. She mounts two two- 

 inch guns and three rapid fire batteries. 



