THE CUBA REVIEW 



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VIEWS OF CUBAN CARTOONISTS. 



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"Estoy muy penetrado de la situacion ciitica que 

 atravesamos." — A. Zayas. 



AND SO CRITICAL (HEADING) 

 Government of Coalition (on automobile). 



"I am very well aware of the critical situation 

 that we are passing through." A. Zayas. — From 

 La Discusion, Havana. 



Trampa politica 



Jose Miguel: Si tranco al pajaro en el cajon 

 digan ustedes que se hizo la fusion. 



A POLITICAL TRAP. 



Jose Miguel: If I catch the bird in the box, 

 you may say that the fusion was made. — Politica 

 Comica, Havana. 



There has been an at- 

 Still tempt to make a perman- 



Working for ent fusion of the two fac- 

 Fusion. tions of the dominant 

 party (the Miguelistas and 

 the Zayistas), and Senor Zayas has been 

 elected chairman of the combined forces. 

 Utterances of the press, however, indi- 

 cate a lack of public confidence in the 

 fusion movement. El Comercio of Ha- 

 vana, the organ of the business men of 

 the island, said recently as follows: 



"The political condition of this country 

 is really very critical, because there is a 



Fonog^rafo atnericano 



El Pueblo : Por tu madre : no pongas esa 

 pieza, que me voy a arrebatar de la cabeza. 



THE AMERICAN PHONOGRAPH. 



The People : Do not put on that piece, which I 

 wish to drive out of my head. 



The record is labeled "The Third Intervention." 

 — Political Comica, Havana. 



Las dos zafras 



El Pueblo: Si yo llego a saber esto, no me 

 hubiese equivocao. Yo lo que quicro es azucar ; 

 no me hace falta el pescao. 



THE T^^'0 CROPS. 

 The People : If I had known this, I would 

 not have made a mistake. What I want is 

 sugar; I am in no need of fish. — Politica Comica, 

 Havana. 



serious crisis among the Liberals, and 

 notwithstanding their efforts to keep it 

 hidden, everv one knows that they are 

 divided among themselves." 



"The President and the Vice-President 

 are at daggers' points, we learn, and 

 their differences are irreconcilable.". 



A mixed committee is at work trying 

 to bring an end to dissensions arising 

 through each faction constituting itself 

 the director of the party. 



G. Cornell Tarler, at present second 

 secretary of the American Legation at 

 Havana, was appointed July 31 Secretary 

 of the legation and consul-general at 

 Bangkok, Siam. 



Norvil Richardson was appointed by 

 President Taft to this position early in 

 August. Mr. Richardson is from At- 

 lanta. Ga., and known in the literary 

 world. 



