THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1918, by the Munaon Steanuhip Lint 



Volume XVI 



APRIL, 1918 



Number 5 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



Dr. Mario Calvino 



NEW DIRECTOR FOR EXPERIMENT STATION 



The Secretary of Agriculture of Cuba has 

 appointed a new Director for the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at Santiago de las Vegas, 

 Dr. Mario Calvino. Dr. Calvino was born 

 in Liguria, Italy, in 1875, and was graduated 

 in 1899 as a doctor of Agricultural Science 

 from the Royal University of Pisa. In 1909 

 he was appointed Director of the Horticul- 

 tural Department of the Agricultural Station 



in Mexico. Previous to his appoint ment'^in 

 Cuba, Dr. Cahdno was associated \\-ithTthe 

 Agricultural Chemical LaboratoryJofXthe 

 Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation. 



PRESIDENT MENOCAL 



On April 7th, in the Presidential Palace, 

 the French Minister to Cuba bestowed upon 

 President Menocal, in the name of President 

 Poincare, the Grand Cross of the French 

 Legion of Honor. This action on the part of 

 the French Government was in honor of the 

 first anniversary of Cuba's entry into the War 

 against the Imperial German Government. 

 The ceremony at the palace was witnessed by 

 a distinguished gathering. 



GENERAL GOMEZ 



General Jose Miguel Gomez, former Presi- 

 dent of Cuba and one of the leaders of the 

 revolutionary movement last j-ear, has been 

 set at liberty by reason of the amnesty bill 

 signed by President Menocal. This bill 

 grants amnesty to all who took part in the in- 

 surrection. General Gomez has been living 

 under guard at his plantation "America." 



RADIO-TELEGRAPHIC CONVENTION 



The Department of Overseas Trade ("Devel- 

 opment ana Intelligence) is notified by the 

 Foreign Office that the Senate of the Republic 

 of Cuba has approved the provisions of the 

 International Radic -Telegraphic Convention, 

 and has notified H.M. Government of the 

 adherence of the Government of Cuba to the 

 Convention and to the final Protocol signed 

 in London on 5th July, 1912.— Board oj Trade 

 Journal. 



