THE CUBA REVIEW 



General Mario G. Menocal, President of Cuba, 

 "Who took the lead among Latin-American nations in an alliance with the 

 United States for the war against Germany. 



ANNIVERSARY OF CUBA'S ENTRY INTO 

 THE WAR 



A demonstration of loyalty to the Allies 

 was held in Havana and throughout the 

 Island of Cuba on April 7, the first anniver- 

 sary of Cuba's declaration of war against Ger- 

 many. When, on April 7th, 1917, President 

 Menocal affixed his signature to the bill de- 

 claring a state of war to exist between Cuba 

 and the Imperial German Government, he 

 realized that he was throwing into the balance 



much of this Ally's economic future; but, as 

 he stated in his message to the Congress, 

 Cuba's loyalty to the United States admitted 

 of no other procedure. 



Since Cuba's war declaration, many activi- 

 ties, some military and naval, others economic, 

 have been put in motion to aid the United 

 States. From the time when the German 

 and Austrian steamships seized in Cuban 

 waters were turned over as a gift to the 

 United States Shipping Board, until the 



