THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



WAR RELIEF COMMISSION 



In the Official Gazette were jmblished the 

 names of Leopoldo Cancio, Fernandez Mendes 

 Capote, EmiUo Ferrer y Picabia, appointed 

 by President Menoeal to co-operate with 

 Cosme de la Torriente, Gonzalo Perez, Jose 

 Maria Collantes and Vasquez Bello in giving 

 to the civilian populations of Europe in the 

 war zone and the families of fallen soldiers 

 the relief voted by the Cuban Congress. The 

 commission is authorized to appoint all the 

 personnel needful to the work from the em- 

 ployees of government departments, who 

 shall receive no remuneration beyond that 

 already attaching to their positions. 



PAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY 



Permanent organization of the Pan-Ameri- 

 can Society, designed to cement the relations 

 between the American Latin races and the 

 people of the United States, was completed 

 in New York on June 26, at a dinner given in 

 honor of Captain J. Sanchez Carrera, of 

 Venezuela and Lieutenant Santiago Campu- 

 zano, Cuban aviator and members of the 

 French foreign legation. 



The principal object of the Society is re- 

 ciprocal language and culture study. The 

 movement had its inception in an agreement 

 between the Mayor of New York City and 

 President Menoeal of Cuba, for an inter- 

 change of students and professors between 

 the United States and the Latin-American 

 countries. 



IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY OF CAMAGUEY 



By an act approved May 15, 1918, the 

 Cuban Congress has authorized the expen- 

 diture of $2,S50,000 for street paving and the 

 construction of a sewerage system in the city 

 of Camaguey, including the finishing of the 

 waterworks system not yet completed. The 

 funds will be available in six equal payments 

 to be made during the years 1918 and 1919. 



The Secretary of Public Works (Secretario 

 de Obras Publicas, Habana, Cuba) is directed 

 by the law to prepare plans and .specifications, 

 and to call for public bids for the construction 

 of the work. An announcement with regard 

 to this will doubtless be made later. — Consul 

 John S. Calvert, Nuevitas. 



PRESS CO-OPERATION 



Responding to the invitation of Secretary 

 of Government Alontalvo, the editors of 

 Havana met at the Department of Govern- 

 ment to receive from Secretary Montalvo a 

 request that in order to avoid trouble to 

 themselves and embarrassment to the Govern- 

 ment they submit all news stories or editorials 

 dealing with international matters or Cuba's 

 actions in relation to the war for approval by 

 the Sscretary before publication. 



The meeting was altogether cordial and 

 the editors seemed well disposed to comply 

 with the government's wishes. The request 

 was made necessary by the ill-advised utter- 

 ances of irresponsible papers that have more 

 than once forced the Government to admonish 

 them and in some instances to suspend their 

 publication. 



DECREE RESTRICTING ENEMY ALIEN 

 RESIDENTS 



A decreesigned June 22 by President Menoeal 

 bars subjects of enemy nations from residing 

 along the shores of Cuban ports. It specifies 

 a period of ten days in which those who 

 reside within the restricted zone, the limits 

 of which are to be fixed by the Government, 

 must change their place of residence. Those 

 who do not comply with the regulation will 

 be interned. 



The circulation of correspondence by sub- 

 jects of countries at war with Cuba is pro- 

 hibited, and within twenty days all such 

 subjects must appear at the offices of the 

 secret police and register their place of resi- 

 dence. All changes of address must be im- 

 mediately reported. 



ENEMY TRADING LIST 



The War Trade Board announces the fol- 

 lowing additions to the Enemy Trading List, 

 effective June 28, 1918: 



Cuba— Rios, Juan, Habana; 



Zalvidea, Pedro, Habana. 



AEROPLANES 



The LTnited States Government has acceded 

 to the request of the Government of Cuba to 

 furnish from the ]Mineola school the aeroplanes 

 needed by Lieutenants Terry and Camp- 

 uzano for their work in Cuba. 



