THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1918, by the Muruon Steamship Line 



Volume XVI 



AUGUST, 1918 



Number 9 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



[OBLIGATORY MILITARY SERVICE LAW 



President Menocal signed the Obligatory 

 Military Service Bill on August 3d. The 

 bill was approved August 2d by the House, 

 after it had been amended by the Senate. 

 The amendment authorizes the President 

 to send as many regiments of regular troops 

 as he may see fit to Europe, instead of but 

 one regiment as authorized by the bill as 

 passed by the House. Ihe bill provides 

 for the sending of a Cuban Military Mission 

 to France, the United States, England and 

 Italy. 



ESPIONAGE LAW 



The Espionage Bill was signed by Presi- 

 dent Menocal on August 3d. 



Enemy aliens are forbidden to possess 

 firearms, explosives, aviation or signal ap- 

 paratus, and they may not enter or leave 

 Cuba without permission of the President, 

 and must not approach within a radius of 

 half a mile of any fortress, arsenal, camp, 

 ■sh'pyard or factory, nor write or pubhsh 

 attacks against Government departments 

 or officials, under pain of summary arrest 

 and internment. 



This bill was vetoed by the President on 

 July 21st, because of an article which required 

 him to re-establish constitutional guarantees 

 as soon as the bill became a law, wliich action 

 he considered premature. President Meno- 

 cal subsequently signed the decree restoring 

 const tutional guarantees in accordance with 

 the congressional enactment supplementing 

 the Espionage Law, and on August 14th 

 issued a proclamation to the people of Cuba 

 assuring them of the perfect impartiality 

 to be maintained by the Government in the 

 partial elections to be held in November. 



CUBAN DIVORCE LAW 

 After much bitter debate in the Cuban 

 Congress, the Divorce Bill became a law of 

 the Republic of Cuba on July 29, 1918. 

 The causes for which divorce may be secured 

 are practically the same as those existing 

 in the United States. 



The passing of this law marks an epoch 

 in the annals of the congressional history 

 of Cuba and shows that Cuban democracy 

 is realizing its revolutionary ideals. 



CUBAN AVIATION CORPS 



On July 25th, President Menocal signed 

 a decree forming a Cuban Aviation Corps, 

 which will leave shortly for the United States 

 for training at American camps. More 

 than one hundred civilians, besides many 

 Cuban regulars, have volunteered for aerial 

 service. 



MILITARY HOSPITAL 



At a recent conference between Colonel 

 Havard, of the United States Army, and 

 Director of Sanitation Dr. Juan Guiteras in 

 regard to the establishment of a military 

 hospital, it is reported, that the hospital will 

 be built at Guantanamo. 



LIEUT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT 



The Cuban House of Representatives on 

 July 19th adopted a resolution of sympathy 

 to be sent to Colonel Roosevelt on the death 

 of his son, Quentin, in action in Europe. 



BELGIUM 



A resolution naming July 21 Belgian In- 

 dependence Day as a Cuban national holi- 

 day was adopted recently by the Cuban 

 Senate. 



