THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Oopyright, 1918, by tht Munaon SUanuhip Litu 



VOLUMB XVI 



NOVEMBER, 1918 



Number 12 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CELEBRATION OF ARMISTICE 



The wildest excitement and enthusiasm 

 in Havana followed the pubUcation on 

 November 7th, of the erroneous report that 

 an armistice with Germany had been signed. 

 Whistles shrieked and bells rang and the 

 streets of the capital were filled with parading 

 crowds waving flags of the Entente Allies. 



On November 11th, when the signing of 

 the armistice was officially announced, 

 there were demonstrations of unbounded 

 joy throughout Cuba. A salute of 21 guns 

 was fired by Morro Fortress, and the streets 

 were filled with cheering crowds. 



GRITO DE YARA 



The fiftieth anniversary of the Grito de 

 Yara was celebrated in Havana on October 

 10th. There was a great civic procession to 

 the National University where an American 

 flag, presented to the students of the Lni- 

 versity by the Rotary Club, was raised. The 

 Revolutionary War Veterans had a reunion 

 at the National Theatre; the statue of the 

 Cuban poet, Manuel de la Cruz, at Prado 

 and Neptuno, was unveiled; and a squadron 

 of American hydro-aeroplanes from the 

 Naval Station at Key West gave exhibitions. 

 The official municipal celebration consisted 

 of addresses by well-known speakers and 

 patriotic music furnished by the Municipal 

 Band. 



NEW MINISTER TO WASHINGTON 



Sr. Luis A. Padro, Cuban minister to Chile, 

 has resigned as such and accepted the ap- 

 pointment as secretary of the Cuban Legation 

 at Washington. The post was made vacant 

 through the death of Dr. Joaquin Torralbas. 



DR. JOAQUIN TORRALBAS 



Dr. Joaquin Torralbas y de la Ciuz, first 

 Secretary of the Cuban Legation at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, died in Washington en Oct, 

 12th. Dr. Torralbas was a victim of Spanish 

 Influenza. The remains were sent to Cuba 

 for burial. After respects had been paid by 

 the members of the diplomatic corps, gov- 

 ernment officials and friends, the coffin was 

 placed on a gvm-carriage, covered with a 

 Cuban flag, and escorted to Colon Cemetery 

 by a contingent from the army under the 

 command of Lieut. Col. Rogelio Caballero. 



Dr. Arturo Padro y Almeida, first Secre- 

 tary of the Cuban Legation at Washington 

 for many years, and lately Secretary of the 

 Cuban Legation at BerHn, has been ap- 

 pointed first Secretary of the Cuban Legation 

 at Washington. 



CUBAN ELECTIONS 



Election of Congressmen and Provincial 

 Councilmen took place Nov. 1, and the elec- 

 tions are regarded as a failure. In regard to the 

 present electoral evils in Cuba, Vice-President 

 General Emilio Nunez is quoted as saying: 



"In this crisis, the gravest through which 

 the country has passed since it came into 

 being, it is necessary that all xjitizens of 

 good will sacrifice themselves on the alter 

 of their nation in order to stop this over- 

 whelming wave that is invading us and 

 covering us with ignominy. I, as far as I 

 personaUy am concerned, am determined 

 to fight, and to fight energeticaUy, that such 

 things shall not take place again. Aban- 

 doning for the moment, this solemn moment, 

 all personal aspirations and pohtical and 

 partisan considerations, I am going to work 

 with all my faith and all my strength for 



