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"ALL AB< >UT CUR A" 



Copyright, 1918, by the Mumon Steamship Line 



Volume W II DKCKM BKR, l'Hs \, MB er 1 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



THANKSGIVING DAY 



One of the most remarkable tributes 

 ever rendered by any nation to another 

 was that of Cuba on Thanksgiving Day 

 to the American nation and its army. 

 The esplanade of the Lapunta Palace was 

 set aside by the government for a review- 

 ing stand for the American colony, and a 

 parade, headed by Vice-President Nunez, 

 President Menocal's Cabinet, diplomats 

 of the allied countries, the Supreme 

 Court, Congress, and other organizations, 

 was six hours in passing. 



President Menocal occupied a review- 

 ing stand beyond that of the Americans 

 and was joined by diplomats and high 

 officials. United States Minister Gon- 

 zales marched with the other diplomats. 



Something entirely new for Cuba was 

 the appearance in the parade of thou- 

 sands of Cuban women, composing Cuban 

 Red Cross and other organizations. 

 Nearly every marcher carried an Ameri- 

 can flag, while large pictures of Wilson, 

 McKinley and Roosevelt banners, expres- 

 sive of appreciation and admiration, were 

 scattered through the parade for miles. 



Twenty thousand dollars, raised for 

 this demonstration and intended for the 

 purchase of cigars and cigarettes for 

 American soldiers, was given to the 

 United War Work Campaign. 



BELGIAN CONSUL GENERAL 



Sehor Francisco Clausso y Perez has 

 been appointed Cuban Consul-General in 

 Belgium, with headquarters in Antwerp. 



UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN IN CUBA 



The United War Work Campaign pro- 

 ceeded with gratifying results in Havana 

 and throughout Cuba. Cuba's quota was 

 $100,000 and she raised the sum of $275,- 

 000, or nearly triple her original quota. 



TRADE MARK BUREAU 



Construction and equipping the Inter- 

 national Trade Mark Registration Bureau 

 Building in Havana on land fronting the 

 new Cuban Presidential Palace will cost 

 approximately $1,000,000, according to a 

 report made by Secretary Lansing to the 

 United States Congress. If it were pos- 

 sible to appropriate $825,000, the cost of 

 construction could be held within the 

 limit suggested. Cuba has appropriated 

 $25,000 and ceded property valued at 

 $150,000. 



The bureau, an outgrowth of the fourth 

 national conference of the American 

 states at Buenos Ayres in 1910, is to 

 serve North and Central America and the 

 West Indian republics. 



COMMITTEE TO CHRISTEN SHIP AND TANK 



A committee consisting of high army 

 and navy officers and Colonel Charles 

 Hernandez, postmaster general, will leave 

 for New York shortly to represent Cuba, 

 in company with Dr. Carlos Manuel de 

 Cespedes, the Cuban minister, at the 

 launching of the war boat and the tank 

 which are to be named by Cuba. 



