THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1919, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XVII 



JANUARY, 1919 



Number 2 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



PRESIDENTIAL PALACE 



According to press reports, designs 

 have been made and a contract signed for 

 the painting and decorating of the new 

 Presidential Palace in Havana. This 

 work, which will cost $60,000, is to be 

 completed in April, 1919. The designs 

 submitted are allegorical. For instance, 

 the decoration of the ceiling of the dip- 

 lomatic reception room symbolizes in col- 

 oring and figure the Cuban nation in its 

 period of triumph, supported by figures 

 representing right and power. The total 

 cost of the edifice will be $1,199,393. 



TRISCORNIA LAND 



It has been decided to acquire by pur- 

 chase from Messrs. Zaldo & Co. a parcel 

 of land on the water front at Triscornia, 

 measuring 49,353.50 metres, at the price 

 of $9.00 per metre, for naval purposes. 

 $250,000 was paid in cash and the re- 

 mainder in bonds of the republic, of the 

 last 6 per cent issue. 



CUBAN DELEGATE TO PEACE CONFERENCE 



Dr. Antonio Sanchez de Bustamente, 

 professor of international law, formerly 

 Senator, and at present acting as Alien 

 Property Custodian, has been named as 

 Cuba's representative to the peace con- 

 ference at Paris. 



CAMAGUEY-SANTA CRUZ ROAD 



The Public Works Department of Ca- 

 maguey has reported to the Secretary of 

 Public Works that the road between the 

 city of Camaguey and Santa Cruz del 

 Sur has been commenced. 



PUERTO PADRE 



On the recommendation of the Secre- 

 tary of Public Works, President Menocal 

 has signed a decree ordering the payment 

 of $421,000 for the dredging of Puerto 

 Padre. 



COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



The passing of Theodore Roosevelt was 

 greatly mourned in Cuba, for the people 

 of Cuba looked upon Colonel Roosevelt in 

 the light of a national hero because of 

 his activity in the Spanish-American war. 

 Upon his death the City Council of 

 Havana sent a communication of con- 

 dolence to Mrs. Roosevelt, the Congress 

 of the Republic voted a day of national 

 mourning and a movement was begun to 

 erect in Havana a costly monument. It 

 was also decided to have inscribed on a 

 bronze tablet a copy of the Former Presi- 

 dent's letter to President Estrada Palma 

 written on the institution of the Republic 

 of Cuba. The tablet will be placed in the 

 new capital building in Havana. 



President Menocal addressed a mes- 

 sage to the Cuban Congress, assembled 

 in extraordinary session to give official 

 expression to the sorrow felt by Cuba at 

 the loss of its great friend. The message 

 was as follows: 



"It is with deep sorrow that I have to 

 communicate to the Honorable Congress 

 the sad news of the death of the great 

 patriot and statesman, strong friend of 

 Cuba at all times, Theodore Roosevelt, 

 ex-President of the United States of 

 America. It is unnecessary for me to re- 

 late the high appreciation in which he 



