THE CUBA It E V I E W 



L918 ; appointed Consul General Charge 

 d'Affaires at La Paz, Bolivia, April 9th, 

 1918; appointed Sub- Secretary of the 

 Protocole, ad interim, at Havana from 

 June 1st to October 31st, 1918; promoted 

 to Minister Plenipotentiary at Pekin, 

 China, July 27th, 1918. 



DR. J. A. BARXET 



Dr. J. A. Barnet is Special Envoy and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary of the Repuhlic 

 of Cuba in China. 



His career, from the time of his first 

 appointment as Cuban Vice-Consul in 

 Paris in 1903, to the present time, when 

 he is Minister Plenipotentiary in China, 

 has been a noteworthy one, and we give 

 below the various offices held by Dr. 

 Barnet. 



He was appointed Vice-Consul attached 

 to the Cuban Legation in Paris, March 

 4th, 1903; promoted to 2nd Class ConsuJ 

 in Paris, February 1st, 1904 ; promoted to 

 1st Class Consul in Paris, July 2nd, 190" i. 

 on which date the Consulate was detached 

 from the Legation and established sep- 

 arately. 



He was promoted to Consul General at 

 Liverpool, August 17th, 1908 ; transferred 

 with the same title to Rotterdam, July 

 24th, 1909 ; .likewise .transferred June 

 25th ,1913, to Hamburg, where he re- 

 mained during the period of the war un- 

 til Cuba's declaration of war on Ger- 

 many, April 7th, 1917. 



He was held as a hostage in Berlin 

 from the 13th of April until the 2nd of 

 May, 1917 ; appointed Attache in com- 

 mission at the Cuban Legation in Paris, 

 from June 1st, 1917, until January 12th, 



WITHDRAWAL OF ENEMY TRADING LISTS 



Acting concurrently with the competent 

 authorities of the associated governments, 

 the War Trade Board of the United States 

 announces that on April 29, 1019, all 

 enemy trading lists heretofore issued or 

 compiled by the War Trade Board will 

 he withdrawn. On and after April 29, 

 1019, all disabilities heretofore attached 

 to trade and communication with persons 

 included in such lists shall cease to oper- 

 ate and all persons in the United States 

 will be authorized, subject to the other 

 rules and regulations of the War Trade 

 Board, and except as hereinafter pro- 

 vided, to trade and communicate with all 

 persons outside of the United States with 

 whom trade and communication is pro- 

 hibited by the Trading with the Enemy 

 Act. 



The foregoing action does not modify 

 or affect in any respect the present re- 

 strictions against trade and communica- 

 tion between the United States and Ger- 

 many or Hungary, nor does this action 

 authorize trade with respect to any prop- 

 erty which heretofore, pursuant to the 

 provisions of the Trading with the Enemy 

 Act as amended, has been reported to the 

 .Mien Property Custodiun or should have 

 been so reported to him, or any property 

 which heretofore, pursuant to the pro- 

 visions of said act. the Alien Property 

 Custodian has seized or lias required to be 

 conveyed, transferred, assigned, delivered, 

 or paid over to him. 



The associated governments, in taking 

 the foregoing action, have reserved the 

 right to re-issue the enemy trailing list 

 and to revive the disabilities hereinabove 

 mentioned should such action become 

 necessary. 



