12 THE CUBA REVIEW 



satisfaction on the part of the railroad unions and it is reported that they will en- 

 deavor to bring on another general strike, but the consensus of opinion here is that 

 they will not be successful for the reason mentioned above. 



During the strike, the newspaper "Heraldo de Cuba" appeared with articles which 

 attacked the present administration, with the result that they were informed by the 

 Government that it would be necessary for them to submit copies of each issue for 

 approval before it was placed on sale, but rather than comply with same, the "Heraldo 

 de Cuba" together with "La Nacion" and "El Triunfo" organized what might be 

 called a strike of their own, and none of them are being issued at the present writing. 



NEW BUILDINGS: On account of the lockout of the building trades which was 

 in effect for two months, there have naturally been little developments in the building 

 line. This work was, however, resumed upon termination of the general strike re- 

 ferred to elsewhere in this letter and a number of office edifices reported in previous 

 communications should shortly be ready for occupancy. 



While there is continued talk of new hotels to be built in Havana by interests 

 operating the winter resort hotels in Florida, we are still unable to ascertain anything 

 positive regarding same. However, the "Compania Urbanizadora del Parque y Playa 

 de Mariano" announce that they will put up a large hotel on their property now being 

 developed at Marianao Beach. 



ARRIVAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL CROWDER: We mentioned last month that 

 Major-General E. H. Crowder would come to Havana to assist the Cuban Government 

 in making necessary amendments to the present election laws. General Crowder 

 arrived on Wednesday, March 19th, by aeroplane from Key West and will establish 

 his office here preparatory to taking up the work in question. 



CUBAN SUBMARINES: Some time ago we reported a popular subscription 

 initiated by the magazine "Bohemia" which received Government approval, for the 

 purpose of securing funds to purchase six submarines to be named after the six 

 provinces of Cuba. Now that the war is over we are informed this project has been 

 abandoned and funds already collected are being returned to their respective donors. 



UNITED STATES ENEMY TRADING LIST: Since writing last the American 

 Minister here advised the newspapers under date of Feb. 20th that the name of 

 W. O. Fromm of Santiago de Cuba, was added to the Enemy Trading List of the 

 United States on Feb. 6th, 1919, but that the inclusion of Mr. Fromm in the Enemy 

 Trading List does not affect in any way the status of the Cuba Coffee & Trading Co., 

 which Company is not included in this Enemy Trading List. 



On March 13th he gave notice to the press that the name of Rene Berndes & Co., 

 Havana, had been added to the Enemy Trading List of the United States. 



NEW TYPE OF POLICE STATION: The various police stations in Havana 

 are housed in buildings which have been made over to meet their requirements, but 

 a new edifice is going up in the same block as that on which will be erected the new 

 home of the Cuban Red Cross previously reported. This new building will house the 

 Third Police Station and will be a handsome one, the material being imported 

 American ornamental brick decorated with native cut stone. We make mention of 

 this building because of the fact that while brick is the principal material used in 

 construction work here, it is a native product and invariably coated over with plaster, 

 so that this American brick building will attract attention and we believe admiration 

 also, because of its class of construction. 



AMERICAN PASSPORTS: Under date of March 23rd, the papers here pub- 

 lished the following notice received from Consul-General H. W. Harris: 



"The American Consulate-General of Havana now has instructions from 

 Washington that the verification (visa) of passports of American citizens return- 

 ing to the United States is no longer necessary." 



