THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1919, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XVII 



APRIL, 1919 



Ni MBER 5 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



NINTH CONGRESS 



The first session of the ninth Cuban 

 congress opened April 7th. It is figured 

 the conservatives will have a majority of 

 about nine members. The senate con- 

 tinues with a small conservative majority. 



The president in his message to con- 

 gress called attention to frequent labor 

 troubles the country has experienced and 

 expressed confidence that legislation 

 would be adopted looking to the neces- 

 sary reforms which the condition of the 

 workers and the public peace and order 

 demand. He announced his purpose to 

 later send to the congress a special mes- 

 sage containing recommendations which 

 he may judge opportune, based on the 

 information and recommendations which 

 he has solicited from Major General 

 Crowder, U. S. A., who, by authority of 

 his government, is now making a study 

 of the subject. 



AMERICAN PASSPORTS 



The American Consulate General of 

 Havana now has instructions from Wash- 

 ington that the verification of passports 

 of American citizens returning to the 

 United States is no longer necessary. 



CUBAN AIR MAIL SERVICE 



Three aviators recently released from 

 service at Carlstrom Field, Fla., will go 

 to Cuba shortly to put into execution an 

 agreement with the Cuban Republic for 

 aerial mail service between Havana and 

 Santiago. The men are Durston Richard- 

 son, New York City; Paul K. Craig, Kan- 

 sas City, and H. Horn, Haverhill, Mass. 



NEW PRESIDENTIAL PALACE 



Painters working on the new presi- 

 dential palace report that the work is 

 complete with the exception of the deco- 

 ration of the ceilings. This will be fin- 

 ished within a short time. 



It is expected that the entire building 

 will be ready for delivery by the end of 

 April and the inauguration will probably 

 be set for May 20. 



FRANCE 



Senora Mariana Seva de Menocal, wife 

 of President Menocal, and Mesdames Ri- 

 cardo Dolz and Cosme de la Torriente 

 have received decorations at the hands of 

 the French government in recognition of 

 the splendid patriotic labors in which 

 they and many other Cuban ladies en- 

 gaged during the war. The decoration 

 took the form of the medal "Reconnais- 

 sance Francaise," currenly termed the 

 civilian war cross. Among the first to 

 receive this decoration after it was estab- 

 lished were the Queen of Belgium and 

 the King of Spain. 



ENGLAND 



The Secretary of Public Instruction has 

 been informed that two cases of souvenirs 

 of the great war have been shipped by 

 the English government to the Museum 

 of the Republic of Cuba. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The Secretary of Agriculture has ap- 

 pointed Senor Harriman I. de Mesa as 

 emissary of the Cuban government to 

 undertake at its expense a trip through 

 all European countries to study their 

 commercial methods. 



