12 THE CUBA REVIEW 



'•The foregoing action of the War Trade Board does not, however, affect the status 

 of or authorize trade with respect to any property which heretofore under the Trading 

 With the Enemy Act has been reported to the United States Alien Property Custodian, 

 or should have been so reported, or any property which the Alien Property Custodian 

 has heretofore seized or required to be transferred or delivered to him. But this 

 action does, however, permit the Establishment of New Credits and the creation of 

 new assets in the United States by all persons abroad with whom trade is authorized 

 by said action, and such new credits or assets will not be taken over by the United 

 States Alien Property Custodian. 



"The foregoing action does not, of course, modify present prohibition against trade 

 with part of Russia under Bolshevik control. 



"With respect to all the foregoing action the right is reserved to revise all or any 

 part of previous Enemy Trade regulations, if the same should become necessary." 



NEW DRUG COMPANY: The drug store here conducted by Barreras & Co., 

 formerly known as "San Jose," has been reorganized by a new company called 

 "Drogueria Barrera," with a capital of $2,500,000, composed of prominent capitalists 

 of this city. 



This will make a new competitor for the two older wholesale firms of Manuel 

 Johnson and Sarra. 



OIL WELLS: There is nothing new to report in this line and as a result of 

 the little interest being manifested by the public in operations of this kind stocks 

 of the different companies have dropped to a very low figure. Work, however, is still 

 going on to a certain extent. 



VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN: Cuba oversubscribed her quota of $3,000,000 by 



$108,300, the total number of subscribers being 2,700. 



We give below a resume of the results of the different Liberty Loan campaigns 



here : — j 



Number of 

 Number of Loan Cuba's Quota Amount Collected Subscribers 



1st Liberty Loan (No campaign conducted in Cuba) 



2nd Liberty Loan $1,000,000 $1,033,550 1,081 



3rd Liberty Loan 3,000,000 5,161,000 10,417 



4th Liberty Loan 6,000,000 10,752,850 22,189 



Victory Liberty Loan 3.000,000 3,108,300 2,700 



Havana, Cuba, May 28, 1919. 

 The general strike referred to in our letter dated May 26th came to an end today 

 when the striking unions returned to work. The short duration of this strike is un- 

 doubtedly due to the prompt and energetic action taken by the Cuban Government 

 in arresting several hundred of the disturbers, deporting a large number of those 

 who were not Cuban citizens and temporarily detaining the balance, the result being 

 that the unions finding themselves without any active heads were willing to go back 

 to work again. 



INAUGURATION OF AVIATION FIELD HAVANA RACE TRACK 



Cuba's aviation field was inaugurated It is reported that the controlling in- 



on May 11th at Camp Columbia polo terest in the Havana race track has been 



grounds. Senorita Georgina Menocal purchased by a syndicate composed of 



acted as sponsor in christening a new „ 



,. -,. ,. , r , , . m Frank Steinhardt and A. H. Diaz, of 



machine, after which Captain Terry, com- ' 



mander of the Cuban Escadrille, took the Havana, and George W. Loft, of New 



machine into the air. York. It is stated that President Menocal 



President Menocal, the members of his has S ranted tnis syndicate a concession to 



cabinet and many other persons of promi- run the race track for a period of five 



nence were present. vears. 



