THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1919, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XVII 



JULY, 1919 



Number 8 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



WILLIAM E. GONZALES 



William E. Gonzales of Charleston, 

 S. C, now United States Minister to Cuba, 

 has been nominated by President Wilson 

 to be Ambassador to Peru. 



Boaz W. Long of New Mexico, former 

 Chief of the Latin American Division of 

 the State Department, has been appointed 

 Minister to Cuba. 



MAJOR-GENERAL ENOCH CROWDER 



Major-General Enoch Crowder, former 

 Provost Marshal-General of the United 

 States, who recently has been assisting 

 the Cuban Government in the reformation 

 of the electoral and census laws, returned 

 to Cuba June 24th to complete his work 

 there. 



CUBAN DELEGATE IN ROME 



Dr. Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante, 

 Cuban delegate to the Peace Conference, 

 accompanied by his wife and son, arrived 

 in Rome June 18th to present to the Uni- 

 versity of Rome a Cuban Hag, sent by the 

 professors and students of the city of 

 Havana. The flag was delivered by Pedro 

 Martinez Fraga and Luis Machada, Cuban 

 students, who also accompanied Dr. Bus- 

 tamante. The Cuban dipomat was warm- 

 ly greeted on his arrival and exchanged 

 visits with Premier Orlando, Marquis 

 Borsarelli di Rifreddo, Under-Secretary of 

 Foreign Affairs, and Adolpho Apolloni, the 



newly elected Mayor of the city. He also 

 conferred with Professor Tonello, rector 

 of the university, with whom he arranged 

 to deliver the flag. 



GOMEZ MONUMENT 



To Aldo Gamba, the Italian sculptor, 

 was awarded the first prize of $25,000 by 

 the Cuban Governmental Commission ap- 

 pointed to select a model for the monu- 

 ment to be built to the memory of Maximo 

 Gomez, Generalissimo of the Cuban war 

 of independence. 



Huertas Cabarrocas, Spanish-Cuban, 

 and Gutson Borglum, American, were 

 awarded second and third prizes, respec- 

 tively. 



The monument will cost $200,000. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION 



President Menocal has authorized Pro- 

 fessors Marcelino Weiss, Salvador Massip 

 and Ramiro Guerra Sanchez to proceed 

 to the United States for the purpose of 

 studying the organization of courses in 

 operating dentistry. 



NATIONAL RIFLE MATCHES 



Secretary Daniels of the United States 

 Navy has sent an invitation to the Cuban 

 Government to enter a team in the navy- 

 conducted national rifle matches to be 

 held in August. 



