THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



MEXICAN MINISTER 

 A recent announcement from the Mexi- 

 can Consulate General in Havana states 

 that the new Mexican Minister to Cuba, 

 Gen. Heribert Jara, is expected to arrive 

 in Havana shortly. 



CUBAN CENSORSHIP 

 Effective with the publication in the 

 Official Gazette on July 2nd of the Presi- 

 dential decree abolishing postal and cable 

 censorship in Cuba, all wartime censor- 

 ship restrictions have been removed. 



TELEPHONE SERVICE BETWEEN KEY 

 WEST AND HAVANA 



Direct telephone service between Key 

 West and Havana will be a reality by 

 December, according to Colonel Sosthenes 

 Behn, who announces that the subma- 

 rine telephone cable connecting the main- 

 land and Cuba which was planned before 

 the war will be laid within the next few 

 months. 



At present the most prominent Ameri- 

 can and English engineers are working 

 on the scheme, according to Colonel Behn, 

 and the laying of the cable will be com- 

 menced this summer. 



Mr. Behn was president of the Cuban 

 Telephone Company when the United 

 States entered the war. 



FIRST CUBAN ANNAPOLIS GRADUATE 

 Ensign Carlos Aurelio Hevia, son of 

 Colonel Aurelio Hevia, former Secretary 

 of War and the Navy in the Cuban Cabi- 

 net, was the first Cuban to graduate from 

 the United States Naval Academy. He 

 was handed his diploma at the graduating 

 exercises by his father, who was accorded 

 this unusual privilege by Secretary Dan- 

 iels. 



HAVANA WATER SUPPLY 



The Local Chief of Sanitation of Cuba, 

 Dr. Lopez del Valle, has made a strung 

 protest to the Secretary of the Depart- 

 ment of Sanitation on the insufficient wa- 

 ter supply for the City of Havana. He 

 says that the water supply is altogether 

 insufficient for the requirements of hy- 

 giene and that the Vento drinking water 

 is, in his opinion, a danger to health. 



CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS 

 President Menocal has appointed Senor 

 Domingo J. Milord Consul at Key West, 

 Fla., and Senor Angel Solano Consul at 

 Tampa, Fla. 



HAVANA PAVING 

 On the recommendation of Col. Villalon, 

 secretary of public works, President Men- 

 ocal signed the decree providing for 

 the paving of Havana streets. An ap- 

 propriation of $30,000 a month has been 

 decided upon to enable the contrac- 

 tors, Messrs. Torrance and Portal, to car- 

 ry out the work of repairing Havana 

 streets. The original contract awarded 

 Messrs. McGiveney, Rokeby Construction 

 Company has been rescinded. 



NEW PUBLIC HIGHWAY 

 The Cuban Congress has ordered the 

 construction of a public highway out of 

 granite blocks between Luyane and Guan- 

 abacoa. Tbo sum of $200,000 has been ap- 

 propriated for the work. 



MONUMENT TO CUBAN POET 

 The municipality of Havana has made 

 a contract with the sculptor, Ramon Ma- 

 teo Montesinos. for the construction and 

 erection in one of the most central parts 

 of the national capital of a monument in 

 honor of tbe poet, Juan Clemente Zenea. 



