THE CUBA'REVIEW 



ROAD CONGRESS 



Announcement is made that plans have 

 been completed whereljy a National Congress 

 of Roads will be held scm.e tim.e during 1917 

 which will endeavor to organize a National 

 Highway Com.mission whereby there will be 

 built a national highway from one end of 

 Cuba to the other. This schem.e is not a new 

 one, and it is said that the plans have been in 

 the hands cf the Secretary cf Public Works for 

 scm.e time. The scheme would also include 

 a central highroad across Cuba from North to 

 South, and the plan would fuxthermore com- 

 prehend the utilization of existing highways, 

 so that upon completion of this work, Cuba 

 would be practically covered with a netwoik 

 of gocd roads, a state of affairs most desirable 

 and profitable for the Cubans. 



MINISTER FROM BOLIVIA 



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 



According to a Washington despatch, the 

 law suit against the State of North Carolina, 

 which involved the sum of $2,000,000 worth 

 of bonds, the suit being instituted by the 

 Government of Caiba acting presumably for 

 third parties, has been withch-awn by direc- 

 tion cf President Menocal. 



CON.SCRIPTION 



It is runiored that a plan for the estab- 

 lishment of compuslory military service in 

 Cuba is being studied carefully by the Depart- 

 ment of Gove nment and the geneial staff of 

 the army. 



MILK. INSPECTION 



The National Board of Health of Cuba has 

 issued a decree authorizing the organization 

 of hygienic m.ilk inspection bureaus through- 

 out the entire island. 



SPANISH GOVERNMENT 



It is reported that a request of the Board 

 of Immigration of Spain to the Department of 

 Im.migration of Cuba that each Spanish im- 

 migrant be required to show a passport sig- 

 nifying that he was not evading military ser- 

 vice will not be granted. 



BARRACKS 



President Menocal has authorized the gen- 

 eral staff of the army to build a barracks at 

 Santiago de las Vegas providing the cost does 

 not exceed $7,000. 



Sr Don Ignacio Calderon, Courtisi/ Bulletin 

 cf the Fan- American U nion. 



We have been informed that Si. Den. Ig- 

 niicia Calderon, the Bolivian Minister to the 

 United States, has also been accredited to 

 Cuba, and we understand that Sr. Calderon 

 is leaving on the 14th of January via Key 

 West to vi.^it Havana, for th? purpose of pre- 

 senting his credentials. The Minister will be 

 accompanied by Mrs. Calderon and their 

 daughter, and it is further stated that Sr. 

 Calderon plans to make a tour of Cuba before 

 returning to the United States. Sr. Calderon 

 has represented Bolivia in Washington since 

 If 01, his length of service making him the 

 Daan of th? Latin-American diplomatic 

 corps. 



ECUAEXDR 



Dr. Rafael N. Elizalde, the new Minister of 

 Ecuador to Cuba, presented his credentials to 

 President Menocal on January 10. 



COMPENSATION LAW 



This law is about to go into effect in Cuba 

 and in this issue is given an abstract of the 

 rules and regulations for its enforcement. 

 This law is one of the most important acts 

 of the Cuban Congress ever enacted, and its 

 effects will be far-reaching. Every manu- 

 facturer, sugar central, or other employer 

 of labor in Cuba will be subject to its pro- 

 visions and will have to conform to its 

 requirements. 



