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"ALL AL.OUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1917, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XV 



JANUARY, 1917 



Number 2 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



HAVANA COLONIAL DEBTS 



President Mcnocal h-is signed a decree 

 suspending a resolution adopted l:)y the City 

 Council of Havana on November 16 provid- 

 ing for an Issue of municipal bonds to pay 

 for debts amounting to $2,812,000, dating to 

 the tim3 when Cuba was a Spanish colony. 



A similar resolution for a bond issue to 

 mest claims for servicss alleged to have been 

 rende.-ed under Spao'sh domination, was 

 adopted by the Cou.aciJ last June. President 

 )\Ienocal also annulled this decree, on the 

 ground that it involved infrdctions of the 

 laws of mU'iicipctlit'e.?. 



LAW AGAINST DRUGS 



The law which was pat into effect in Cuba 

 recently prohibiting the sale of habit forming 

 drugs, has had the effect of placing some diffi- 

 culty in the way of operating a sugar m.ill. 

 Ether, which is among the prohibited drugs, 

 is needed for the manufacture of sugar, and 

 the authorities are now considering some way 

 to permit the use of ether by suga'- centrals 

 and at the same time ])revent the drug from 

 being sold to unauthorized parties, but the 

 exact mode of procedure whereby the sugar 

 centrals would be exem.pted has not yet been 

 determined. 



QUARANTINE ENDED 



The Department of Sanitation stated on 

 Dec. 13, that the quarantine against American 

 ports for infantile paralysis was ended. 



NAVAL SCHOOL 



The new Cuban naval academy at^Mariel 

 was opened on January 8 with appropriate 



ceremonies. 



PARAGUAY 



It is reported that the Government of Para- 

 guay has decreed that Cuban Government 

 representatives in Paraguay may denounce 

 attempts to pass off as of Cuban origin manu- 

 factured toljacco which lacks an official label. 

 It is specified, however, that the label in 

 question does not constitute a trade-mark and, 

 therefore, the effect of such denunciation will 

 be restricted to an official notice warning con- 

 sumers of fraud. The decree specifies that the 

 (\iban Government should recii:)rocate in a 

 similar manner to establish protection for the 

 products of Paraguay which may be exported 

 to Cuba. It is stated that this is the first in- 

 stance in which the Government of Paraguay 

 has given recognition to a trade or merchan- 

 dise mark. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL 

 LAW 



This institute, which comprises five dele- 

 gates from each of the national societies of the 

 21 ^\merican states, has planned to have its 

 next meeting in Havana, Cuba, and the ses- 

 sions are to begin January 22. It is stated 

 that the Cuban Government has approved 

 a credit of $10,000 to defray ex-penses. 



