THE CUBA REVIEW 



HAVANA LIBRARY 



According to the Havana Pout, Dr. \'arora 

 Suarez, Mayor-elect of Havana, is plar.r.irg 

 to establLsh a puVjlic librar}', and Mr. Arter.d 

 R. de Carricarte i.s mentioned for the position 

 of Manager. It is designed to have this 

 library operated in the same manper as the 

 free public libraries of the United States. 

 Lecture courses wilJ be established as well 

 as branch libra/ics and the circulation, cf 

 books vnW be encouraged. 



PARCELS POST TREATY 



It is rumored that the negotiations \\-ith 

 the Spanish governm.ent for the signing of a 

 treaty between Spain and Cuba prox-iding 

 for parcels post arrangements have been 

 suspended imtil the war in Europe ends. 

 The treaty was opposed bj- tobacco manu- 

 facturers in Spain. 



ARMY HORSES 



It is stated that the Cuban Governjnent is 

 to establish a horse breeding station at Cam- 

 aguey for the purpose of developing horses 

 to be used for the Cuban army. The Prov- 

 ince of Camaguej' has always been cele- 

 brated for its lands for cattle grazing. 



HAVANA HORSE SHOW 



It is proposed to have a Horse Show 

 sometime during February w-hich will take 

 place at Oriente Park, Havana. A large sum 

 of money will be proxided for prizes and 

 incidental exper^ses. 



HAVANA 



The Department of Immigration reports 

 that during the month of November, just 

 passed, 12,552 passengers entered the port of 

 Havana. 



CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. NOVEMBER 



The Customs Department of Havana 

 states that the receipts of the port for the 

 month of XovemJjer totalled $2,630,289.34. 



NEW TELEGRAPH STATION 



Director of Communications, Chas. Her- 

 nandez, announced the opening of a new tele- 

 graph station at Cascajal, Santa Clara. 



CAMAGUEY 



The Department of Agriculture has an- 

 nounced that the n.ew^ Caspar Betancourt 

 Cisr.eros school will be formallj- opened the 

 latter part of Februar}'. Construction work 

 is going on rapidly on the school building. 

 One of the novelties of the school will be 

 a\aarv. 



SPAIN CANCELS ORDER 



At the request of the Cuban State De- 

 partment, the Spanish Government has 

 cancelled a portion of a roj-al decree, which 

 prohibited the exportation of cigarette 

 paper. 



SCHOOL SHIP 



It is reported that the Cuban Government 

 is trying to buj' the Italian bark Ninfa for 

 use as a school ship. 



CUBAN POETRY 



A volume of poems of Xieves Xenes, the 

 leading poetess of Cuba, has been pubEshed 

 by a coirmaission of the Cuban Academia 

 Xacional de Artes y Letras. 



HAVANA CENTRAL RAILWAY 



A general strike of the emploj-es of ttus 

 railroad took place on December 16th, and 

 this strike was not cojofined to the motormen 

 and conductors, but the workers in the power 

 plants abandoned their work and the Line 

 was completely tied up. The Railroad 

 Company also supplies electric current for 

 power and lighting and the consumers of 

 current were greatlj- inconvenienced. The 

 trouble w'as fin.alh- adjusted after a duration 

 of several da vs. 



According to the Havana Post the recent 

 exposition in the Republic of Panama has 

 resulted well for Cuban exhibitors, many 

 orders having been received bj" Cuban 

 merchants. 



TOBACCO SHIPMENT 



A shipment of 1,200,000 cigars and 420,000 

 boxes of cigarettes is reported for December 

 shipment from Havana to Chile via the 

 Panama Canal. 



LA GLORIA 



La G'oria Fiir has been postponed to 

 Feb. 27-28 & Mar. 1, 1917. 



