THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CUBAN COINAGE 



It is reported that the Secretary of theTreas- 

 ury will order in the near future the manufac- 

 ture of six million dollars' worth of silver 

 coins, which is the balance of the order 

 placed with the United States mint at Phila- 

 delphia. 



INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION 



The Cuban Government and the Rocke- 

 feller Foundation of the United States through 

 the International Health Commission, are 

 co-operating in a campaign against yellow 

 fever in other countries. President Menocal 

 has granted a leave of absence to Dr. Juan 

 Guiteras, Director of Sanitation of Cuba, so 

 that he may, under the auspices of the Com- 

 mission, begin a campaign to stamp out the 

 disease. As most of the members of the In- 

 ternational Health Commission are officers 

 of the United States Army Medical Corps, the 

 Cuban Government considers it a signal honor 

 that Dr. Guiteras should have been appointed 

 to perform so important a task. Research 

 will begin soon on the Island of .Martinique 

 and in Maracaibo. Director Taylor of Las 

 Animas Hospital, Havana, is co-operating 

 with Dr. Guiteras. 



CUBAN LOTTERY 



The resignation of Colonel Federico Men- 

 dizabal, director of the lottery of Cuba, has 

 been accepted by President Menocal, and 

 General Armando Sanchez Agramonte, who 

 was the Chief of Police of Havana, is to be the 

 new director. Colonel Julio Sapguily has been 

 appointed Chief of Police of Havana. 



By official decree, there will be several 

 changes in the lotterj^ drawings, beginning 

 July 1. The number of tickets in each draw- 

 ing will be only 24,000, and the big prizes will 

 be reduced to three, one for $100,000, o le for 

 $30,000 and one for $10,000. 



CUBAN MILITIA 



The 25,000 militiamen mustered into the 

 service when Cuba was threatened with a 

 revolution recently have been ordered mus- 

 tered out by the CJieneral Staff of the Cuban 

 Army. 



SUPREME COURT 



President Menocal has decreed the appoint- 

 ment of Dr. Jose Antolin del Cueto y Pazos as 

 Chief Justice of the Cuban Supreme Court, 

 which position was made vacant by the retire- 

 ment of C'hief Justice Jose Antonio Pichardo 

 y Marques to the pension list. Dr. Cueto has 

 been a lawyer for forty-five years and pro- 

 fessor in colleges and universities since 1882. 

 In the case of the State vs. Cuban Ports 

 Company, Dr. Cueto acted as legal adviser 

 of the President and lawver for the State. 



CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 



The Cuban Senate by a vote of 17 to 1, has 

 approved a bill abolishing the death penalty 

 in Cuba. The measure has been sent to the 

 lower house, and it is expected that it will be 

 passed there without delay. It is believed that 

 the bill was introduced at this time to save from 

 possible execution a number of the army of- 

 ficers charged with sedition and rebellion, now 

 on trial at Cabana fortress. 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND SHOE PLANTS 



The results of the plant that the govern- 

 ment recently installed at San Ambrosio to 

 manufacture all necessary uniforms for officers 

 and soldiers in the army has been so satisfac- 

 tory that it is proposed now to install at the 

 same place a printing office and a shoe factory. 

 The machinery for the printing office has al- 

 ready been ordered and will arrive in the near 

 future and the shoe factory will be estab- 

 lished later. 



SECRETARY OF JUSTICE 



It is reported that President .Menocal has 

 accepted the resignation of Sr. Christobal de 

 la Guardia, the Cuban Secretary of Justice. 

 Dr. P. Desvernine, the Secretary of States, 

 will assume the duties of the Secretary of Jus- 

 tice until President .Menocal names his new 

 cabinet. 



ISABELA DE SAGUA 



The Cuban Central Railway has sub- 

 mitted to the Department of Public Works ex- 

 tensive plans for great docks and wharves to 

 be constructed at Isabela de Sagua. 



