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"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1917, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XV 



SEPTEMBER, 1917 



Number 10 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 





Dr. Luis Azcarate, 

 Recently Appointed Secretary of Justice. 



GERM.\N STEAMERS 



On August 21, at the Presidential Palace, 

 in the presence of Gen. Marti, Secretary of 

 "War and Xav}', and WilUam E. Gonzales, 

 United States .Minister to Cuba, President 

 Menocal signed a decree transferring to the 

 United States Government four large German 

 steamships, the Bavaria, Olivant, Adelheid 





and Constantia, of an aggregate tonnage of 

 approximately 20,000 tons, which were seized 

 as })rizes of war by the Cuban Government 

 on the day this coimtry declared war against 

 Germany. 



.Minister Gonzales is quoted as stating: 

 "President Menocal decUned to consider 

 offers to purchase or lease, whether made by 

 Governments, navigation companies, or in- 

 dividuals. He regards these prizes of war, 

 not as agencies for commercial profits, but to 

 be used, as he states in his decree, for the 

 common benefit in aiding to bring the war 

 against the Government of Germany to a 

 prompt and victorious end. President 

 .Menocal would not sell them, but he has 

 given them to the United States. It is just 

 another illustration of Cuba's generous spirit 

 and of her earnest ijurjjose to co-operate with 

 her allies to the full extent of her power." 



Secretary Lansing has instructed the Ameri- 

 can Minister at Havana to express to Presi- 

 dent .Menocal the sincere appreciation of the 

 United States Government and of the people 

 of the United States of "the friendly and dis- 

 interested action of the Cuban Government" 

 in transferring to this country the steamships 

 Bavaiid, Olivant, Adelheid, and Constnnlin, to 

 be utiUzcd in the successful prosecution of the 

 war against Germany. 



RED CROSS 



Colonel Miguel Varona, chief of the_ general 

 staff of the Cuban army, has been designated 

 President of the Cuban Red Cross. 



