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"ALL AI]()UT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1917, hy the Munson Sttavnthip Line 



Volume XV 



NOVEMBER, 1917 



Number 12 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



THE CUBAN LEGATION 



The new home of the Cuban Legation which 

 is practically completed is situated in the 

 Northwest section of Washington, D. C, on 

 the West side of 16th St., between Irving and 

 JYiller Streets. This is in what is known as 

 the Embassy District, and the Spanish and 

 French embassies are in the immediate 

 vicinity. The building is of white Bedford 

 quarry Umestone, three stories high, and con- 

 tains 24 rooms, one of which is a large ball- 

 room. There is a grand stairway leading 

 from the entrance lobby, and the supports of 

 this stairway are of marble with gold em- 

 belhshments. The buUding is situated on a 

 plot 150 ft. by 250 ft., and it is expected that 

 it will be ready for occupancy by Minister 

 Cespedes and his staff by the first of January. 

 The approximate cost of this building is 

 $175,000. It was built by H. D Watts Co., 

 and McNeil & McNeil, who have designed 

 many of the modern buildings in Washington, 

 were the architects. 



LUNCHEON TO CUBAN MINISTER 



Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Cuban 

 Minister to the United States, was the guest 

 of honor at a luncheon of The Fifth Avenue 

 Association at the Biltmore Hotel, New York, 

 on October 24th. The luficheon was attended 

 by Mayor Mitchel of New York City, and 

 many other distinguished persons. Dr. 

 de Cespedes made a speech in which he 

 emphasized the friendly relations existing 

 between the people of the United States and 

 Cuba, and pledged the support of the Cuban 

 Republic to the cause of the AUies. 



ALLIED CONFERENCE 



Cuba will be represented in the general 

 AUied Conference to be held in Paris, Nov. 29. 

 Accepting an invitation of the entente powers. 

 President Alenocal has designated the Cuban 

 Minister to London, Dr. Carlos Garcia Velez, 

 as Cuba's member of the commission. 



CRUISER "CUBA" 



The cruiser "Cuba," flagship of the Cuban 

 navy, arrived November 25th, at an American 

 port and landed a battaUon of Cuban artillery- 

 men, who will undergo instruction at a 

 United States fort to perfect their training in 

 coast defense gunnery. Further Cuban 

 contingents will arrive later. 



AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION 



An agricultural commission, consisting of 

 Dr. Bernardo Crespo and Dr.Emilio L. Luaces, 

 of the .Ministry of Agriculture, will be sent 

 from Cuba to the United States to obtain 

 various breeds of cattle for the purpose of 

 raising cattle in Cuba. 



ORIENTE LOAN 



According to press reports the Council of 

 National Defense of the province of Orients 

 proposes to raise a loan of half a milhon dol- 

 lars for the purpose of giving an impulse to the 

 cultivation of fruits and vegetables. As a 

 guarantee for the loan the Provincial Council 

 offers extensive lands belonging to the 

 province. 



The loan, however, will have to be approved 

 by the Cuban Congress. 



