THE CUBA REVIEW 



General Emilio Nunez, former governor of Ha- 

 vana Province and president of the Veterans' 

 Association 



Several proposals have been 



Will Not recently made to the gov- 



Lease ernment to take over the 



Wharves new wharves and piers 



which are being constructed 



in the Paula district of Havana harbor. 



The company promises to make a two 



per cent reduction over the lowest ruling 



tariff rate and to be responsible for all 



goods going over the wharves. It reserves 



the right to sub-let its privileges. 



Prsident Gomez, in a statement on De- 

 cember 29th answering these applications, 

 declares that the wharves will not be 

 rented to private parties. 



The Cuban Congress has 

 For a appropriated $.50,000 for the 

 Statute erection in Ilavana of a 

 of Maceo monument to Major Gen- 

 eral Antonio Maceo, the 

 well-known hero of Cuba's war of inde- 

 pendence. Sculptors all over the world can 

 enter in competition. 



Competition ends January, 1913, when the 

 best design will be accepted. 



Many artists in Spain have sent models, 

 among them Sefior Don Jose Campeny, of 

 Barcelona, whose model is approved and 

 indorsed by the Marquis of Marianao, 

 Alcalde of Barcelona, and many other 

 prominent persons of that city. The illus- 

 tration on this page shows Sehor Cam- 

 jieny's model for the statue. 



Hon. Rafael Martinez Ortiz, secretary of agri- 

 culture, commerce and labor, who resigned 

 December 30th 



Design for a statue of Major General Antonio 



Maceo, submitted by a Spanish artist, Sefior Don 



Jose Campeny 



Sr. Fernando Vallin, Span- 

 Spaiiisli ish minister to Cuba, has 

 Claims sent a note to the State 

 Unpaid Department demanding that 

 a Spanish subject, who has 

 been teaching school in a city of Cuba for 

 fourteen years, be paid for his services for 

 that time, as he has received no compensa- 

 tion. The minister asks that there be no 

 more delay. 



The Post says : "There are similar debts 

 amounting to hundreds of thousands of 

 dollars of which Spanish citizens are the 

 creditors and the Cuban city governments 

 the debtors. The subject has been diplo- 

 matically called to the attention of the Cu- 

 ban government by every Spanish diplo- 

 mat who has been accredited there." 



The government has notified municipali- 

 ties that such debts must be paid. 



