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THE CUB A R I-. V 1 i: W 



The joint ikiIc which ha^ 

 More been presented l)y Gt-r- 



Daiiiagc many, France and England 

 Claims requesting- the Cuban gov- 

 ernment to settle for the 

 damage done the jtroperty of their sub- 

 jects during the war of independence, is 

 being discussed by politicians, senators 

 and congressmen of both parties in an 

 effort to advise the government. 



When the Treaty of Paris was con- 

 cluded, an agreement was made that the 

 United States would guarantee all dam- 

 ages caused by the Spanish troops in the 

 Cubans' war of independence done to prop- 

 erty owned by foreigners in the island of 

 Cuba. But the treaty did not include the 

 damage done to the property of foreigners 

 by the Cuban army, which accounts for 

 the great decreases made in the awards 

 bv the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission 

 as compared with the amount of claims 

 filed. 



As far as the United States is concerned, 

 all these claims have been settled. 



Havana's Department of 

 Sanitary Sanitation is after the 

 Milk milkmen and new rules 



Cans provide that all milk wa- 



gons must be kept clean 

 and painted with strong oil paint, bearing 

 the name of the establishment to which 

 they belong and they will not be allowed 

 to carry anything else. Those carrying 

 milk on horses must use saddles made of 

 linen, sack cloth being barred. 



Three months' time is granted to do 

 away with the milk cans of less than 

 three gallons, and six months to all other 

 cans containing larger amounts. These 

 are to be substituted by others, the model 

 of which must be approved by the Depart- 

 ment of Sanitation. 



The milkmen are forbidden to use the 

 old tin and zinc milk measures which they 

 have been using from time immemorial and 

 are to substitute others made of vitrified 

 material or enamel ware, in order to pro- 

 tect the public from the oxidation of the 

 package which has been pronounced as in- 

 jurious to the public health. 



The Agrarian League will 

 Renewal petition Congress to pass a 

 Eariiestlv measure authorizing the 

 Desired president to establish rela- 

 tions with the United States 

 with a view to renewing the reciprocity 

 treaty existing betwen that country and 

 Cuba. A new treaty of five years' duration 

 is suggested. The old treaty legally ex- 

 pired December ?,1. VMS, and is operative 

 to-day only because it has not been deter- 

 mined by either country. 



The people and merchants of Cuba want 



Men talkoi ..i m c aba — .^r. Joaijuin Chalons, re- 

 cently secretary of public works, who resigned 

 owing to the opposition of the Veterans' Asso- 

 ciation, he being a Spaniard. 



the treatx' to continue and there is no great 

 danger that Cuba will notify the United 

 States that she wants it tern. mated. It is 

 the attitude of the United States which is 

 troubling the commercial interests of the 

 island, hence the determination to seek a 

 renewal. 



The 



Annual 



Exposition 



The national exposition for 

 agricultural products will 

 open in Havana on January 

 :iSth and close on February 

 24th. The exposition will 

 include all horticultural and agricultural 

 products from vegetables to flowers. Every- 

 thing in zootecnics, the met'nods employed 

 in the fisheries, hunting and catching of 

 all kinds of game on Cuban land and 

 waters will be shown, and also forest pro- 

 ducts, mining products, and exhibits of 

 mineral waters of the island. 



The prizes to be offered for these ex- 

 hibits will amount to $5,000, and lavish 

 work is to be done in illuminations and 

 decorations of the grounds and buildings. 

 The director of the exposition will per- 

 mit a limited number of high-grade and 

 refined public spectacles and entertainments. 



Figures regarding the exportations of St. 

 Louis to Cuba, as supplied by the Cuban 

 State Department, are as follows : 



1909 $2,199,579 



1910 2,.320,812 



