THE CUBA REVIEW 



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A Canal for Cuba. — This canal will not only shorten the route to the Panama Canal, but 

 will settle political animosities by providing two little republics for the two leading liberal 

 candidates, one for Zayas and the other for Asbert. says PoUtica Comica of Havana. 



The United States naval 



Tobacco station at Guantanamo is 



Frauds alleged to have been made 



Alleged the excuse for frauds which 



an inspector of the Cuban 

 Treasury Department report having dis- 

 covered, says the United States Tobacco 

 Joiivnal. The inspector says that he has 

 found large quantities of cigars and 

 cigarettes in Caimanera and other places 

 which are without the internal revenue 

 stamps required by law. The inspector re- 

 ported that when he inquired about the 

 source of the contraband tobacco he was 

 informed that it was for the naval station 

 at Guantanamo. He intimates that Havana 

 factories are sending cigars to Oriente 

 without the internal revenue stamps, claim- 

 ing that they are for export because they 

 are for the naval station, but that they 

 are disposed of outside of the naval station 

 grounds to the injury of Cuba's revenues. 

 The Treasury Department has ordered 

 the books of Havana factories to be in- 

 spected to see what shipments thej^ have 

 made to Oriente and if there has been any 

 intent on their part to defraud. 



General Estenoz, the leader 



Bars of the negro party to which 



Negro the government has denied 



Parties recognition under the Mo- 



rua law, said recently: "If 



the colored men are not recognized at the 



election nobodv in Cuba will •"ote." 



Pre\iously he had said: "If Congress 

 by April 24th proceeds to abolish the laws 

 of Cuba that section which bars negro 

 parties, there will be peace, but if, instead, 

 an outrageous law placed on our law books 

 by a negro, a traitor to his race, is en- 

 forced, I know that every negro in Cuba 

 will again defend the liberties for -which 

 he has fought." 



The government is forbidding negroes 

 to hold meetings, but the latter are deter- 

 mined to meet, organize and take an active 

 part in the elections. 



General Fernandez de Cas- 



Veterans tro, at the assembly of the 



are veterans in Camaguey on 



Defiant March 12th, asserted that 



should the United States 



attempt another intervention, the veterans 



of Cuba would fight as they had fought 



against Spain. He was enthusiastically 



applauded. 



The asseml)ly discussed for many hours 

 a resolution to demand an investigation 

 into the sources of the wealth of all the 

 members of the administration, including 

 the president of the republic, and this was 

 finally agreed to. 



The resolution also asked the National 

 Assembly to remain permanently in session 

 in order to watch the government and pre- 

 vent future looting of the treasury by 

 subsidies, concessions and fraudulent 

 contracts. 



