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THE CUBA R E V I i: W 



General Jose F. Monteagudo in command of the 



Cuban army. His tactics speedily ended the 



negro uprising. 



Protecting 



Cuban 



Tobacco 



The Cuban Senate on July 

 ISth adopted the report of 

 the Committee on Laws, 

 authorizing President Go- 

 mez to negotiate an ampli- 

 fication of the reciprocity treaty between 

 Cuba and the United States, which would 

 give more advantages to Cuban tobacco, and 

 also providing for a new system of identi- 

 fication, guaranteed by the government, to 

 properly distinguish Cuban made cigars, 

 cigarettes and cut tobacco, from that manu- 

 factured outside of Cuba with Cuban or 

 alleged Cuban leaf. 



This bill was sent to the Senate, where 

 it was considered at length, it having been 

 amended in the sense that the provision to 

 authorize the president to make a new 

 treaty was not in accordance with the con- 

 stitution, inasmuch as the treaty-making 

 power is vested in the Senate, but leaving 

 untouched the other provisions concerning 

 the government stamp for Cuban made 

 cigars, cigarettes and cut tobacco. 



The bill as amended by the Senate was 

 received in the House July 10th and ap- 

 proved without debate. 



The necessity for the 



Tlie United States to restore 



Negro Revolt order in Cuba has been 



Ended averted. With the death 



of Estenoz the uprising 



seems to have been wrecked, although 



rebel bands were still in the field until very 



recently. 



As late as July .5th an attack was made 

 on the outskirts of Santiago when several 

 negroes were killed. The attack caused 

 much alarm among the citizens, who 



thought all danger from the revolt prac- 

 tically over. 



General Monteagudo reported on July 

 10th to President Gomez that the province 

 of Oriente had been so thoroughly pacified 

 that he considered it unnecessary to con- 

 tinue the suspension of the constitutional 

 guarantees. He will, however, leave 3,250 

 troops in the province. 



All American marines on guard duty in 

 Cuba in connection with the negro uprising 

 were ordered to proceed to home stations. 

 They have been in Cuba since June 6th. 



Of the $1,000,000 voted to put down the 

 revolt, there is still a balance of $846,490 

 remaining, according to a statement of the 

 Treasury Department. The $153,510 spent 

 represents $100,000 paid to the United 

 States government for the Krag-Jorgensen 

 rifles and ammunition and $28,000 paid 

 over to the quartermaster-general of the 

 army for the equipment of guerrillas in 

 Oriente Province. 



On July 18th General Pedro Ivonet, the 

 negro rebel for whom the government 

 troops have been diligently searching, was 

 killed at Nueva Escocia, Oriente Province, 

 by Cuban troopsi and on the same date 

 General Julio Antomarchi. the negro rebel 

 leader, who threatened death to all foreign- 

 ers and the destruction of all foreign prop- 

 erties, surrendered. He was the last leader 

 of any importance remaining at large. 



The restoration of order vindicates the 

 attitude of President Taft throughout the 

 trouble. The United States stands ready 

 to preserve peace and order. The damage 

 to Ameircan interest from a financial 

 standpoint, it is said, has been small. 



General Evaristo Esteiioz who Icl the recent 



negro uprising. He was killed in a fight which 



ended the rebellion. 



Jefe del levantamiento de negros en Cuba. 



