THL 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1912, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume X 



AUGUST, 1912 



Number 9 eor 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



POLITICAL ACTIVITY GATHERING STRENGTH NEW PRESIDENTIAL CAN- 

 DIDATES PROPOSED TO INVESTIGATE CUBA 



La Prensa of Havana re- 

 Poliiical cently said that in view of 

 Gossip the fact that the Conserva- 

 tives were showing very 

 strong and that the Zayas-^NIanduley ticket 

 means sure defeat, the re-electionists had 

 decided to face the country and announce 

 their decided purpose of again nominating 

 General Jose Miguel Gomez. 



It also asserted that several prominent 

 politicians who heretofore had been sus- 

 taining Zayas were parties to the plan. 



La Lucha in commenting on the above 

 said if it were true it meant "the beginning 

 of the end." 



An effort is being made to persuade 

 Secretary ^^lanuel Sanguily of the State 

 Department to run for the presidency of 

 Cuba as a compromise candidate on the 

 Liberal ticket. 



The support of the Asbert Liberals is 

 promised. The secretary has no hope that 

 his candidacy would unite the divided 

 Liberals. 



The Havana Post mentions two other 

 names of prominent citizens as presidential 

 probabilities who would by their popularity 

 and sterling worth satisfy all Liberals. 

 They are Sr. Diaz de Villegas and Senator 

 Sanchez de Bustamante. Both are said 

 to be acceptable to President Gomez and 

 are generally recognized as leaders and 

 foremost figures of the republic. 



Sr. Diaz de Villegas as secretary of the 

 treasury under President Gomez conducted 

 his office in such a manner that even the 

 enemies of the administration found little 

 to criticize. Senator Bustamante, who is 

 a leading lawyer, has served as a senator 

 since Cuba became a republic. His record 

 has been spotless. 



General Jose Miguel Gomez has written 

 a letter to Sr. Ferrara, says La Lucha. 

 The missive in question is in reference to 



the much entangled problem of the unifica- 

 tion of the Lil^erals, and General Gomez 

 while saying that he will do anything and 

 everything he can to arrive at that end, he 

 mentions the fact that such cannot be done 

 with Zayas heading the ticket. In other 

 words, he wants the party to be united, but 

 in working to that finality he will not sup- 

 port the vice-president. 



Although Mayor Cardenas has declined 

 to be a candidate for re-election, his 

 friends in the Conservative Party msist 

 upon his running. Opposition comes 

 strongly from General ^Menocal. tiie presi- 

 dential nominee, who thinks another can- 

 didate like General Freyre Andrade would 

 best serve party interests. 



The Provincial Governor of Havana 

 Asbert has said that he is willing to with- 

 draw if all the other candidates do the 

 iame thing and an agreement is reached 

 concerning a new man. 



General Monteagudo himself has said 

 that the only person in the whole country 

 who is fit for office is General Jose Miguel 

 Gomez, and General Loynaz del Castillo 

 has said that if the Liberals do not accept 

 Sanguily or some other patriot of his class, 

 that before accepting Zayas or Jose Miguel 

 Gomez, he prefers to elect Menocal. 



The Veterans' Association has again 

 come to the front in politics and is actively; 

 opposing the nomination or election of any 

 who were hostile to the Cuban cause in 

 the war with Spain. 



General Andrade was nominated August 

 2d by the municipal convention of the Con- 

 servative Party as their candidate for 

 mayor of Havana. 



The delegates who favored the nomina- 

 tion of ^ilayor Cardenas did not attend. 



The taking of a new census is planned 

 for the new year beginning January 1st. 



