THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Alfonso XIII sunk off Mariel, Havana Province, during the Spanish-American War. The 



removal of the wreck, is now being urged. 



El vapor Alfonso XIII echada a pique frente a Mariel, eti la provincia de la Habana, durante la 



guerra con los Estados Unidos. Se trata ahora de sacar el buqite. 



AN OLD WRECK 



The Sanitary Department has requested 

 the Treasury Department to destroy the 

 wreck of the old ship "Alfonso XIII.," 

 which is in the Mariel Bay. In its present 

 position the wreck is considered an obstruc- 

 tion to the harbor. 



The "Alfonso XIII." has been lying at 

 the mouth of Mariel Bay since the Spanish- 

 American war. The steamer was a mer- 

 chantman bound from Spain to Havana 

 and was trying to make this 

 discovered by the American 

 squadron and sunk. 



port, when 

 blockading 



PORTO RICO S CITRUS FRUITS 



The value of Porto Rico's exportations 

 of citrus fruits to the United States, during 

 the years ending June 30, 1911 and 1912, 

 compare as follows : 



1911 1912 



Grape fruit $309,698 $524,976 



Oranges 703,946 584,368 



Pineapples 640,713 683,801 



Lemons 2,323 3,131 



Limes 1,962 960 



Canned pineapples . ... 149,744 258,671 



Porto Rico also sent considerable honey 

 to the United States in this same period as 

 witness the following: 



1910 1911 1912 



$8,018 $17,904 $42,251 



PRAISE CUBA S SANITARY CONDITIONS 



Officers of the Medical Corps of the 

 United States army sympathize with Dr. 

 Juan Guiteras, director of sanitation of 

 Cuba, in his protest against a resolution 

 introduced in the House by Representative 

 Foss of Illinois asking for an investigation 

 of the sanitary conditions of Cuba. 



"In the matter of sanitary legislation," 

 said Col. J. R. Kean of the ^Medical Corps, 

 "Cuba is fifty years ahead of the United 

 States. Her chief sanitary officer has a 

 seat in the Cabinet and all the health of- 

 ficers of Cuba are federal appointees, freed 

 from the local influences which operate 

 against the activities of health officers in 

 the cities of the United States. 



"The standard of sanitation set for Cuba 

 by the United States army was a military 

 standard, much higher than that lived up 

 to by American cities. Cuba is in much 

 better condition in sanitary matters than 

 Porto Rico." 



The National Board of Health of Mexico 

 has sent a letter of congratulation to Dr. 

 Guiteras "for the energetic and well con- 

 ducted campaign carried on in Cuba against 

 the plague and the success you have ob- 

 tained." The letter says further that Cuba 

 is the first country on earth which has been 

 able to control an epidemic in so short a 

 time. 



Mexico was the first country to remove 

 the quarantine established against Cuba. 



