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T HE CUBA R E V I E;W 



THE NEW AMERICAN MINISTER 



William E. Gonzalez of Columbia, S. C, 

 the new United States Minister to Cuba, 

 presented his credentials to President Me- 

 nocal on August 9th. A great crowd 

 gathered to cheer for the new envoy, who 

 is the son of one of Cuba's fighters for 

 liberty. 



Minister Gonzalez, in the course of his 

 speech, said he felt a profound interest in 

 the future of Cuba, which was natural in 

 one whose father, Ambrosio Jose Gonzalez, 

 gave his life for Cuban liberty. President 

 Menocal in replying said Minister Gonzalez 

 was doubly of Cuban blood because his 

 father was a native of the island and fur- 

 thermore helped Narciso Lopez to raise the 

 lone star flag, which is now the flag of the 

 republic. 



La Luclia's impression of the new Ameri- 

 can minister is thus expressed : 



"Mr. Gonzalez is a man of few words or 

 speaks almost nothing. 



"His family will join him in November. 



"His brother Ambrose will direct the af- 

 fairs of the State, Mr. Gonzalez' publica- 

 tion in Columbia, S. C. His son Robert E. 

 is its editor. 



"He stated his age as 47. His complexion 

 IS florid and his physiognomy expresses 

 great intelligence; his hair is gray. 



"He was dressed in a blue coat, with 

 trousers of white flannel and wore a straw 

 hat. 



"Mr. Gonzalez said he did not speak 

 Spanish." 



NEW INDUSTRY IN CIENFUEGOS 



A new business, that of manufacturing 

 mineral water, soda waters ajid fruit sirups, 

 will shortly be established in Cienfuegos, a 

 city on the south coast of Santa Clara 

 Province having 30,000 inhabitants at the 

 last census in 1907, although since then the 

 city has grown greatly. 



Senor Pellon seems to be the moving 

 spirit in the enterprise and associated with 

 him is don Jose M. Conceyro, a chemist 

 of the city. 



The necessary machinery has already 

 been purchased. 



CUBAN TELEPHONE CO. EARNINGS 



July gave the Cuban Telephone Company 

 307 more subscribers, a total to July 31st of 

 13,751 as compared with 13,444 on June 30th. 



Receipts for July were .$76,998.51 and 

 for the same month in 1912 $56,580. 



President Menocal has given assurances 

 to Captain William M. Talbott, president 

 of the Cuban Telephone Company, that he 

 was completely satisfied with the way the 

 company has fulfilled its obligations and 

 told him there was absolutely no truth in 

 any report that measures against the com- 

 pany were contemplated. 



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