THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyriglif, 1920, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XVIII 



JANUARY, 1920 



Number 2 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS mw yq^c 



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CHARLES E. MAGOON 



Charles E. Magoon of Lincoln, Neb., 

 died January 14th, in his sixtieth year. 



During the period of American inter- 

 vention in Cuba, Mr. Magoon served that 

 country as Provisional Governor from 

 October 12, 1906, to -January 28, 1909. 



With the resignation of President Es- 

 trada Palma of Cuba, the Vice-President 

 and cabinet officers, and Congress not tak- 

 ing' further action in the matter, the prin- 



cipal executive offices of the Republic were 

 left vacant and the country was without 

 a government. Secretary of War, William 

 II. Taft issued a proclamation in the name 

 of President Roosevelt of the United 

 States, establishing a Provisional Govern- 

 ment in Cuba to restore order and peace 

 and public confidence and then to hold 

 such elections as might be necessary to 

 determine those persons upon whom the 

 permanent government of the Republic 

 should be developed. Honorable Charles 

 E. :Magoon was appointed Provisional Gov- 

 ernor. A new electoral law, recommended 

 by Mr. Magoon, was adopted, and under it 

 a general election was held in November, 

 1908, without the least disturbance, al- 

 though it had been preceded by a vigorous 

 political campaign. The candidates were 

 inaugurated January 28, 1909, thus ter- 

 minating Mr. Magoon's commission as Pro- 

 visional Governor. 



BRITISH MINISTER TO CUBA 

 The new British Minister to Cuba, Hon. 

 William Erskine, was presented to Presi- 

 dent Menocal early in January. 



MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 

 On October 21st Dr. Gonzalo Arostegui 

 was appointed Minister of Public Instruc- 

 tion to replace Dr. Domingo Roldon, who 

 resigned. 



