THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CABINET CHANGE 

 Dr. Juan Montalvo, for three years Sec- 

 retary of the Interior in the Menocal cabi- 

 net, presented his resignation to the chief 

 executive on January 5th. Col. Charles 

 Hernandez, Secretary of Communication, 

 has been named to succeed Dr. Montalvo. 



NEW U. S. MINISTER 

 Boaz W. Long, the new American min- 

 iste'r to Cuba, arrived in Ilavana Decem- 

 ber 29th. 



When Mr. Long presented his creden- 

 tials to President Menocal, a military 

 band, batteries of artillery, troops of cav- 

 alry and companies of infantry were in 

 formation in front of the palace, to pay 

 the country's military respects to the new 

 minister. 



CUBAN BUDGET 



The national budget was sent to Con- 

 gress by President Mer»ocal on November 

 14th, After several conferences, in which 

 agreement could not be reached, the cabi- 

 net finally set the budget at $71, 099,30:'.. TO, 

 a reduction of nine million dollars from 

 the amount originally proposed by the 

 cabinet members. 



DELEGATE TO HISTORICAL CONFER- 

 ENCE 

 Senor Enrique Perez Cisneros, Cuban 

 consul in Brazil, has been named Cuban 

 delegate to the American Historical con- 

 ference, which is to be held in Rio de 

 Janerio. 



CENSUS 



The census of Cuba, which has just 

 been taken, shows that the present popu- 

 lation of the Island is 2,888,095, com- 

 pared to 2,048,980 in 1917, 



There are 476,-379 registered voters in 

 Cuba, comprising 16.5 per cent, of the 

 population. This percentage compares 

 favorably with that of the United States. 



ATLANTIC FLEET 



The main body of the Atlantic fleet, 

 seven dreadnoughts and thirty-live de- 

 stroyers, with submarines and auxiliary 

 vessels, under conur.and of Admiral Henry 

 B. Wilson, sailed on January Sth from 

 Hampton Roads, Va., for Guantanaino, 

 Cuba, for tlie annual winter maneuvers. 



The dreadnoughts ii<"e the Oklahoma, 

 Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Florida and Del- 

 aware. The North Dakota, recently at 

 Constantinople, is steaming to Cuba to join 

 the fleet. 



After spending a month at Guantananio, 

 the crews will get a brief respite, when 

 the seventh division of dreadnoughts will 

 go to Barbados and the fifth to Trinid:id. 

 On February 2.jth the units will join at 

 Colon, where they will remain until March 

 4th. The fleet will then return to Cuba 

 and continue exercises until April 26th, 

 when the homeward-bound pennants will 

 he bi'oken out. 



SE\ENTH NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE 

 CONVENTION 

 The Seventh National Foreign Trade 

 Convention is to be held at San Francisco, 

 Cal., May 12-15, 1920. We are informed 

 that the American Chamber of Commerce 

 in Latin America will send delegates to 

 the convention. Several thousand Ameri- 

 can traders in Latin America have been 

 invited and limited delegations of foreign 

 business men representing the trade or- 

 ganizations of all the countries of Latin 

 America have been asked to attend. 



INTERNATIONAL HIGH COMMISSION 

 Sr. Armando Godoy, member of the 

 Cuban Section of the International High 

 Commission, resigned his place and Dr. 

 Sebastian Gelabert has been appointed to 

 fill tlH^ vacancy. 



CONCESSION FOR BRAZIL-CUBA CABLE 

 A concession given to the Central and 

 South American Cal)le Company for cable 

 to be laid from Rio de Janeiro to Cuba 

 has been registered. 



