THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1920, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XVIII 



MAY, 1920 



Number 6 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



VOTING CENSUS 



With the completion of the voting cen- 

 sus the total number of registered voters 

 in Cuba is shown to be 477,789, according 

 to figures made pul>lic by Major H. E. 

 Stephenson, who is directing the census 

 taking. This voting census total is ap- 

 proximately half of the actual number of 

 votes cast at the last national election. 



During the past ten years Cuba has 

 shown proportionally 50 per cent more 

 growth than the United States. With a 

 population of 2,889,004 on the island the 

 voting census shows that 16.5 per cent 

 of the people are registered voters, which 

 compares favorably with the percentage 

 of voters in the United States. 



It is estimated that the technical cen- 

 sus will be completed early in July. This 

 census will include a listing of occupa- 

 tions, nationality, age and other statisti- 

 cal facts. 



Thirty thousand copies of the com- 

 piled technical census will be issued in 

 book form by the Central Census Bu- 

 reau. Of this number 15,000 will be in 

 English for distribution through the State 

 Department of the United States and the 

 Consular offices. 



NEW ITALIAN MINISTER 

 Signer Enrico Drart de la Desme is the 

 newly appointed minister of Italy to Cuba. 





GERMAN STEAMERS 



Enemy ships seized by Cuba during the 

 World War will remain Cuban property, 

 according to an official statement. 



A committee composed of the Secre- 

 taries of War and Marine, Treasury and 

 and Commerce and Labor was named to 

 take charge of arrangements for the leas- 

 ing of such vessels at public auction to 

 private companies. The vessels must be 

 used in Cuban commerce and fly the 

 Cuban flag. Other conditions being equal, 

 Cuban concerns will be given preference. 

 Contracts can be cancelled by the Govern- 

 ment after reasonable notice has been 

 given. 



Private property seized from alien 

 enemies during the war is to l;»e returned 

 to its owners. 



TRADE MARKS 

 Dr. Mario Diaz Irizar, director of the 

 Cuban branch of the American Inter- 

 national Office for the Protection of Trade 

 Marks, has been advised through the 

 Secretary of the American International 

 Commission at Washington, that Presi- 

 dent Wilson has approved of the law by 

 which the United States guarantees the 

 protection of all trade marks filed through 

 the International Office. The International 

 Commission was crented in accordance 

 with the terms of the Buenos Aires con- 

 vention. 



