THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1920, by the Munson Steamship Line 





Volume XVIII 



JULY, 1920 



Number 8 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



DELEGATES TO THE HAGUE 



Sr. Cosmos de la Torriente, Sr. An- 

 tonio Sanchez de Bustamante and Sr. 

 Manuel Sanguily have been appointed 

 delegates of Cuba to the Permanent 

 Tribunal of the Hague for a new period 

 of six years. 



CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS 

 The following consular appointments 

 were made in March : Luis Rodriguez 

 Embil, consul general at Rotterdam ; 

 Fernado Bidal y del Riego, vice consul 

 at La Paz, Bolivia ; Salvador Arduin y 

 Godoy, vice consul in Liverpool ; Calixto 

 T. Sanchez, vice consul at Aguadilla, 

 Puerto Rico, and Alberto Ruz y INIas, 

 chancellor In the Consulate General in 

 Liverpool. 



DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS 

 The total revenue of the Department 

 of Communications for the month of 

 February amounted to 205,177 pesos, 

 which, compared with the 189,963 pesos 

 collected in the same month of 1919, 

 shows an increase of 15,214 pesos. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

 At the suggestion of Secretary of the 

 Interior Charles Hernandez, President 

 Menocal has appointed Dr. Miguel Angel 

 Aguiar Sub-Secretary of the Department 

 of the Interior. 



CUBAN DIPLOMATIC AGENT IN 

 GERMANY 

 President Menocal has nominated Aris- 

 tides Aguero y Betancourt, at present 

 Cuban minister to Switzerland and Hol- 

 land, to be consvil general to Germany, 

 to act as Cuban minister imtil a new 

 minister can be appointed. 



BIDS FOR CHARTER OF FORMER GERMAN 



SHIPS IN CUBA 

 . The Cuban Government has received 

 bids at the War Department, Havana, for 

 the charter of the seized former German 

 vessels Bavaiia, Odelina, Constantia, Ky- 

 donia, and Olivant. The ships must be 

 sailed imder the Cuban flag, but cannot 

 be sub-leased and are to be used for the 

 benefit of Cuban commerce either in its 

 foreign or coasting trade. 



NEW CABLE LINE 



President Menocal has signed a decree 

 authorizing the Western Union Cable 

 Company to establish a new cable connec- 

 tion between Cuba and the Barbados, 

 with the Havana terminal at Playa de 

 Cojimar, back of Morro Costle. 



COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTS 

 During the month of February, Presi- 

 dent Menocal issued a decree changing 

 the College of Architects of Havana into 

 an official body under the Department of 

 Public Works. 



