THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1920, by the Munson Steamship Line 





Volume XVIII 



OCTOBER, 1920 



Number ii 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT 

 According to newspaper reports tlie con- 

 dition of the Cuban Treasury on June 

 30tli was as follows : Cash deposits, $11,- 

 000,000; Avar bonds, $6,000,000; on hand 

 in the National Bank of Cuba, $5,000,000. 

 There were also on hand $4,000,000 of 

 postponed custom house pajnnents. 



SANTIAGO WATER SUPPLY 

 Congress has approved a law authoriz- 

 ing President Menocal to arrange for the 

 furnishing of the city of Santiago de Cuba 

 with a supply of potable water. A credit 

 of $2,.500,000 has been provided for this 

 purpose. 



DELEGATES TO INTERNATIONAL 

 COMMUNICATIONS CONGRESS 



President Menocal has appointed Sr. 

 Manuel Mallo Gill and Sr. Juan F. Aguirre 

 delegates to the International Communi- 

 cations Congress which will be held in 

 Washington, D. C, in November. 



REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA ON 

 REPARATION COMMITTEE . 



President Menocal has appointed Dr. 

 Rafael Martinez Ortiz, the Minister of 

 Cuba in France, as the representative of 

 the Republic of Cuba on the Reparation 

 Committee provided for in article 233 of 

 the Treaty of Peace with Germany. 



CUBAN DIPLOMATIC SERVICE 

 Among the important appointments, 

 promotions and changes in the diplomatic 

 service are the following: Sr. Miguel 

 A. Campa Caraveda, minister to Japan ; 

 . Sr. Guillermo de Blanck, minister to Swit- 

 zerland and Holland ; Dr. Ezequiel Garcia 

 Ensenat, minister to Rome; and Sr. An- 

 tonio Martin Rivero, minister to Mexico. 



SPANISH LEGATION 

 The Spanish Government has raised its 

 legation in Havana to a legation of the 

 first class. 



INTERNATIONAL TRADE-MARK BUILDING 

 FOR HAVANA 

 Dr. Mario Diaz Irizar, director of the 

 International Patent and Trade-mark Of- 

 fice, has been sent to the United States to 

 consult with representatives of the United 

 States Government concerning the pro- 

 posed construction of an International 

 Trade-mark Building in Havana with 

 funds apportioned by the different Amer- 

 ican Republics. The Cuban Government 

 will contribute $2.5,000 for this purpose. 



PAYMENT TO UNITED STATES 

 President Menocal has authorized the 

 Department of War and Marine to pay 

 to the Government of the United States 

 $257,924 for war material delivered to 

 the Navy Department of the Cuban Gov- 

 ernment. 



