THE 
CUBA REVIEW 
“ARE ABOUT CUBA” 
Copyright, 1921, by the Munson Steamship Line 
VOLUME XIX 
APRIE, 1921 
NUMBER 5 
CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 
ELECTION RESULTS 
Partial elections in Cuban districts 
where the returns of the November presi- 
dential elections had been thrown out be- 
cause of fraud charges resulted in the 
election of Dr. Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso 
to the Presidency, but under conditions 
which only accentuated the bitterness of 
the political strife in the republic. Mem- 
bers of the Liberal party, whose candi- 
date was General Gomez, obeyed the or- 
der of its Executive Committee against 
participation in the balloting, and in the 
four provinces outside of Havana where 
elections were held only forty-two Liberal 
ballots for President were cast as against 
12,419 for Dr. Zayas. 
Under the supervision of Major-General 
Enoch H, Crowder, the special representa- 
tive of the American Government, every 
precaution had been taken to prevent 
violence and fraud, and election day 
passed without disorders. General Crow- 
der made an inspection tour of several 
provinces and kept a close watch to pre- 
vent a recurrence of the partisan clashes 
which caused several fatalities at the 
November elections. 
The Executive Committee of the Lib- 
eral party has ordered Liberal members 
of Congress to abstain from all official 
duties and also has ordered all Liberals 
holding minor offices “on strike’”—their 
hope evidently being to force action by 
the American Government. They pre- 
pared to offer strenuous protests against 
the acceptance of the election returns. 
Dr. Zayas, it is reported, predicts that the 
situation will clear in a short time, and 
has confidence that enough members of 
Congress will take their seats to form a 
quorum, proclaim his election and enable 
him to constitute a successful govern- 
ment on May 20. 
INVITATION TO CUBAN GOVERNMENT 
The Cuban Government has accepted 
an invitation of the United States War 
Department to send officers to the United 
States Army Air Service schools. Two 
officers, one to attend the observation 
school at Fort Sill, Okla., and the other 
the pilot school at Arcadia, Fla., will be 
gin training in the near future. 
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF 
COMMERCE 
The President of the Chamber of Com- 
merce, Industry and Navigation of the 
Island of Cuba has received an invitation 
from the International Chamber of Com- 
merce at Paris to become a member of the 
International Chamber of Commerce. 
DELEGATE TO INTERNATIONAL 
STITUTE OF AGRICULTURE 
IN ROME 
Dr. Francisco F. Falco has been ap- 
pointed by the Cuban Government as dele- 
gate to the International Institute of 
Agriculture in Rome, Italy. 
IN- 
CUBAN HONORARY CONSUL 
President Menocal has signed a decree 
appointing Carl W. Widmann honorary 
Cuban consul at Sheffield, England. 
