THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1914, hy the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XIII 



JANUARY, 1915 



Number 2 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



Conforming to the laws of 

 Cuba's December 13th, 1913, May 

 Consular 19th and June 29th, 1914, the 

 Force diplomatic corps of the Re- 

 public consists of the follow- 

 ing: 



Envoy and ministers plenipotentiary .... 16 



Secretaries of the first class 11 



Secretaries of the second class 6 



Assistant Secretaries 5 



Consul generals 13 



Consuls of the fu-st class 18 



Consuls of the second class 45 



Vice-consuls with office 3 



Vice-consuls attached to legations 10 



Chancellors of the f ii'st class 87 



Chancellors of the second class 2 



Honorary consuls 71 



AMNESTY BILL VETOED 



The amnesty bill passed by the Cuban 

 Congress on December 9th, presumably de- 

 signed to effect the release of General Ernesto 

 Asbert, has been vetoed by President Meno- 

 cal. General Asbert is serving a sentence of 

 twelve years imprisonment for alleged com- 

 plicity in the murder of Chief of Police Riva, 

 last year. 



The basis of the President's action is the 

 doubtful constitutionality of the measure 

 which was so framed that it applied to onlj^ 

 one person. 



The Cuban State Department is endeavoring 

 to ascertain the amount of uncultivated land 

 in each of the six provinces and to that end 

 has sent requests to all six governors to iur- 

 nish data on the subject. 



When received, copies will be sent to Cuban 

 consuls in foreign countries. 



BELGIANS TO CUBA 



Dr. F. Zayas, Cuban Minister to Belgium, 

 is quoted to the effect that the Cuban Gov- 

 ernment is considering a scheme to invite 

 Belgian farmers to come to Cuba. It is 

 thought that many Belgians would accept 

 the offer if made, and that the Island Re- 

 public would welcome such settlers as a 

 needed element to further develop the rich 

 possibilities of Cuban land cultivation. 



The Union of Manufacturers is trying to 

 have the Cuban Government take the neces- 

 sary steps to bring about a new reciprocity 

 treaty between the United States and Cuba, 

 upon a basis to have the present duty cut in 

 half, which would cause no reduction in the 

 income of the United States treasury, as our 

 exports ought to more than double, and at the 

 same time it would still leave an ample mar- 

 gin, to the clear Havana cigar industry in the 

 United States. Besides, as the United States 

 vii'tuaUy exercises a protectorate over Cuba, 

 such a measure would be nothing but an act 

 of justice to Cuba, when she loses the privi- 

 leged position of her sugar industry in 1916. 



INCREASE IN SCHOOL FACILITIES 



From 1901 to 1912, 151 schools were es- 

 tablished in Cuba. In 1913 alone, under 

 President Menocal's administration, there 

 were 302 new school rooms created. In 

 other words, the existing number of schools in 

 Cuba in 11 years were doubled in one year. 

 Congress has been asked to supply 300 more. 



