THE CUBA REVIEW 



A PHASE OF CUBA'S NEW COINAGE 



It is thought by many bankers that the plan 

 for a new coinage in Cuba will provide an in- 

 creased market for silver It is estimated 

 that the amount of silver coins already con- 

 tracted for will require 4 million ounces of 

 bar silver, and a greater amount would be 

 needed should Cuba decide that more silver 

 coins of Cuban denomination are needed to 

 replace those of various nations now in circu- 

 lation. 



BELGIAN GOVERNMENT OPPOSES EMIGRA- 

 TION TO CUBA 



The following statement expresses the 

 attitude of the Belgian government: 



"The Belgian government is opposed to 

 any emigration at the present time as at the 

 close of the war Belgium will have need of 

 every able-bodied man to repair the disasters 

 that the country has suffered. At the same 

 time the Belgian government offers its most 

 hearty thanks to the Cuban government for 

 its generous offer." 



NEW CAPITOL BUILDING WILL COST $2,000,000 



The plans for the construction of the na- 

 tional capital are now completed and it is ex- 

 pected that Senor Marinez, the chief of the 

 department, will present the plans to the Sec- 

 retary of Pubhc Works within a short time. 

 It is beheved that the work will be let out to 

 contractors after the bids have been received. 

 Instead of one million dollars, which the build- 

 ing was originally to have cost, it is said 

 that the sum will be about two millions. 



It was stated some time ago that the cupola 

 on the building which was intended to be used 

 as the presidential palace and which stands on 

 the site of the old Villa Nueva station, would 

 have to be blown up by dynamite, but Senor 

 Martinez says that it will be possible to re- 

 move it by a less violent method. 



GEN. ASBERT RELEASED. 



Gen. Ernesto Asbert, former Governor of 

 Havana Province, who last June was sen- 

 tenced by the Supreme Court to twelve years 

 imprisonment for killing Gen. Armando Riva, 

 chief of the National Police, has been re- 

 leased. He was escorted from the prison to 

 his home by cheering crowds. 



The killing of Gen. Riva occurred in July, 

 1913. Eugenio Arias, a former member of 

 the House of Representatives, was also sen- 

 tenced to twelve years while Senator Vidal 

 Morales, who was with the others at the 

 time, escaped with the payment of a small 

 fine for firing a revolver. 



The Senate passed over the Presidential 

 veto the Amnesty bill, which was designed to 

 effect Asbert's liberation. 



CUBAN LOAN 



The Cuban Congress has criticised the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury, Senor Cancio, in 

 regard to the recent $10,000,000 loan nego- 

 tiated with J. P. Morgan & Co. The nego- 

 tiations were criticised on the ground that 

 while the loan was limited by statute to $10,- 

 000,000, there was added to it in the way of 

 costs a sum amounting to $250,000. 



WANTS TO REVISE CHINESE IMMIGRATION 

 REGULATION 



Mr. Lun Tong Chi, charge d'affaires of the 

 Cliinese legation, has had an interview with 

 the president for the purpose of asking that 

 decree 1078, which deals with the subject of 

 Chinese immigration, may be abrogated. 



It is not known what answer the president 

 gave to this, but at the last cabinet meeting 

 none of the secretaries showed themselves in 

 favor of increasing the facilities for Chinamen 

 to enter the country. The decree in question 

 prohibits a Chinaman from landing vmless he 

 makes a guarantee of $500 and has a license 

 from his minister. 



TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENT MENOCAL 



The conservative party in Bayamo has 

 formed a committee of fifty members under 

 the presidency of the mayor to work for the 

 re-election of General Menocal to the presi- 

 dency in 1916. Sub-committees have been 

 formed in every electoral district to work for 

 the same end. 



COUNCILLORS FINED IN MATANZAS 



The audencia has condemned six councillors 

 to fines ranging from $150 to $200 for having 

 abandoned their duties before the new elec- 

 tions set them free. All those who are fined 

 have appealed to the supreme court to have 

 the sentence reversed. 



FILTER SYSTEM IN VENTO 



Dr. Juan Guiteras has sent a communica- 

 tion to the Local Chief of Sanitation, stating 

 that since the introduction of the chloride 

 system of f ilteration there is no chance of the 

 spread of any microbic disease by means of 

 this water. The system of water supply at 

 Vento supplies Havana with a large portion 

 of the drinking water used in the city. 



SETTLE CARDENAS STRIKE 



The secretary of government has been offi- 

 ciall> informed by the Mayor of Cardenas that 

 the strike which has paralyzed business for the 

 past ten days has finally been arranged, the 

 basis of the agreement is not pubhshed but the 

 men seem perfectly satisfied. 



