THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1915, hy the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XIII 



MARCH, 1915 



Number 4 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE FOR CUBAN WOMEN 



A bill has been presented to the house of 

 representatives for the foundation of a 

 woman's protective league. The bill pro- 

 vides : 



That $20,000 shall be spent for the purchase 

 or construction of a building at Cienfuegos, 

 which will be the central point of the league. 



That a further sum of $10,000 shall be 

 spent for the purchase of necessary furniture, 

 sewing machines and typewriters and 



That the secretary of public instruction 

 shall have the educational du'ection of this 

 league, whose object shall be the better edu- 

 cation of Cuban women, more especially 

 those who have to earn then* own living. 



CUBAN MONEY SOON 



It is announced that the new Cuban 

 national currency will be put into circulation 

 shortly, and will consist of $5 gold pieces, 

 $1 silver pieces and fractions of a dollar. 

 The first shipment of this money to be made 

 from the United States will amount to one 

 million, two hundred thousand dollars 

 ($1,200,000). 



TRANSFER OF REGISTRY 



A case has arisen out of the transfer of 

 various ships from the British to the United 

 States flag since the outbreak of the war. The 

 custom house authorities at Santiago de Cuba 

 claim that this change of nationality makes 

 them in effect new ships altogether, and de- 

 mands that the duty on tonnage shall be paid 

 exactly as if the ships in question were newly 

 launched, and were paying their first visit to 

 Cuba. 



TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS 



The House of Representatives has approved 

 of the project, already approved by the Senate, 

 for the foundation of normal schools for public 

 school teachers, but as several new points 

 have been introduced, the bill will have to be 

 returned to the Senate for ratification. 



The main articles of the proposed reform 

 bill are: 



First. That the president shall be author- 

 ized to engage a foreign educator to found and 

 organize in Cuba schools of this nature, where 

 proper training shall be given to those in- 

 trusted with the instruction of youth. 



Second. To engage a competent instructor 

 to teach the Montesori method, which is being 

 practised with splendid results in many civil- 

 ized countries. 



BULLFIGHTS FOR HAVANA 



Another step toward increasing Havana's 

 sporting activities was taken recently when 

 a bill was introduced in the Senate repealing 

 Gen. Wood's order prohil)iting bullfights. 



Capitalists here have organized to build 

 a large bull ring as soon as the present law 

 is repealed and the promised concession is 

 obtained. 



CHINESE WISH TO ENTER CUBA 



February 28th was the last day on which 

 Chinese immigrants could enter Cuba with- 

 out making a guarantee of $500, but the Chi- 

 nese legation announces that there are still 

 about 750 more of its countrymen on the way 

 here, who have been detained in some way 

 and thej^ hope that it will be possible to ar- 

 range a prolongation of the period of grace. 



