THE CUBA REVIEW 



intereses y empresas comerciales conectados 

 con hi vida industrial y politica de Cuba no 

 requieren comentario, pucs los rcsultados son 

 evidentes. Creenios que el 8r. Kohde era 

 feliz en su obra; sc enfermo cuanilo estaba pre- 

 parandose para ir a Cuba, y no ])odemos por 

 menos que considerar que el trabajar en 

 tanto lo permitian sus fuerzus era caracter- 

 istico de su enorgico temperamento. Hace 

 once aiios que el Sr. Rohde era Encargado 

 de Xegocios de Cuba Review y a sus esfuerzos 



se debe el credito por nuicho de la informa- 

 cion especial e iniportante en ella publicada. 

 En ocasiones coino esta es en vano exten- 

 derse niucho haciendo comentarios, y al hab- 

 lar de la vida de otro debe uno hacerlo con un 

 sano y moderado criterio. Creemos que las 

 buenas obras, llevadas a acbo escrupulosa- 

 mente, son el mejor recuerdo que puede uno 

 dejar en este mundo, y por tanto es a la obra 

 fiel del finado Sr. Rohde a la que deseamos 

 expresar el debido aprecio en esta ocasion. 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CUBAN NAVY REORGANIZATION 



Apart from the reorganizing of the various 

 grades of officers and men, it is proposed to 

 purchase a transport vessel of about 4,000 

 tons which must have accommodations for 

 500 horses as well as for their riders. This 

 ship will also be used to transport military 

 stores from one part of the island to another. 



It is beheved that considerable economy can 

 be effected by using this transport, especially 

 when a considerable number of horses have to 

 be transported, as recently when 300 were 

 sent by rail to Santiago. 



There is also a provision in the naval decree 

 for the purchase of a small coast defence boat, 

 which will serve as training ship for the naval 

 mihtia and for the marine guards, who at 

 present have to undergo their training on the 

 schoolship "Patria." 



CUBA S DEPARTMENT OF POSTS 



According to a recent report of the Director- 

 General of Posts, the service diu-ing the past 

 ten years of operation has shown a gi'eat in- 

 crease both in the number of letters and tele- 

 grams despatched, and in the money order and 

 parcel post departments. This increase is an 

 indication of the great growth and progress 

 which has taken place in the island. The 

 number of post offices has increased from 361 

 in 1906 to 658, the number in operation at the 

 commencement of 1915. The telegraph offices 

 have increased from 77 in 1902 to 226 in 1915. 

 The number of telegrams despatched in 1914 

 was 1,341,831, an increase of 300 per cent over 

 the number sent in 1905. The number of 

 registered letters and packages has increased 

 from 748,260 in 1905 to 1,856,462 in 1914. In 

 the department of foreign mails the number of 

 packages sent and received compare as follows: 



1907 93,324 



1914 112,072 



It is thought that the future will see a fur- 

 ther increase in Cuba's postal and telegi-aphic 

 facilities. The scheme is also being con- 

 sidered for a pension system for the benefit of 

 employes who have passed a certain number of 

 vears in the service. 



PETITION FOR BULLFIGHTING 



Those interested in the scheme for reviving 

 bull fights in Cuba have hit upon a novel 

 scheme to further their purpose, and it is 

 stated that in every cafe, hotel, cigar stand, 

 and bodega, there will be petition blanks, 

 which all those who want this "sport" are 

 requested to sign. — Post. 



MONUMENT TO THE "MAINE" 



The Congressional Commission has pre- 

 sented a report to President Menocal making 

 further recommendation in regard to a pro- 

 posed monument to the "Maine." The Com- 

 miss'on recommends that a new competition 

 be held, that the cost be $30,000, and that the 

 monument be ready for vmveiling by Septem- 

 ber, 1916. The design of the monument is to 

 include the turret and guns of the battleship 

 which were presented to Cuba after the wTeck 

 of the "Maine" was removed from Havana 

 Harbor. 



PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE FOR SIX NEW 

 HOSPITALS 



The President has approved and signed the 

 following law : 



Article 1 — The executive power is author- 

 ized to allot the sum of $400,000 for the erec- 

 tion of six maternity hospitals, one in every 

 province in the island. Of this sum $100,000 

 shall be allotted for the hospital in the pro- 

 vince of Havana and $60,000 each for the 

 hospitals in the other five provinces. 



Article 2 — This money shall be appropri- 

 ated from the sum accruing to the state from 

 lotteiy prizes which are never claimed. 



Article 3 — When the hospitals are com- 

 pleted a sufficient annual sum shall be voted 

 for their proper maintenance. 



The project of dividing Cuba by a big canal 

 has again been revived, and it seems not un- 

 hkely that the future will prove it to be prac- 

 tical. 



