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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



SPANISH LEGATION 



Sr. Manuel Aristeffiii has l)een appointed 

 Secretary to the Si)anisli legation and arrived 

 recently in Havana to take u\) the duties of 

 his post. 



SILVER FOR NEW COINAGE 



Forty bars of silver valued $50,000 were 

 recently received in Havana from Vera Cruz, 

 to be used for the new Cuban coins. 



PRESIDENT MENOCAL CLUB WILL 

 BE OPENED SHORTLY 



The supporters and friends of President 

 Menocal who desire to see him re-elected an- 

 nounce that in a short time a large club will 

 be opened in one of the most central locations 

 of Havana, and will be called the "President 

 Menocal Club." — Post. 



PROPOSE COL. MENDIETA FOR 

 THE PRESIDENCY, 



It is stated that owing to the probable dead- 

 lock between the supporters of General 

 Gomez and Dr. Zayas regarding which of the 

 two shall be the official liberal candidate at 

 the next presidential election, a large party is 

 forming for the purpose of nominating Colonel 

 Mendieta by general consent. — Poi^t. 



TROOPS FOR MATANZAS 



A force of three hundred cavalry men has 

 been sent to Matanzas to form a permanent 

 garrison for that city. 



The Cuban Government has authorized the 

 pa^-ment of .136,229 in government bonds to 

 the Havana Central Railroad Company in 

 payment for the transportation of supi)lies. 



POSTMASTER OF HAVANA 



President Menocal has appointed Mr. C. M. 

 Barnet as postmaster of Havana in place of 

 Mr. L. S. Aranguren, resigned. 



RESIGNATION OF GENERAL MENDIETA 



General Mendieta, Chief of the Army 

 Staff Corps, has handed in his resignation. 



HAVANA CUSTOM HOUSE 



The Havana Custom House Department 

 has moved to its new quarters at San Fran- 

 cisco Wharf. According to the contract with 

 the Havana Ports Company, it has agreed to 

 furnish suitable quarters for the Custom 

 House in exchange for the jirivilege of oper- 

 ating the wharf. It is said that the old Cus- 

 tom House building will be made use of by 

 the Cuban Postal Department. 



CUBA'S NAVY 



It is proposed to increase the navy oi" Cuba 

 by the purchase of ten destroyers and two sub- 



The Hon. President of Cuba has issued a 

 Decree, No. 117o, dated December 15, 1914, 

 upon the recommendation of the Hon. Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, 

 prohibitmg the re-exportation to the United 

 States of potatoes other than those har- 

 vested in Cuba, which the Department of 

 Agriculture announces are in first-class con- 

 dition. 



The reason for this orderis owing to the fact 

 that there has been discovered a disease in the 

 common or Irish potatoes, and it is for this 

 discovery that the Department of Agriculture 

 has taken these measures. 



The Hon. President of the Repuljlic of Cuba, 

 has issued a Decree No. 1133, dated 23d, of 

 November, 1914, upon recommendation of 

 the Hon. Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce 

 and Labor, prohibiting the importation of 

 citrus plants, pending the installation of the 

 necessary stoves and other apparatus neces- 

 sary for fumigating said citrus plants. 



This order has been decreed, as the result of 

 an epidemic which has broken out among the 

 citrus plants in the I'niterl States, and the 

 Cuban Government has deemed it advisable 

 to prohibit their importation at the present 

 time. 



MODUS VIVENDI WITH SPAIN 



An attempt is being made to organize the 

 tobacco growers of the Vueta At)ajo so that a 

 concerted effort may be made to petition the 

 Cuban government to conclude an agreement 

 with Sjiain. It is thought that such an agree- 

 ment would greatly lienefit the tobacco in- 

 flustrv. 



Dr. Portilla, Sub-Secretarj' of Justice, has 

 resigned. 



