THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



MASSACHUSETTS HONORS CUBAN 

 COMMISSION 



The Cuban Commission to the Panama- 

 Pacific Exposition was especially honored at a 

 dinner and reception in the Massachusetts 

 building, with the Massachusetts Commission 

 as hosts. 



The invitations were issued in the name of 

 Governor David I. Walsh, of Massachusetts. 



Nearly a hundred guests were charmingly 

 entertained. 



Dinner was served in the antique room of 

 the splendid pavilion. The decorations con- 

 sisted of a profusion of flowers, with roses pre- 

 dominating, and Cuban and American flags. 



FALSE CUBAN DOLLAR IS IN CIRCULATION 



Though it is but a short time since the 

 Cuban national money was put in circulation, 

 it is learned that already a passably good imita- 

 tion of the dollar piece has been passed on the 

 unwary, It is stated that the base coin is 

 slightly smaller than the legitimate one, and 

 also not being composed of silver, it rings 

 false. Samples of the counterfeit are in the 

 hands of the Secretary of the Treasury and of 

 the secret police, and efforts are now being 

 made to discover the coiners before they have 

 time to scatter their base dollar through the 

 island. 



AUTOMATIC STREET SWEEPERS ARE TO BE 

 TRIED IN HAVANA 



The Secretary of Public Works is about to 

 try some automatic street sweepers. There 

 are six of these machines in all; two of them 

 have gasoline engines as their motive power, 

 while the remaining four are worked l)y horses 

 or mules. 



FINE ARTS EXPOSITION 



Sr. Mario Kohly, minister of Cuba, Spain, 

 has forwarded to the Secretary of State, a for- 

 mal invitation to be present at an exposition 

 of fine arts, which is to be held next year in 

 Madrid as part of the festivities in honor of the 

 tercentenary of the birth of Cervantes. 



THREE EXPERIMENT SCHOOLS 



At a meeting held at the Department of 

 Agriculture, between Sr. Cruz, inspector gen- 

 eral, and Srs. Van Herman and Lora, it was 

 arranged to start three experimental schools in 

 the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana, 

 divided according to the nature of the soil. 

 On a small scale the farmers will be shown how 

 to oljtain good crops at a minimum of cost, 

 using the most modern implements and com- 

 mercial fertilizers. 



INVITE MERCHANTS TO PANAMA 

 EXPOSITION 



The Secretary of Agriculture has issued a 

 circular letter to all the leading manufac- 

 turers and merchants of the island, inviting 

 them to take part in the Panama Exi^osition, 

 which is due to open on July 4. 



The letter states that while the actual ex- 

 position only lasts six months, there will be a 

 permanent exhibition of Cuban goods and 

 ]jroducts on show there, as the Cuban govern- 

 ment has spent $45,000 in erecting a pavillion 

 for this i)urpose, and the government of Pana- 

 ma has generously donated the land on which 

 it stands, and some surrounding acres to Cuba. 



CONGRATULATE GEN. NUNEZ ON 

 SUGAR DECREE 



RECENT 



General Xunez, Secretary of Agriculture, has 

 received a letter from the Conservative Party 

 Assembly of Ceiba del Agua, and signed by its 

 president, Seiior Rodolfo Ariet, congratulating 

 him on the decree recently issued substituting 

 the use of national money for the old Spanish 

 real in making sugar cjuotations, and also 

 ordering that all v/eights should henceforth 

 be calculated in pounds instead of in arrobas 

 as has hitherto been the universal custom. 



The assembly considers these measures 

 worthy of the highest praise as they are con- 

 sidered to be of great importance to the sugar 

 industry. 



Senor Ariet, who is also i^rovincial delegate 

 of the conservative party, stated that the con- 

 servatives and even those of other parties are 

 very well satisfied with the able way in which 

 the secretary is attending to the affairs of the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



INVITE CUBA TO ATTEND CONGRESS 

 OF ENGINEERS 



The Government of the United States has 

 forwarded to the Cuban Government through 

 its legation, an invitation to be present at an 

 international conference of engineers which 

 is to be held at San Francisco next September, 

 and which will be attended by representa- 

 tives of the leading nations. 



The Society of Cuban Engineers have met 

 to consider this invitation and it was unani- 

 mously voted to accept. A committee was 

 appointed to make the necessary arrange- 

 ments. Is is thought that those who will 

 attend will leave Cuba September 8th. 



BIG MILITARY REVIEW 



A decree has been issued by Col. Hevia, Sec- 

 retary of Government, that a review of all the 

 available naval and military forces of the re- 

 public shall he held on May 20th, the national 

 holiday, and that arrangements should Ije 

 made accordingly. 



