THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CUBAN LEGATION AT WASHINGTON 



It is proposed that Cuba erect a permanent 

 building for the Cuban Legation at Washing- 

 ton. It is planned to build it on the West 

 side of Sixteenth Street, South of Fuller Street. 

 The l)uilding as planned will be a three-story 

 structure of white stone, having large recej)- 

 tion rooms, business offices for the legation, 

 and quarters for the family of the Minister. 

 Space will also be reserved for the conveni- 

 ence of visitors from Cuba, and room \\ill l)c 

 set a.side for the permanent display of Cuban 

 products. It is esthnated that the cost ol 

 this building, exclusive of the site, will amount 

 to about * 150,000. 



INTERNATIONAL HIGH COMMISSION 



President Menocal has designated the 

 following as members of the International 

 High Commission to represent Cuba at the 

 Pan-American Financial Conference: 



Jose A. Del Cueto, 



Enrique Hernandez Cartaya, 



Armando Godoy, 



Cosme de la Torriente, 



Rafael Montoro, 



Joaquin F reixas, 



Edwardo Desvernine, 



Andres Laguaradia. 

 Sr. Leopoldo Cancio, Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury, will be chainnan of the committee. 



HAVANA PAVING CONTRACT 



There has lieen a great deal of criticism in 

 regard to the work of contractors under this 

 contract, it being claimed that the Cuban 

 Government has paid for work that was not 

 up to standard. The agitation over the 

 matter will probaljly result in a rigid inves- 

 tigation. The criticism has Ijeen particularly 

 severe of the engineers in charge of inspection, 

 and it is reported that legal proceedings have 

 already been commenced against one of the 

 former inspecting engineers. 



CUBAN ARMY OFFICERS 



The Cuban Government has requested the 

 United States to permit officers of the various 

 branches of the Cuban military establish- 

 ment to be received at United States army 

 schools for further instruction in military 

 affairs. 



Senora Menocal y Sel)a, wife of tiie Presi- 

 dent of Cuba, arrived in New York on the 

 SS. "Calamares," September 13th. Senora 

 Menocal was accompanied by her sons, 

 Mario and Raul. It is understood that 

 Senora Menocal will remain at the St. Regis 

 hotel in New York for a brief period, and 

 then will arrange to place her son, Raul, in 

 school at Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Senora 

 Menocal was met at the steamship jjier by 

 Minister Cespedes and other ])rominent 

 Cubans, and as a tribute to the distinguished 

 lady her room at the St. Regis was decorated 

 with flowers. 



HAVANA POST OFFICE BUILDING 



According to press reports the Postmaster 

 General is to have a more modern post-office 

 building in Havana, which will be established 

 in the old San Francisco Convent, which was 

 formerly used for the Custom House. To 

 adequately equip this building with modern 

 post-office devices, etc., it will require an 

 outlay of about .'140,000. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



The expedition under the joint auspices of 

 the Smithsonian Institution of Washington 

 and the Cuban Government spent two 

 months on the coast of Western Cuba, making 

 an extensive biological study of the waters 

 of that region and obtaining specimens for 

 exhibition in the National Museum. Ex- 

 tensive dredging operations for secm-ing 

 marine specimens were undertaken, and a 

 great many specimens were secured. The re- 

 sults of the expedition were very successful. 

 The collection of marine organisms, especiallj- 

 mollusks, is particvilarly valuable. 



SANITARY MEASURES OF HAVANA 



The Department of Health of Havana has 

 issued stringent regulations providing that all 

 hotels, restaurants, cafes, grocery stores and 

 other places where food is sold shall be kept 

 scrupulously clean in every department. 

 Proper inspection by the department will 

 insure that these regulations are strictly 

 followed. 



