THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA." 



Copyright, 1907, by the Munson Steamship Line. 



U8RARV 

 NEW YORi 



botanica 

 Garden. 



Volume VL 



APRIL, 1908. 



Number 5. 



POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT MATTERS. 



oc 

 az 



" A convention of Zayistas 

 The on March 23 formally 



Zayista named Alfredo Zayas as the 

 Convention, party's candidate for Presi- 

 dent. The nomination for 

 Vice-President was left for later consid- 

 eration, Mr. Zayas saying that if no nom- 

 ination was made for a running mate 

 just then, it was not because there were 

 not good men within his party, but be- 

 cause he thought it prudent to leave the 

 "door open." 



In political circles these utterances in- 

 dicate that the' Conservatives may join 

 forces with Zayas and thus participate 

 in the elections for congress, provincial 

 and municipal government. 



The convention of Mig- 

 The uelistas took similar ac- 



Miguelista tion, naming Gen. Jose 

 Convention. Miguel Gomez for Presi- 

 dent and Gen. Eusebius 

 Hernandez as Vice-President. The lat- 

 ter is a surgeon and medical expert of 

 Havana, and gained his rank in the war 

 for independence. Committees from both 

 wings of the Liberal party represented by 

 the candidates named above called upon 

 Governor Magoon and formally notified 

 him of the action of their respective 

 conventions. 



Governor Magoon also received a dele- 

 gation of the Conservative party, of 

 which Dr. Jose Gonzalez Lannza is presi- 

 dent, and was informed of the inaugura- 

 tion of their convention on March 29. 

 The delegates reminded the Governor 

 that the' Conservative party had never 



criticised his administration, at which the 

 governor expressed his pleasure. He 

 recommended that the assembly appoint 

 a committee to confer with him from 

 time to time. 



The Conservatives, as 

 Conserva- they expressed themselves 

 tives Want in the convention, want ab- 

 Absolute solute independ,ence for 

 Independence. Cuba, with no guarantees 

 and no American supervis- 

 ion of any kind. 



They want Article 3 (the Piatt amend- 

 ment) abolished, or its scope legally 

 fixed, "in order that at no future time 

 the North American nation may inter- 

 vene in Cuba, except to sustain the gov- 

 ernment exalted by the votes of the Cu- 

 ban people." 



A Cienfuegos delegate tried to intro- 

 duce a motion against fusion with any 

 other political party. While the sug- 

 gestion was applauded, no definite action 

 was taken. 



No other nominations have been an- 

 nounced thus far by any of the other 

 conventions, either provincial or mu- 

 nicipal. 



The banquet of Liberals 

 Antag- on March 21 at Havana 

 onistic to brought out sentiments an- 

 Guarantees. tagonistic to the question 

 of guarantees. One speak- 

 er said that Cubans are not wild beasts 

 and that guarantees need not be men- 

 tioned by anyone. The Diario reminds 

 the soeaker that Governor Magoon re- 

 fers to the matter quite often, and had 

 said that guarantees must be thought 



