THE CUBA REVIEW. 



On April 6 all the provincial governors 

 of Cuba resigned, in accordance with Gov- 

 ernor Magoon's order, and the same day 

 he appointed the following United States 

 officers in their places to act temporarily 

 until election. 



Pinar del Rio, Captain Geo. 

 All W. Read; Havana, Major 



Provincial Frederick S. Foltz ; Matanzas, 



Governors Captain Edmund Witten- 



Out. meyer; Santa Clara, Major 



William D. Beach ; Cama- 



guey. Major Wallace O. Clark; Oriente, 



Captain A. J. Dougherty. 



The provisional governor said in his 

 proclamation announcing these appoint- 

 ments, hisobject in asking the resignations 

 of the former governors was to avoid the 

 possibility of future accusations of undue 

 influence by the officials during the elec- 

 tions. He added that if the three political 

 parties would unite on men who would 

 make satisfactory governors he would re- 

 move the U. S. army officers and name 

 Cubans. 



The Conservatives and Miguelistas acted 

 promptly and named a committee to take 

 part in the tri-party conference. The Zay- 

 istas took no action, as the request to ap- 

 point Americans as, provincial governors to 

 secure impartiality in elections, came from 

 them. 



On April 15, in New York 

 Dispute City, Frank Steinhart, ex- 



oi<er Cuban Consul-General to Cuba, 

 Road. turned down an option to ac- 

 quire the rights of the pro- 

 posed Cienfuegos, Palmira and Cruces 

 Electric Railway and Power Company, in 

 the province of Santa Clara, Cuba, accord- 

 ing to an appeal he had on the calendar in 

 the Appellate Division of the Supreme 

 Court on that day, from a judgment in 

 an action brought by Hugh J. Reilly. 



]Mr. Reilly is suing to recover $35,000 for 

 the alleged failure of Frank Steinhart to 

 complete the purchase of the railway and 

 power company for $1,500,000. The ex- 

 Consul-General paid $15,000 on account of 

 the option binding the agreement, and was 

 to pay the remainder of the option, $35,000, 

 by April 22, 1907. 



It was not explained why the deal was 

 not completed. 



Bids for the contract to 



American macadamize the seventy miles 



Contractor of road between San Cris- 



to Build tobal and Pinar del Rio, the 



Road. work to be done within ten 



months, were opened April 9. 



The bid of W. J. Oliver, of Knoxville, 



Tenn., .for $1,300,000, was the lowest. 



Cuban contractors protest against Oliver, 

 saying that he will import 2,500 Americans 

 to do the work, and that Cubans who are 

 in distress, owing to the failure of the to- 

 bacco crop, will not be employed. 



The Rural Guard organiza- 



The tion will be preserved intact 



Cuban as now constituted, without 



Permanent being decreased in number, 

 Army. and will continue as hereto- 

 fore under the command of 

 Major General Alejandro Rodriguez. 



The Cuban artillery, the rapid fire gun 

 squads and the mo'untain gun battery are 

 again made separate and independent of the 

 Rural Guard, and are restored to the status 

 occupied by them prior to September 15, 1906. 

 These organizations constitute the basis of 

 a permanent army, provided for in the de- 

 cree, and have been placed under the 

 command of Major General Faustino 

 Guerra y Puentes, who has been appointed 

 to that rank and command. 



The decree provides for a reduction of 

 the 'Rural Guard to 3,600, provided such 

 course shall be considered advisable after 

 the permanent army has been enlisted to 

 2,000 men and fully organized and ren- 

 dered efficient. 



Commenting on the new organization, the 

 Havana Diario says editorially : 



"Let our readers observe that in this mat- 

 ter, as in everything connected with Cuba 

 since the Americans have taken charge of 

 our destinies, there is nothing certain and 

 sure ; we do' not know what, confidently, to 

 expect. 



"Cuba," Conservative, fiercely attacks the 

 appointment. 



"El Triunfo," an organ of the Miguelistas, 

 makes no comment. 



The "Diario Espanol" saj's that henceforth 

 revolutionists need not smuggle arms. They 

 will have them already in hands with trained 

 skill. 



The "Discusion," Conservative, says it 

 will, be necessary to appoint American offi- 

 cers and military instructors for the new 

 army. 



March Tobacco Exportations. 



The exportation of tobacco, and its value, 

 in March, 1908 and 1907. Value of the ex- 

 portation of tobacco in the leaf and manu- 

 factured through the port of Havana during 

 the month of March, 1908, compared with 

 that of the same month in the year 1907: 



1907. Value, 



Tierces 14,315 $1,469,477 



Cigars 12,077,333 792,144 



Cigarettes, small boxes 1,601,149 42,075 



Cut tobacco, kilograms 10,654 13.256 



Total $2,316,952 



1908. Value. 



Tierces 26.224 $1,839,023 



Cigars 14,966,553 965-310 



Cigarettes, small boxes. 785,489 24,284 



Cut tobacco, kilograms 1 1.555 11.332 



Total $2,839,949 



