THE CUBA REVIEW 



Honorary Cuban consuls have 

 New Cuban been appointed in Port 



Consulates Limon, Costa Rica; Veas- 

 segio, Itah^ and in Hongkong, 

 China. 



A consul-general's office has been created 

 in Lisbon and Vera Cruz. An office of the 

 first-class in Melbourne, Australia. Second, 

 class offices have been created at Belfast, 

 Ireland; Montreal and St. John, Canada; 

 Mayaguez, Porto Rico; Coalzacoalcos, Mex- 

 ico; Almeria, Spain; Forsheim, Germany 

 and Oporto, Portugal. 



The honorary' consulships at Montreal, 

 Mayaguez and Coalzacoalcos have been 

 terminated. 



Luis Rodolfo Miranda will be Consul- 

 General at Lisbon. Nelson Polhamus now 

 consul of the first-class at ]\Iobile will be 

 promoted to Consul-General in Vera Cruz. 

 Ramon L. Bonachea will be transferred from 

 Vera Cruz to Mobile, Jose Antonio Ramos, 

 now chancellor of the Madrid legation, will 

 be made vice-consul at Christiana, Norway. 



George Bancroft Murray has been appointed 

 honorary Cuban consul in Chattanooga, Tenn. 



News of June 18th was to the effect that 20 

 mayors in Havana province had petitioned for 

 the approval of the Amnesty bill in order to 

 secure General Asbert's liberation. 



The agitation against a di- 



The Divorce vorce law in Cuba, proposed 



Law by Congi-ess, continues and 



daily the Havana papers print 

 columns of names of those opposed to the 

 measure. On the other hand, The Cuban 

 National Suffrage Association, which is 

 formed of 4,000 Cuban women, at a recent 

 meeting in Havana, decided to support with 

 great enthusiasm the house bill establishing 

 the divorce law. 



The divorce bill passed the house June 1, 

 but it had a close call. It passed only by a 

 vote of 38 to 36, a majority of 2. It now goes 

 to the senate where the chances of its passage 

 are considered much slimmer. 



New 

 Lighthouse 



Repair works are about to be 

 carried out at the lighthouses 

 at Santiago de Cuba and at 

 Paredon Grande The light- 

 house bureau has prepared plans for the con- 

 struction of new buildings at a cost of $1,- 

 495,000. 



The most urgently needed lighthouses 

 are the ones of Punta Caleta and Cabo 

 Corrients, with the cost estimated at §25,000. 



A measure to do away with autopsies where 

 there is known to be no criminal liability, is 

 to be considered by the Cuban Congress. 



Convento Ursulinas y Avenida de Egido Habana. Ursuline Convent and View of Egido Avenue in Havana. 



