THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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,, . Secretary of State Hon. 



' ^'"1^" Manuel Sanguily praised the 

 ,1 : J'c, > United States highly at a 

 ^""'''^•^""^•^- banquet given in his honor. 

 He said that Cuba's relations with this 

 country were to be one of the greatest 

 cordiality. He said further: "You may 

 be surprised to hear such statements 

 from one as I. who have always been 

 jealous of our institutions, but 1 have 

 seen that the United States on two oc- 

 casions, one through the obstinacy of 

 Sixain, and the second through a fra- 

 tricidal struggle, had interfered, and I 

 have watched them go, each time leaving 

 our liberty set on a more firm basis. 



"A man who has aided Cuba much. 

 first through his work in the depart- 

 ment of State, and later as member of 

 the Senate, the Hon. Elihu Root is her 

 sincere friend and we have no doubt 

 about a man whose maxim that the 

 moral rights are paramount to that of 

 force cannot be otherwise. 



"The Piatt amendment is no offence to 

 Cuba. That document represents that 

 which is assured no other nation and 

 that is, that Cuba shall always be inde- 

 pendent." 



The 



Lolterv 



and Business. 



Anuiesty 

 for Editors. 



President Gomez on 

 Feb. 22 signed the bill 

 which was passed by the 

 Senate on the previous 

 day, granting amnesty to the three edi- 

 tors imprisoned recentlj^ on the charges 

 of having libelled the President. The 

 editors are General Estenez, of the negro 

 organ "Prevision"; Dr. Garride. of "La 

 Prensa," and Senor Villa, of "El Gordo," 

 all of whom were immediatelv released. 



The grip of the lottery 

 is strong on the people, 

 and tickets meet one ev- 

 erywhere. In many of 

 the cities of Cuba visited 

 during last month, there were loud com- 

 plaints of lack of business, merchants 

 attributing the dullness to the lottery 

 buying which drains the people three 

 times a month of their spare cash, and 

 much that should have been devoted to 

 current expenses. There was neglect of 

 home and work, evictions for non-pay- 

 ment of rent and suffering and want, all 

 charged to the lottery evil. 



In Camaguey the trolley company was 

 forced to take off some of its cars for 

 lack of patronage, and estimates of 

 tickets sold in the entire province ag- 

 gregated over half a million dollars' 

 worth, since the establishment of the 

 lottery, with but 10 per cent, return in 

 winnings. Thinking Cul)ans have not 

 failed to note the growing demoraliza- 

 tion of the people, caused not only by 

 the lottery, but also by the chicken 

 fights held everywhere every Sunday, 

 and unhesitatingh' condemn both as 

 injurious in the extreme, unfitting the 

 people for legitimate industrial labors. 



The printing of the new issue of 

 Cuban postage and revenue stamps was 

 completed in Xew York City, February 

 10. The new series bear the portraits 

 of many of the new republic's dis- 

 tinguished military men, including 

 Gomez, Maceo. Garcia and others. The 

 stamps were put into use a short time 

 ago, but the printing of the entire order 

 was not completed until the date given. 



