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"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1910, by ihe Muiisoii Steamship Line 



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X'OLUME. Ylll 



JULY, 1910 



Number 8 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



THE BUDGET AGREED UPON — LA LUCHA S EDITOR ATTACKED — SPLIT 



AMONG CONSERVATIVES — EVILS OF THE LOTTERY — 



CUBAN OFFICERS WELL TRAINED 



On June 30th the conferees 

 The of the Senate and the 



Surplus is House has agreed to the 

 $3,800,000 budget estimates practical- 

 ly as submitted by Presi- 

 dent Gomez, but eliminated the economies 

 of about $1,000,000, principally in salary re- 

 ductions, decided upon by the House at va- 

 rious times during the three months' dis- 

 cussion of the measure. 



Both Houses accepted the report and the 

 President signed the budget, the total of 

 which amounts to $31,000,500. The esti- 

 mated surplus is $3,800,000, of which it is 

 the intention of the Government to devote 

 $3,000,000 to public works. 



Seiior Antonio San Miguel, 

 An editor of La Lucha (Ha- 



Editor vana) and a liberal member 



Attacked of the House of Represen- 

 tatives, was shot at by Rep- 

 resentative Manuel Lores, and his life was 

 threatened by Representative Severo Mon- 

 leon, of Pinar del Rio, and others on June 

 28th, as the Cuban legislators were gather- 

 ing for the evening session of the House. 

 In explanation of the attack it is said 

 that the editor had been opposing both in 

 the House and in his paper tlie exchange of 

 the arsenal in Havana for the Villa Nueva 

 railroad station property. The liberal party 

 do not all favor the passage of the bill. 



The exchange was recommended to con- 

 gress by the President about a year ago, 

 when he announced that he had entered 

 into a deal with the United Railways of 

 Havana, Ltd., for the exchange of arsenal 



property on the water front, for the block 

 occupied by the Villa Nueva station in this 

 city. The exchange was to be made on 

 condition that the railroad would build for 

 the government five wharves located on the 

 Paula frontage and at the arsenal, and a 

 crematory for the refuse of the city, all 

 to cost $1,500,000. Also to construct a 

 national capitol and offices for the differ- 

 ent departments and Congress on the site 

 of Axilla Xueva, and on the grounds of the 

 old city walls. 



The bill was approved by the Senate 

 soon after. 



Im mi- 

 gration 

 Restrictions 



The Cuban Treasury De- 

 partment on June 24th is- 

 sued an order to all chiefs 

 of customs not to allow 

 any immigrant to land who 

 does not speak the Spanish language un- 

 less he can prove possession of $60. Im- 

 migrants coming under contract, save in 

 specified cases, will not be admitted if they 

 cannot comply with this condition. All 

 immigrants must submit to a careful med- 

 ical examination. 



These instructions are in accordance with 

 the provisions of the immigration law in 

 force and with the law of July 16, 1906. 



On June 29th the Senate passed the bill 

 authorizing a subsidy for the new railroad 

 line from Caguagna to Corralillo, Santa 

 Clara Province. The new road is an ex- 

 tension of the Cuban Central from Saqua 

 la Grande to Caguagna, and passes through 

 Rancho Veloz. 



