THE CUBA REVIEW 



Ashcrt, Giivcnior of Havana Province, and Scfior Diaz do Villcgas, Secretary of the 

 Interior ad interim, in wliieli.they came to Mows, and the i)ohcc were called in. President 

 ("lomez wired in from Cayo Cristo, his summer headquarters, for f)dl particulars, and 

 later issued a decree forhiddinj); mcmlrers of the Cahinet to take active ])art in politics. 

 Senor dc Nillegas offended at this, promptly resigned. 



President Gomez also cahled Messrs. Zayas and Ashert whether, after the disturhance 

 at the meeting, it was worth while to still- work for fusion hctween the Zayistas and 

 the Mignelistas. Governor Ashert replied that without respect for each other, fusion was 

 imjiracticahle. Vice-President Zayas said that the President's (piestion was one he had 

 hecn asking himself, hut would answer more fully later. 



The hill i)roviding for the exchange hy the Government of the arsenal lands for the 

 \illamicva station of the I'nited Railways on the I'rado, the legality of which iias hcen 

 regarded as douhtful in sume cpiarters. received the presidential signature July 2tith anil 

 therehy hecame a law. 



I""or six months this deal has given rise to heated discussions and puhlic protests made 

 through the press and other mediums. One of the recent incidents of the dehate was the 

 attempt made hy Deputy Lares to shoot Deputy San Miguel, editor of La Lucha, in one 

 of the cloak-rooms of the chamher. 



According to the law, as it is approved, the property of the arsenal, which is valued 

 at $2,.">00,nnO, passes into the hands of the United Railways. 



.\mong the important achievements of the session were the passage of the .Morua hill 

 tleiiying recogniti( n to political parties organized on race lines, the trading of the arsenal 

 for the \'illaiuie\a projierty : the law of amnesty, provinding for the release of all serving 

 time or under indictment f<ir malfeasance in olVicc : the l)ill hy which the legislators raised 

 their |)ay from $:!(»(» to $l(i() pt-r month: the hill douhling the taritT on tasajo. one of the 

 connnonest articles of diet among the masses, and the passage of the budget just as the 

 President submitted it. 



i-iiuiondo la Smez. — ••Anda a higcr. /,/ sollto; pcro, ya sabes, como hagas alauna 



tnajadena... .Te vueho .1 poncr la manejadora! . . ." — La Discusion. 



The cartoonist, referring to the coming elections, warns the child (the people) not 



to commit any indiscretions. Yet-he adds-"piactice will bring experience!" 



