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THE CUBA REVIEW 



lias escaped. Amniig these are L'nrles. Ace- 

 vcdo. IvsteiKi/. and the latest one, Miiiiet. 

 My ei-iinlry is tired of revoliitit^iis, and all 

 persons tliere wish for peace and tranquil- 

 ity. 



"With re.yard to the race (piestinn m 

 Cul)a. the downfall of the Estenoz party 

 and the promulgation of the Morna amend 

 ment. which declares all political parties 

 founded on race principles illegal, has 

 stopped all further fear or trouble (>n that 

 score. The period of rcvolutitms in Luha 

 belongs to the past." 



The uprising started in 

 Another Oriente province on July 

 U(^iisiii(j 2:>th by Cicneral Minictwas 

 summarily ended by the 

 Cuban soldiers three days later by captur- 

 ing the leader and the twelve followers 

 about twenty miles from Santiago City. 



Cicncral Kliniet is a veteran of the Ten 

 Years' War, in which he enlisted while a 

 mere vouth. lie fought in 1895, command- 

 ing forces when Santiago surrendered to 

 General Shafter. 



Tile Government has ordered the prose- 

 cutiin of the editor of a Havana iiaper for 

 a seditious editorial, declaring that the 

 revolution is a just and logical uprising, 

 considering the Government's crimes. 



The connnissioners ap- 

 Thc j)oiiited by the President 



NclV who will have charge of 



Palace the plans and the construc- 

 tion of the million-dollar 

 palace for the presidents of Culja, have 

 started on their duties. 



The secretary of the commission is the 

 govcrmnent architect, John Portuondo, who 

 states that "the commission will give out 

 the general idea of the structure and then 

 leave it to the competing architects to work 

 out the details. There will be a prize of- 

 fered for the best set of plans, and this 

 will be of sufficient amount to attract the 

 best architects in the United States and 

 Europe. 



"There is available now $.550,000, and a 

 certain amount will be set aside every 

 month from the lottery until the sum of a 

 million dollars is reached." he said further; 

 "and this will go into the building which 

 cannot be finished inside of two years." 



Following the resignation a 



For Secretary few days ago of Diaz de 



of the Villegas as Secretary of the 



Treasury Treasury of Cuba comes 



the report that President 



Gomez has offered the portfolio to Manuel 



Silveira, and that the latter has the offer 



under consideration. 



The offer of General Gomez to make Sc- 



fior Silveira Secretary of the Treasury will 

 be lietter understood when it is recalled 

 that not only was the latter one of the 

 ablest linanciers in Cuba, but General Go- 

 mez before becoming President was man- 

 ager of the Silveira Sugar Company's plan- 

 tation and his stanch friend. The appoint- 

 ment also will be in the nature of an of- 

 ficial vindication of the banker. 



.\. J. Arazoza, sub-secretary 

 Pcjciuls of the Cuban Treasury, re- 

 ///(• ceiitly in New York on a 



Lottery si)ecial mission for his gov- 

 ernment, in an interview 

 defended tlie national lottery, saying: 



"In regard to the attacks appearing in 

 the press of this country on the lottery of 

 Culia, I wish to say that it is untrue that 

 the people are suffering on account of it. 

 The lottery has given a greater profit to the 

 Government than was e.xpccted. It is ben- 

 eficial to the country, because it has stopped 

 petty gambling. The lottery is conducted 

 with perfect order and honesty." 



On July HHh the President 

 ]]'orkin(j- .signed the measure, passed 

 men's by Congress, authorizing 



Homes the construction of two 

 thousand homes for work- 

 ingmen. The law calls for an expenditure 

 of $1,300,000, each of the houses to cost 

 $<;.")(), to be distributed among Cuban work- 

 men under a drawing to be paid for in 

 monthly instalments, and when paid for to 

 Iiecome owners in fee of the property. 



One thousand of the homes will be built 

 near Havana, and the other thousand di- 

 vided among the provinces Oriente and Pi- 

 nar del Rio. 



Another bill was presented July 20th, 

 l)roviding that the legal number of work- 

 ing hours should not exceed eight for la- 

 l)orers who work for a fixed wage. This 

 bill was set for discussion at the first ses- 

 sion of the coming term of Congress. 



A report of the condition 

 Cuban of the movement of funds 



Treasury in the treasury for the 

 Statement month of July Tias just 

 been issued. The balance 

 on hand on June 30th was $1,36.5,402.13, 

 and the receipts for July were $3,394,302.59. 

 The expenditures for the month were 

 $3,334,226.21. which left a balance in the 

 treasury at the first of August of $1,425,- 

 53P.81, and the outstanding debts are 

 $3,781. .381. 77, which leaves the balance 

 against the state $2,355,842.97, a most fa- 

 vorable showing, considering that there was 

 about a $9,000,000 debt when the present 

 administration assumed office. 



