THE CUBA RE V I E W 



A Cuban Patriot 



General Castillo Duany, an old Cuban 

 patriot, and father of the present Secretary 

 of Public Works, died in Havana, No- 

 vember 2 7. 



Demetrio Castillo Duany was born in 

 Santiago sixty-six years ago, of a leading 

 Cuban family, and was educated at Bor- 

 deaux and in the United States. 



On the outbreak of the War of Independ- 

 ence in 1895 he joined the Revolutionary 

 forces, and was attached to the staff of 

 General Jose Maceo, who promoted him to 

 the rank of brigadier-general a few days 

 before his own death on the battlefield of 

 Loma de Gate. When the United States 

 joined Cuba in the war General Duany was 

 selected as liaison officer to arrange for the 

 landing of American troops and their co- 

 operation with the Cuban forces. 



After the war he was appointed Gov- 

 ernor, first of Santiago, and then of the 

 Eastern Province, where he was one of the 

 founders of the Republican Party. In 1906 

 he was arrested and imprisoned as a mem- 

 ber of the Revolutionary Committee, but 

 was released on the arrival of the United 

 States Commissioners. For the ten years 

 following he was Chief of the State Peni- 

 tentiary, retiring owing to the Revolution 

 of 1916. He was afterwards Minister of 

 War and Marine in the late cabinet. 



Immigration Decline 



A partial explanation of the labor short- 

 age reported to be making itself felt on 

 Cuban sugar plantations is supplied by of- 

 ficial immigration figures recently made 

 public by the Cuban government, showing 

 a striking decrease in arrivals of immi- 

 grants suitable for employment as plan- 

 tation laborers during the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1922. During the year 1921-22 

 only 20,184 immigrants landed in Cuba, 

 whereas arrivals during 1920-21 were 

 148,361. 



Spain, which in 1920-21 sent 73,543 im- 

 migrants, sent only 11,664 in 1921-22; im- 

 migration from Haiti declined from 30,472 

 to 388; arrivals of Jamaicans from 2 7,713 

 to 3,397, and of Chinese from 8,787 to 51. 

 Arrivals from the United States declined 

 from 1,143 to 823, and the number of Brit- 

 ish immigrants from 1,2 74 to 467. 



Dr. Juan Santos Fernandez 



Cuba deeply regrets the loss of Dr. 

 Juan Santos Fernandez, distinguished 

 ophthalmologist and hygienist, who died at 

 the age of 75 in Havana. Doctor Fer- 

 nandez was a prominent member of the 

 medical profession, in which he won inter- 

 national fame, and to him is attributed the 

 introduction of the Pasteur treatment for 

 rabies to America and the founding of sev- 

 eral institutes and scientific laboratories. 

 He was the editor of the "Cronica Medico- 

 Quirurgica" and also wrote for many 

 other publications. On the seventieth an- 

 niversary of his birth, which was celebrated 

 in 1917 in Havana, he was presented with 

 a gold medal and received many national 

 and foreign tributes to his fame. 



Cuban Honored 



The International Labour Conference at 

 Geneva has appointed, as vice-president, 

 Sciior Aguerro y Betancourt, the official 

 Cuban delegate. There will be no other 

 vice-presidents appointed this year. 



Insurance Legislation in Cuba 



There has been introduced in the lower 

 house of the Cuban Congress a bill for the 

 regulation of Insurance, which provides that 

 Cuban Insurance companies must have a 

 minimum capital of $250,000 to transact 

 Life business, $250,000, Marine or Fire, 

 and $150,000, Accident or Liability; foreign 

 companies must deposit similar amounts. 

 Companies transacting both Marine and 

 Fire business must have capital of 

 $300,000 or deposit that amount. Capital 

 or deposit must be invested in Cuban secur- 

 ities taken and maintained at the market 

 price, and must be lodged with the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury. 



The bill also provides for a tax of 5 per 

 cent on all premiums, and that Fire re- 

 serves must be maintained at 50 per cent; 

 Marine reserves are 50 per cent for time 

 risks, and 100 per cent for voyage con- 

 tracts. Insurance in the island will be con- 

 trolled by an Insurance department. 



The legislation is similar to that of New 

 York State, and seems to have been in- 

 spired by native offices to kill competition 

 by foreign rivals. | 



