THE 



LIBRARY . 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



CUBA REVIEW 



'ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



CoTfyright 1923, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XXI 



August, 1923 



Number 9 



Cuban Government Matters 



Dr. Rafael Iturralde. 



Secretary of the Interior, Cuba 



Dr. Rafael Iturralde, a lawyer by pro- 

 fession, is a native of Matanzas, "The City 

 of Two Rivers." He studied in New York 

 at Columbia University, and was graduated 

 at the Havana University. During the 

 presidency of General Jose Miguel Gomez, 

 he was appointed superintendent of schools 

 in Matanzas, and later, in 1921, was 



elected governor of the Province of 

 Matanzas. 



President Zayas appointed Dr. Iturralde 

 Secretary of the Interior, who took posses- 

 sion of his office April 19, 1923, and has 

 made good by his firm stand for justice 

 and right. He is humane and sympathetic 

 and his opposition to the re-introduction 

 of the Spanish bull fight, which had been 

 abolished in Cuba, gained for him many 

 admirers. He also issued an edict forbid- 

 ding minors under fifteen years of age to 

 attend boxing bouts. He is well fitted to 

 cope with the various problems arising in 

 his branch of the government. 



Commercial Bureau 



The Official Gazette of ]\Iay 26 contains 

 a Presidential decree providing for the es- 

 tablishment, in the Cuban Department of 

 Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, of a 

 special office, the functions of which will 

 correspond closely to many of the estab- 

 lished functions of the United States 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce. 



This office is to be called the Bureau of 

 the International Encouragement and Pro- 

 motion of Cuban Commerce and Industry 

 (Seccion para el Fomento y Propaganda 

 Internacional del Comercio y la Industria 

 de Cuba), and, according to an announce- 

 ment which has just been made, will be 

 headed by Dr. Jose T. Pimentel. 



