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THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright 1923, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XXI 



October, 1923 



Number 11 



Cuban Government Matters 



Cosme de la Torriente 



Dr. Cosme de la Torriente 



Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, chairman of 

 the Cuban delegation to the Assembly of 

 the League of Nations, has been elected 

 president of the League, and at the same 

 time has been tendered the appointment 

 of Cuban Minister at Washington. These 

 are new honors, as for a number of years. 



Dr. de la Torriente has been one of Cuba's 

 foremost statesmen, and he has been espe- 

 cially prominent in the field of foreign 

 relations. 



Dr. de la Torriente was born June 2 7th, 

 1872, on his father's sugar plantation, 

 "La Isabel" in Matanzas Province, in 

 which locality his family has been promi- 

 nent for many years. He was educated 

 at the Institute of Matanzas and the 

 University of Havana, where he took the 

 degrees of Licentiate in Philosophy and 

 Letters in 1892, and was about to take his 

 degree of Licentiate in Law, when the 

 revolution broke out. 



In 1895 he came to the United States 

 in the interest of Cuban independence. 

 When Spanish rule ended in Cuba, Dr. 

 de la Torriente was appointed Secretary of 

 the civil government in Havana, and later, 

 Acting Governor of that province. 



His career as a foreign diplomat began 

 in 1903, when he was appointed secretary 

 of the legation at iNIadrid. In the Spanish 

 capital he served as Charge dAffaires, as 

 Minister, and as Envoy Extraordinary to 

 represent the Republic of Cuba at the 

 wedding of King Alfonso. 



He resigned his post in Madrid in 1906 

 when the revolution against President 

 Palma broke out and the United States 

 intervened. His signature is upon the first 

 and only treaty made between free Cuba 

 and Spain and this treaty is still in force. 



