THE CUBA REVIEW 



Provisions of the Budget Law 



Among the various provisions of the budget law, the following are of particular 

 interest : 



Article IX. — The executive power shall send each month to the Congress a detailed statement 

 of all expenditures and receipts of the treasur>' for the previous month. Within four months after 

 the termination of the fiscal year, he shall likewise send to the Congress the complete liquidation of 

 the budget. 



Article XL — The sum of $850,000, assigned to the department of public works for the preser- 

 ^•ation and repair of roads and bridges in the entire island, shall be divided among the Provinces in 

 proportion to the number of kilometers constructed in each respective Province. 



Article XII. — The receipt or collection of taxes of any class whate\er may not be intrusted to 

 private parties, companies, or corporations, by concession, lease, agreement, or in any other manner, 

 for they must be collected by the organization and officials of the State only. 



Acting Commercial Attache, Paul L. Edwards, Habana. 



New Reciprocity Treaty Drafted 



Considerable publicity has been given 

 lately to the belief of the Cuban govern- 

 ment that a new reciprocity treaty between 

 Cuba and the United States is a necessity. 

 The Cuban administration seems to think 

 that the United States has received more 

 benents from the treaty in force at the 

 present time than Cuba, and a memoran- 

 dum of a new form of treaty granting equal 

 benefits to Cuba and the United States is 

 now being drafted by the Cuban govern- 

 ment, which it expects to present to the 

 United States government as soon as the 

 new Cuban ambassador is appointed. No 

 details are available as to the form of the 

 proposed new treaty. 



Embassy Staff Announced 



President Zayas has appointed the follow- 

 ing officials to compose the Cuban embassy 

 in Washington: Dr. Arturo Padro y 

 Almeida, counsellor; Dr. Jose T. Baron y 

 Baldes, first-class secretary to the embassy; 

 Dr. Carlos de la Torre y Pie, to be second- 

 class secretarv. 



Cuban Tariff 



President Zayas has sent a message to 

 Congress asking for a general revision and 

 simplification of the tariff laws of Cuba. 

 The President also asks that Congress vest 

 with him the power to increase or reduce 

 the tariff up to 30 per cent either way in 

 such cases as it may appear to be for the 

 advantage of the republic's trade. 



Cuban Consul-General to Japan 



Prospero Pichardo, Cuban Consul Gen- 

 eral to Japan, and his family, although 

 injured in the earthquake, have managed 

 to reach Kobe, according to a cablegram 

 to the Cuban State Department from Cu- 

 ban Consul Dominguez at Kobe. All other 

 Cuban Consular officials in Japan are safe. 



Judge of Instruction 



Dr. Oscar Zayas, recently appointed 

 Judge of Instruction, has been appointed 

 Judge of the Fourth Correctional Court 

 of Havana to take the place of Judge Leon 

 Armisen, who has been made magistrate 

 of the Higher Court of Havana, 



Belgium Names Minister 



The Belgian Government has appointed 

 Baron Cartier de Marchienne as Envoy 

 Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 

 to Cuba. 



Gets Post In Paris 

 Lieutenant Luis Lois, adjutant of Presi- 

 dent Zayas, has been appointed naval at- 

 tache of the Cuban legation in Paris. 



