THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



Political 



AROUND ABOUT CUBA. 



Items Worth Reading Collected from Many Sources, 



RAFAEL MONTORO SAYS CUBA NEEDS THE REST 

 CURE. 



"What Cuba needs most," said Mr. Mon- 

 toro, "is the rest cure. The best way to 

 secure that is to continue the present gov- 

 ernment indefinitely. That will give the 

 people a chance to settle down, to resume 

 their former occupations, get many excited 

 people again in the habit of earning a liv- 

 ing outside of party politics and teach them 

 the advantages of peace and a good gov- 

 ernment. 



"The great masses of the people of all 

 parties and all classes are in favor of law 

 and order. It is only the agitators and 

 their immediate followers who get up rev- 

 olutions." 



"Is the present provisional government 

 satisfactory?" 



"Yes. It is giving satisfaction to every- 

 one who is not a candidate for office or 

 is not misinformed ; to everyone who de- 

 sires the peace and tranquillity of the isl- 

 and ; to all of the business interests ; to the 

 property owners and the taxpayers. 



"We have room in Cuba for 10,000,000 

 or 12,000,000 of people, and even more ; 

 it only needs peace to attract them here 

 for the development of the marvelous re- 

 sources of our island. A great many for- 

 eigners have come in since independence. 

 The foreign population has increased in 

 the eastern and central provinces m^ore 

 tlian in Havana. A large number of farm- 

 ers from your country have taken up land 

 in Camaguey and other provinces. They 

 have also gone into commerce. We have 

 more than $3501,000,000 of foreign capital 

 invested in railroads, plantations, sugar 

 mills, tobacco factories and other interests. 

 Some of the railways which were formerly 

 owned by Spanish and Cuban capital, now 

 belong to English companies, and they earn 

 large dividends. Nearly all the foreign in- 

 vestments in Cuba have been profitable. 



"The European powers have recognized 

 the right of the United States to intervene 

 in Cuba," said Mr. Montoro, in answer to 

 other questions. "The diplomatic corps as 

 a body has saluted Governor Magoon as 

 the chief executive power. They were led 

 by the Spanish minister, who is the dean 

 of the corps, and he read an address to 

 the governor. They have individually rec- 

 ognized his authority in other ways. The 

 British plenipotentiary presented his cre- 

 dentials to Governor Magoon only the other 

 day." — Chicago Record-Herald. 



Morua Delgado, the colored senator, 

 expressed his views in an open letter 



to El Eco de Panama, and his disap- 

 pointment that the American authorities 

 did not turn over the government to the 

 Liberals upon their arrival in Cuba. He 

 resents and condemns American control. 



PROMINENT MEN OP CUBA. 



Gen. Mario Menocal is spoken of as a possible 



candidate for the Presidency of Cuba 



sliouJd Zayas or Gomez withdraw. 



Gen. Menocal is not affiliated with any 

 party at present. He was graduated 

 from the Troy University, educated and 

 trained in the United States, and by pro- 

 fession he is an electrical engineer. 

 Menocal accompanied his uncle, Anicete 

 Menocal, to Nicaragua, some years ago, 

 where they were both commissioned by 

 the United States to make a survey in 

 connection with the proposed canal. He 

 took an active part in the Ten- Years' 

 War during the Cubans' struggle for 

 freedom, and has won his spurs in the 

 army. After the evacuation of the Span- 

 ish forces in 1899, Menocal was appointed 

 chief of the police of Havana and re- 

 organized that force. ^' 



APPLAUSE FOR SPEECH URGING STRONGER 

 AMERICAN SUPERVISION. 



"It is indispensably necessary toi specify 

 accurately and define our relations with the 

 United States, that the action o'f that coun- 

 try may be more efficacious among us. 

 The action of the United States, which here- 

 tofore has been merely potent to suppress, 

 must be made preventive." Sr. Lanuza's 



