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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



speech at a mass meeting of the Conser- 

 vative party. 



This utterance of the orator was greeted 

 with the unanimous applause of the as- 

 semblage. 



PL.XTFUkM 01^ THE N.XTIONAI, CONSERVATIVE 

 PARTY. 



A connnittee uf ten representing the Con- 

 servative party recently visited Gov. Ma- 

 goon and delivered the programme of the 

 party. Seiior Varona, the spokesman, said 

 in substance : 



"Many Cubans who are certain that the 

 United States considers the interests of 

 all Cubans in an equal manner have de- 

 cided to form a party with a platform, 

 which we hereby deliver. The party desires 

 that the commercial treaty which is about 

 to expire be renewed on conditions favor- 

 able to both sides, and that as far as pos- 

 sible a permanent treaty with the United 

 States be made, and made so clear that 

 the Cubans will know the rights of both 

 nations under it." 



Gov. ^lagoon thanked the committee and 

 congratulated it upon its purpose, and said 

 that it was eminently correct in asserting 

 that it was the desire of the United States 

 to act in Cuba with equal favor to all and 

 without favor to any political organization. 

 — New York Sun. 



ENGLISH IN CUBA EXPECTED LONGER PERIOD OF 

 AMERICAN CONTROL. 



Members of the English colony saj' 

 the Secretary's statement only guaran- 

 tees good business for a little over a 

 year, and that by the end of twelve 

 months it will be necessary to retrench, 

 owing to the uncertainty about the new 

 Government. It is plainly evident that 

 English interests anticipated a statement 

 assuring them a longer period of Ameri- 

 can control. 



Cuba's business men desire a continuance 

 of american control. 



The petitions sent out to Cubans of prop- 

 erty and those having substantial interests 

 for a continuance of American protection 

 are coming back to the headquarters of 

 the movement in Havana. There are 

 thousands of Cubans who would be willing 

 to sign these petitions except for the fear 

 that comes from identification with a move- 

 ment of this kind. One prominent Cuban 

 business man promptly signed the petition 

 at Remedios. and. sending in nearly two 

 hundred additional signatures, courageously 

 wrote as follows : 



"I am in accord with you that an Amer- 

 ican protectorate over Cuba with Cuban 

 autonomy is this country's only salvation." 

 There have been signers to these petitions 

 in all parts of Cuba. 



the isle of PINES NOT AMERICAN TERRITORY. 



That the Isle of Pines is not American 

 territory has been officially declared by 

 the Supreme Court of the United States. 

 The decision was rendered in the famous 

 case of Edward J. Pearcy vs. Nevada N. 



S'tranahan, Collector of the Port at New 

 York, and the opinion of the court was 

 announced by Chief Justice Euller, who 

 said that up to the Paris Treaty the Isle 

 of Pines had been considered as an integ- 

 ral part of Cuba, and that it could not be 

 held to be covered by article 2 of that 

 treaty, which included only islands in the 

 vicinity of Porto Rico. 



The National Conservative party has 

 elected its executive committee. These are 

 the names : President, Dr. Enrique Jose 

 Varona; vice-president. Dr. Jose A. Gon- 

 zalez Lunuza; second vice-president. Gen. 

 EugXMiio Sanchez Agramicnte ; secretary, 

 Col. Cosnie de la 'Torriente ; vice-secre- 

 tary, Col. Jose Clemente Vivanco ; mem- 

 l)ers. Gen. Juan Rius Rivera, Gen. Emiiio 

 Nuilez. Dr. Rafael Montoro, Col. Manuel 

 M. Coronado, Dr. Pablo Desvernine; treas- 

 urer, Marques de Esteban. 



CUBAN POLITICAL MURDER. 



Jose Ayala, ex-Chief of Police of 

 Guines, Havana Province, was assassin- 

 ated at Guines April 3. The crime was 

 apparently political, as the victim led the 

 government forces in the vicinity of 

 Guines during the August revolution, 

 thereby incurring such enmity that he 

 went to Mexico, from which country he 

 had just returned. 



The ass:?ssin, who was a member of 

 the late nbel army, escaped. 



MI.NISTER Ol-ESAD.\ NOT A PRESIDENTIAL CAN- 

 DIDATE. 



.Minister Qucsada will not be a candi- 

 date for the presidency of Cuba. It is 

 evidently his belief that his place is in 

 Washington. 



RECEIPTS AT NEW YORK OF CUBA MAHOGANY 

 AND CEDAR FOR I9O5 AND I9C6. 



iMgures supplied the Cuba Review by 



George F. Ilerriman, New York City. 



1905. 1906. 



Mahog. Cedar Mahog. Cedar 



logs. logs. logs. logs. 



Jan. . .2,816 8,911 Jan. . .3,213 5,798 



r>b. . . 796 7,724 Feb. . .2,024 7,094 



:\Iarch . 780 15.964 March . 138 7,653 



April 11,852 April. .3,897 8,509 



^I'ly • ■ 12 5,696 May . .4,155 11,162 



J""e 4,352 June . . 459 7,542 



J"'y 3.350 July • -6,479 12,717 



Aug. . .2.411 3.401 Aug. . .4,146 21.921 



Sept. . .3,950 5,262 Sept. . .1,068 11,818 



Oct. . . 162 12,765 Oct. . .2,116 11,687 



Nov. . . 809 3.896 Nov. . .2,339 14,790 



Dec. . .2,893 5,177 Dec. . .1,029 I5,756 



14,628 88,350 31,063 136,449 



Prices for Cuban mahogany ranged be- 

 tween 8c. to I2C., the highest price being 

 for the Santiago wood. 



Cedar prices range between 11 and 14, 

 the wood from Santa Cruz, Santiago and 

 Mauzanillo bringing the highest price. 



