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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



EVERYTHING TRANQIII. IN PINAR DEL RIO. 



Governor Xiinez. who recently went on 

 a trip to Pillar del Rio. told the governor 

 that the people of Pinar del Rio were tran- 

 quil and apparently happy, and have ob- 

 tained a better price for tobacco this year 

 than ever before. 



MAY 20. 1907. 



La Lucha salutes "the Twentieth of May 

 as in former years, and prays sincerely 

 that the wisdom and unity of the Cubans 

 will make it possible that in the coming 

 year, upon the recurrence of this historic 

 date, the republic will have been re-estab- 

 lished, free and independent." 



From the English pages of the Diario 

 de la Marina: "On this fifth anniversary 

 of the establishment of the Republic of 

 Cuba we are glad to report thnt general 

 tranquillity prevails throughout the Island 

 and satisfaction with its present provisional 

 administration is univer.sal." 



From La Discussion : "To-day we have 

 the stranger in our house, and we do not 

 know what is ours and what is his. or 

 what is going to be left us or is to become 

 his. A profound sorrow fills the heart. 

 We scarce have courage to peer into the 

 shadows that surround us in hopes of 

 descrying the word 'hope.' '' 



TO ABOLISH THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS. 



"For years there has been a growing sus- 

 picion in the minds of the people." says 

 the Havana Telegraph, "that the provincial 

 governments are purely ornamental, and 

 more than once their abolition has been 

 proposed. There have been numberless con- 

 flicts of authority between the executives 

 of the provinces and the national govern- 

 ment. " 



"With an area less than that of New York, 

 and less than a quarter of the population 

 of the Empire state, wh}' should Cuba be 

 split up into six provinces, with all the 

 co.stly paraphernalia of six provincial gov- 

 ernments? Governor Magoon would at 

 the same *^ime save himself a deal of bother 

 and relieve the people of a most vexatious 

 burden by abolishing the governors and 

 councils." 



CIBA OWES FOR THE INTERVENTION EXPENSES. 



What shall be done with reference to the 

 payment to the United States by Cuba of 

 the indebtedness growing out of the inter- 

 vention is a question which the President 

 and his Cabinet have not yet decided, but 

 the War Department is keeping a careful 

 account of the amount paid out on this 

 score. It aggregates about $3,000,000 al- 

 ready'. Cuba will probably be called upon 

 to shoulder this expense. 



How mucn Cuba will have to pay as a 

 result of the claims for losses during last 

 year's revolution is not known definite- 

 ly, but this item will probably exceed a 

 million dollars. B}^ the time the expenses 

 of the census now in progress have been 

 paid, together with the other outstanding 

 obligations, it is roughly estimated that 



between seven and eight million dollars 

 will remain to be disposed of as the pro- 

 visional government sees fit. Part of this 

 will go toward the execution of the long 

 delayed contract for the paving and sewer- 

 ing of Havana, part for the extension of 

 public roads and part for the improvement 

 of harbors and other public works. 



MAY WITHDRAW GOVERNMENT BONDS. 



Provisional Crovernor Magoon is consid- 

 ering the advisability of recalling some 

 of the government bonds now outstanding. 

 There are two propositions. One is to 

 withdraw the entire amount of the out- 

 standing bonds known as the '96 revolu- 

 tionary issue. The bonds of this issue now 

 outstanding amount to a little more than 

 two millions of dollars. They draw 6 per 

 cent. The Treasury Department has reached 

 a decision that the\' can be withdrawn, 

 despite contentions to the contrary which 

 have been made. The internal debt issue 

 of $10,000,000 may be taken up in part if 

 Governor Magoon decides not to touch the 

 '96 issue. There is enough monej' in the 

 Treasury to take up the entire issue of the 

 '96 issue without the slightest inconvenience. 



FOR THE CENSUS. 



Henry Gannett, now connected with the 

 geological survey of the United States gov- 

 ernment, has been named as assistant to 

 Victor H. Olmsted, the director of the 

 Cuban census. 



NEW r. S. CONSUL GENERAL. 



Mr. James Linn Rodgers. who is to suc- 

 ceed Frank Steinhart as the American con- 

 sul-general in Havana, will take Mr. Stein- 

 hart's place on July i. when the latter's 

 resignation will take effect. ^Ir. Rodgers 

 comes to Havana from Shanghai, where 

 he has been the American consul-general. 



STEINHART TO STAY IN H.WANA. CONSUL 



WILL BECOME GOV. MAGOON's ADVISER 



WHEN HE RETIRES FROM OFFICE. 



After his retirement on July i. Mr .Stein- 

 hart. the American consul, will continue 

 as Governor Magoon's adviser, as he has 

 been since the intervention. He will have 

 no official capacity and will draw no salary 

 from the government. It is well under- 

 stood, however, that Mr. Steinhart will rep- 

 resent in Cuba ?klessrs. Speyer & Co., the 

 well known New York bankers, and it can 

 be stated, furthermore, that the firm will 

 not establish a bank m Havana 



HAVANA STREET CLEANING HEAD. ^ 



The new chief of the Havana street clean- 

 ing department is Sr. Eugenio Faurcs, ap- 

 pointed b}' Governor Magcon. 



NEW TELEGRAPH OFFICE. 



Postmaster Charles Hernandez has estab- 

 lished a new telegraph office at Guamo, 

 province of Santiago de Cuba. 



Alfredo Zayas. Pino Guerra. Garcia 

 Velcz. Juan Gualberto Gomez, and others 

 have petitioned Governor '^lagoon that work 

 should be begun on the aqueduct for Cama- 

 guey, that the River Jatibonico should 



