THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



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Political and Government matters 



station, and it was feared that there would 

 be "interference" to an extent' that would 

 make the government station valueless. 



Secretary Taft, after hearing the argu- 

 ments, decided that he would issue to the 

 company a revocable license, subject to the 

 approval of Governor Magoon, so that the 

 station might be discontinued at any mo- 

 ment if it interfered whh the Cuban gov- 

 ernment station. 



GEN. CASTILLO AND THE CANDIDACY OF GEN. 

 GOMEZ. 



Gen. Castillo now favors Gen. Gomez for 

 president, according to La Discusion. He 

 thinks Zayas and Gomez will never again 

 unite, and that the Liberal party will all be 

 the latter's in a little while. Havana might 

 be for Zayas, but outside all are Miguel- 

 istas. 



ANOTHER NEW POLITICAL PARTY. 



Rumor has it that a new political party 

 is being formed under the name of "Ami- 

 gos de la Patria," representing the com- 

 mercial interests, which will nominate a 

 candidate for the presidency. At the 

 proper time doubtless other men 

 than those now prominent in the 

 public view, will appear in the 

 presidential race. 



GOV. MAGOON'S WARNING TO GEN. 

 GOMEZ. 



Gen. Gomez called upon Gov- 

 ernor Magoon to renounce his 

 post on the "Jobs and Claims 

 Commission." The governor in- 

 formed him that it was a source 

 of regret not to see more har- 

 mony and unity among the Lib- 

 eral partizans. Unity and con- 

 cord are needed now more than 

 ever, if the Cuban republic is to 

 be reorganized again. 



NO ELECTIONS THIS YEAR. 



It is predicted that there will 

 be no elections of any sort in 

 Cuba this year. 



The census enumerators start 

 late this month (August) and it 

 now seems certain that the work 

 will take six or seven months, 

 and even more, and it will be 

 late in December before the re- 

 turns are in such shape that they 

 may serve as a basis for registra- 

 tion for the municipal elections. 

 Probably all the census work 

 will consume the time until Feb- 

 ruary, 1908. 



UPRISINGS PROMPTLY CHECKED. 



An uprising in Santiago de 

 Cuba and San Luis, in the same 

 province, predicted for July 12, 

 proved abortive, the authorities 

 having got word of the outbreak 



and stopping it. It appears that some Amer- 

 ican officers planted 100 cocoanut trees at 

 the Santiago Morro. The Cubans, seeing 

 this, decided that the Americans were going 

 to stay in Cuba until the trees bore fruit, 

 which would be in six years, so they made 

 plans to drive out the Americans at once. 

 Governor Magoon promptly gave orders 

 to pursue the rebels and to annihilate them 

 if they did not surrender at once. 



POLITICAL LEADERS STILL AT ODDS. 



Discord and dissension continue in the 

 liberal ranks and the partisans of Gen. 

 Jose Miguel Gomez and Sr. Alfredo 

 Zayas are carrying on a vigorous cam- 

 paign for their favorites. 



Neither Gomez nor Zayas have budged 

 an inch from their position and both 

 maintain their presidential ambition. 

 Both keep the name of liberal. 



WIRELESS STATIONS. 



The government hopes to have wireless 

 communication with the station at Pinar del 

 Rio very soon. The station at the Morro is 

 also nearing comple;ion, but those at points 

 in eastern Cuba have not yet been begun. 



James L. Rodgers, 



the U. S. Consul-General to Cuba, 

 office July 1, 1907. 



He took 



