THE 

 CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1922, by the ilunson Steamship Line 



Volume XX 



FEBRUARY, 1922 



Number 3 



Cuban Government Matters 



Details of the Cuban Loan 



The preliminary loan of $5,000,000 to 

 Cuba is in effect. A group of New York 

 banks and bankers, consisting of J. P. Mor- 

 gan & Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co., National 

 City Bank, Guaranty Trust Company of 

 New York, Bankers Trust Company, J. & 

 W. Seligman & Co., Harris, Forbes & Co. 

 and Dillon, Read & Co., have made the 

 loan. The loan is for one year, carries 

 interest at the rate of 6 per cent., payable 

 monthly, and is in the form of a promissory 

 note at 99>4. The contract requires the 

 payment of the principal and interest in 

 United States gold in New York, and the 

 bankers are authorized to deduct from the 

 principal of the loan an amount sufficient 

 to satisfy the dues to the United States 

 Government on postal money orders and 

 interest and sinking fund of all exterior 

 debts of Cuba for three months from date. 



The general scheme includes a later and 

 permanent long-term loan of $50,000,000, 

 but before such a proposition can be enter- 

 tained by the bankers a study of conditions 

 in Cuba will be necessary. It is at best a 

 problem for the far distant rather than the 

 nearby future. 



Withdrawal of American Marines 



The detachment of 375 United States 

 marines stationed at Camaguey, Cuba, has 

 been ordered withdrawn by Secretary 

 Denby, on a recommendation of the De- 

 partment of State. 



The recommendation was based upon a 



report given by General Crowder at a 

 recent conference upon his return from 

 Cuba. 



Postal Debt to United States 



According to notices from the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, President Zayas has issued 

 an order to the effect that sub-secretary, 

 Dr. Rodriguez Acosta, remit immediately 

 to the United States postal department the 

 sum of $180,000 due against postal drafts 

 sent to this country. 



Chinese Minister to Cuba 



P. K. C. Tyau, Chinese minister pleni- 

 potentiary and envoy extraordinary to the 

 repubhc of Cuba, presented his credentials 

 to President Zayas early in January. 



S. M. Chang is first secretary of the 

 Chinese Legation, Y. L. Tong second secre- 

 tary and J. K. Lum attache. 



Cuba, Healthiest of Tropic Lands 



How Cuba has become the most health}' of 

 tropical countries and the second most healthy 

 countiy in the world, since the days before the 

 Spanish- American war when its mortality rate 

 was among the highest, is explained in the ap- 

 pended article by Dr. Juan Guiteras, noted Latin 

 scientist. Dr. Guiteras, as secretary of the De- 

 partment of Health and Charities, is a member 

 of the Cuban cabinet. 



By Dr. Juan Guiteras 

 The creation of a health department in 

 the government of the Cuban republic is 

 not sufficientlv understood. This creation 



