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1922 to ask for protection of Cuban interests. 

 President Zayas appointed Col. Despaigne 

 Secretary of the Treasury — an appointment 

 which met with general commendation. 



COL. MANUEL DESPAIGNE 



Secretary of the Treasury 



Col. Manuel Despaigne, Cuban Secretary 

 of the Treasury, was born in Santiago de 

 Cuba. He was sent to France at an early 

 age to be educated. Later he passed some 

 time in New York. He also visited Central 

 America, Mexico and Brazil in his travels. 

 He entered the Cuban Army for Liberation 

 in 1896, and was promoted to Colonel for 

 his valiant deeds in defense of his country. 

 Col. Despaigne took an active part in the 

 Assembly at Yara and Santa Cruz. During 

 the American Intervention he was Assistant 

 Secretary of State under Gen. Brooks. 

 Later he passed to the Department of 

 Customs under Major Tasker H. Bliss. 

 Col. Despaigne was sent to Washington to 

 negotiate the first Cuban loan of $35,000,000, 

 and his efforts were successful. Upon his 

 return to Cuba he was appointed Adminis- 

 trator of Customs, an office he resigned in 

 1906. Gen. Menocal reappointed him and 

 he served in that capacity from 1913 to 1917 

 when he again resigned that office to proceed 

 to Washington as a member of the War 

 Trade Board. 



Col. Despaigne was active in clearing up 

 the congestion of the port of Habana. 



Always patriotic, alive to the interest of 

 Cuba, Col. Despaigne attended the Financial 

 Congress in Washington in 1920 and later in 



DR. ANNIBAL VELLOSO REBELLO 



Brazilian Minister to Cuba 



Dr. Annibal VeUoso Rebello, Brazilian 

 Minister to Cuba, is a noted writer and an 

 able diplomat, having represented his 

 country in Italy, Belgium, England, the 

 United States, Ecuador, Portugal and Cuba. 

 His historical works have brought him 

 recognition from literary societies at home 

 and abroad, and he is a member of the 

 Association of International Law of London, 

 as well as several other well known associa- 

 tions. 



For several years he was closely allied 

 with the able diplomat Joaquim Nabuco, and 

 was Secretary to the Brazilian Embassy in 

 Washington. Dr. Velloso was appointed 

 Brazilian Minister to Ecuador in 1918 and 

 his graphic pen has narrated stirring scenes 

 he witnessed in Quito. 



