THE 

 CUBA REYILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyiiglit, 1911, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume IX APRIL, 1911 Number 5 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



MORE CABINET CHANGES POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING ACTIVE GENERAL 



MENOCAL NOT A CANDIDATE CONGRESS CONVENED 



The Cuban congress reconvened April :!d and received the presidential message, in 

 ■which President Gomez announces the continuance of peace and order throughout the 

 republic. During the last two years the public debt has been reduced $0,465,000, and there 

 has bten unprecedented activity in the construction of railroads, highways and public 

 buildings. The sugar crop has been large, in spite of the lack of rain, and the sanitary 

 conditions in the island are excellent. 



Francesco Pauio ^lachado. secretary of the treasury, resigned from the Cabinet April 

 Cth, as the residt of a conflict with Col. Orencio Xodarse. director of the national lottery, 

 over appointments in which President Gomez supported Xodarse. 



President Gomez accepted the resignation and appointed in his place R. ^lartinez- 

 Otiz, who held the portfolio of agriculture. The latter post was given to Emilo del 

 J unco, secretary of justice, who is succeeded in his former office by Jesus Barraciue. 



Although the presidential election is still far off, campaigning on behalf of the various 

 candidates is already active. Whether General Gomez will be an aspirant for a second 

 term is the most important point at present. 



He is backed to a considerable extent by public sentiment and naturally has the sup- 

 port of the office holders, the military and the police, and it is believed can succeed him- 

 self if he wishes. 



On many occasions the president has oublicly stated that he is opposed to a second 

 term; nevertheless his political organ. El Tviuufo. continues to advocate his reelection, 

 and enthusiastic organizations in his favor have been formed in many parts of the 

 island. 



It mav be well to mention again that the present vice-president. Dr. Zayas, is the logical 

 candidate of the united Liberal Party. The election of General Gomez was made possible 

 only by the support of the Zayas faction of the Liberal Party, given on the express 

 understanding that General Gomez's faction should support Dr. Zayas in the following 

 ■election. 



Freyre Andrade introduced in the House on April Sth a bill seeking to abolish the Ha- 

 vana citv government and erect instead a federal district. 



At a recent convention of the Conservative Party no presidential candidate was selected, 

 it being practicallv assured that General ]\Iario Alenocal, the standard-bearer of the party 

 in the last election, would decline to run again. An important act of the convention was 

 the passage of a resolution declaring that fraud on the part of the government in the 

 coming election must be resisted even to the point of armed rebellion. 



Among the reforms advocated by the Conservatives was the establishment of a parlia- 

 mentary ''form of government and the abolition of the Cuban diplomatic service as a piece 

 of. utterly useless extravagance. ^ , ^ . ,, . 



\ new aspirant for the presidency is General Carlos Garcia Velez, formerly minister at 

 Washington. It is believed that General Garcia intends to appeal to the Liberal Part}-. 



\s the son of the illustrious Calixto Garcia, the general will, apart from his own popu- 

 ^arit3^ which is great, command a strong following.. He would have been a candidate at 

 the last electiom but at the time the campaign began he was too young for presidential 

 honors, having not vet reached the statutory age of forty years. 



According to El Siiniiin, a local paper of Camaguey, there is a project to boost Gonzalo 

 de Quesada"^ Cuban minister to Germany, for president by the Conservative Party. 



