THE CUBA R E \M E \\^ 



get. what we have so often said, the im- 

 perative necessity of adapting ourselves. 

 Fullv having adanted ourselves to the situ- 

 ation and the needs of the hour, we will 

 triumph without the least danger to ' the 

 country, and we will solve the present 

 problem, which is no small thing in a 

 country Uke ours where the problem is 

 always merely one of persons. Let our 

 motto be, 'Any Cuban, no matter what 

 his name.' That is the only course to 

 take.'" 



The several bills introduced in Congress 

 from time to time, tending to prohibit 

 priests and friars from appearing on the 

 public thoroughfares with the habits of 

 their calling or order, and the more recent 

 bill of Speaker Ferrara making it a misde- 

 meanor for the Church to have street pro- 

 cessions and other campaigns, is said to 

 have caused a movement for the formation 

 of a Catholic party in Cuba, says La Lu- 

 cha. 



A naval coui which met 

 Foreigners recently at Cienfuegos sen- 

 Must Pay tenced several sailors of 

 Board the English bark "Annie 

 Hendry" to ninety days in 

 jail, and they were sent to the carcel of 

 that city until they served out their sen- 

 tence. The Cuban government does not 

 think that it ought to pay for their main- 

 tenance because the offense in the case 

 appears to have L^en committed on board 

 ship. 



Representations to the British ministers 

 will soon be made by the department of 

 state regarding the matter. 



In the meantime the department of the 

 interior is planning to send a circular to 

 all the jail wardens setting forth that 

 when prisoners are accepted from the con- 

 suls arrangements must be made for the 

 payment of their board. 



In Pinar del Rio Province alone there 

 were surveyed, during 1910, 13 iron mines, 

 3 asphalt mines, 3 of copper, 4 of petro- 

 leum, and 1 of carbon. 



To Raise 



the 



Tariff 



The bill to establish a dou- 

 ble column on a basis of 

 a 30 per cent increase on 

 the present duties against 

 all nations having a com- 

 mercial balance against Cuba was again 

 introduced April 19th. 



The bill calls attention to the large 

 number of nations who export to Cuba ar- 

 ticles of large values, and which only take 

 products of an insignificant value, all of 

 which is against the Cuban producer. 



The bill therefore authorizes the na- 

 tional executive to increase up to 30 per 



cent, over the actual tariff, the custom du- 

 ties on articles proceeding from nations 

 the exportations of which shall be supe- 

 rior to importation taken from Cuba. The 

 bill ■was referred. 



During the administration 

 School of President Gomez, public 

 Deirlopincnt moneys have been contrib- 

 JVork uted liberally to public ed- 



ucational institutions, espe- 

 cially to primary department needs. There 

 has been no retrogression in the work : on 

 the contrary, the number of schools have 

 been increased, more school rooms added 

 and teachers engaged. 



The number of illiterates in the school 

 population of Cuba is now less than 

 among all the peoples of Latin America. 

 Taking the population of the island, the 

 educational facilities now provided require 

 a school room for each 553 inhabitants, 

 while Mexico only has a school for each 

 1,210 of its population. It is not intended 

 to convey from these figures that the num- 

 ber of schools, though they may have in- 

 creased, are sufffcient for the educational 

 needs of the school children. They merely 

 testify to the activity of the government 

 in this important matter. — Statement of 

 Maria Garcia Kohly, Secretary of Public 

 Instruction. 



St. Joaquin Alsina y Espinosa, Cuba's consul 

 general in Spain. 



Sr. Joaquin Alsina y Espinosa, consul general 

 de la Repuhlica de Cuba en Espan" 



