THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1911, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume IX 



JUNE, 1911 



Number 7 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



GENERAL MENOCAL's UTTERANCES ON PRESENT CONDITIONS- 

 CHOMA IN HAVANA CUBa's TARIFF WITH SPAIN 



-TRA- 



Cuha 

 in a 

 Crisis 



Gerreral Mario Menocal, 

 Manager of the Chaparra 

 Sugar Company's vast in- 

 terest and candidate of the 

 Conservative Party at the 

 last election for President of Cuba, in an 

 interview, printed in El Mimdo, a leading 

 Havana daily, has some interesting things 

 to say regarding present conditions and on 

 his own candidacy. He says : "It is only 

 too evident that the country is passing 

 through a most dangerous crisis, and that 

 distress and discontent are general. Were 

 not Cuba a country of portentous vitality 

 and irresistible producing power, so great, 

 indeed, that her development and progress 

 continue steadih^ in spite of the accumu- 

 lation of calamities piled upon her, the 

 distress and discontent felt everywhere 

 must have ere this found active expression. 

 The impending crisis might, perhaps, under 

 other circumstances, have been averted by 

 the political parties — as things are, I do 

 not think it can be." 



He does not believe, that General Gomez 

 will try for re-election, "for it is not to 

 be believed that he would break the word 

 pledged by him as President of the Re- 

 public. I have read that certain Liberal 

 leaders are announcing that re-election is 

 sure to result in revolution, but I hardl}^ 

 believe it, unless the re-election is brought 

 about b}^ the abuse of force. The matter 

 of re-election concerns me far less than 

 the ruinous- laws that are being enacted, 

 the campaigns that have been initiated 

 against the mayors of many towns, the 

 mysterious killings that have been perpe- 

 trated in many isolated places. Such things 

 as these, if repeated, may well provoke 

 armed protest, and as that would be dis- 



astrous to our independence, it is the part 

 of patriotism for all, members of the op- 

 position and government alike, to unite to 

 prevent the repetition of acts which more 

 than once have provoked the just and hon- 

 est protest of the better part of the 

 people." 



Regarding his own abstention from pol- 

 itics so often stated, he says : 



"You may deny from me the silly report 

 that I have signed a contract with the 

 company which I represent pledging my- 

 self to give no attention for seven years 

 to anything save the development of the 

 enterprises in my charge. You can readilv 

 understand that I would not thus mort- 

 gage my political ideals or sacrifice my 

 liberty of action. 



"Were the Conservative party again to 

 do me the honor of nominating me for the 

 presidency, while I would thank it most 

 sincerely for so great a distinction, I would 

 not accept it, but would cling to my firm 

 determination to decline the unrnerited 

 honor." 



Coronation 

 Envoys 



General Carlos Garcia Ve- 

 lez, Cuban minister to the 

 Argentine, will represent 

 Cuba as a special envoy of 

 the Cuban government to the coronation 

 of the King of England, George V. 



Jose jNIanuel Carbonnell and Miguel 

 ^Mariano Gomez, son of President Gomez, 

 will accompam^ him as secretaries. 



By decree of the secretary of state the 

 appropriation of $14,000, granted by con- 

 gress for this special mission, has been di- 

 vided, giving General Garcia Velez, who 

 presides, the sum of $5,000 ; Sr. Carbon- 

 nell and young Gomez, each, will receive.- 



