THE CUBA REVIEW 



11 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



Government censorship over dramatic 

 works to be presented in Cuba was abol- 

 ished on May 10th b\^ presidential decree. 



The police regulations of the old law of 

 1886 are deemed sufficient to suppress all 

 plays against public order and decency. 



The police will therefore henceforth be 

 the judges. 



Minors under eighteen years will not be 

 permitted to attend shows when scenes de- 

 picting murders, fast life and gambling are 

 exhibited, if a bill recently introduced be- 

 comes a law. 



The ownership of the cannons around 

 the "Peace Tree" in Santiago de Cuba is 

 being inquired into by the Cuban govern- 

 ment. 



It is believed that Gen. Velez is to be 

 the Liberal candidate for president of 

 Cuba in 1912. His boom starts when he 

 gets back from the coronation. 



Col. Henry Watterson said recently : 

 "The best winter climate I know of any- 

 where convenient of access, is that of 

 Cuba. In Florida they have those terrible 

 north-westers, as they call them. In Cuba 

 you get a steady program of fine weather 

 from December to April. Porto Rico, I 

 imagine, is about the same in that line, 

 though Porto Rico is not so accessible. 

 Cuba has none of the objections of the 

 Florida climate." 



The American minister has informed the 

 Cuban government that the treasury de- 

 partment at Washington has issued a cir- 

 cular putting into force the act of August 

 2, 1882, which provides that all vessels car- 

 rjdng passengers arriving at ports in the 

 United States must be subjected to exami- 

 nation. 



The MacArthur, Perks Company, Ltd., 

 has been authorized by the custom house 

 of Havana to import free of dut}^ the 

 machinery and implements used in the con- 

 struction of the general wharves under the 

 Scovel concession. This is a privilege al- 

 lowed under the concession, providing a 

 bond for $342,000 is filed. 



The company will have ninety days aft- r 

 terminating the work to remove the ma- 

 terial imported. 



The Cuban Telephone Company expects 

 to have long-distance telephone communi- 

 cation between Havana and Cienfuegos by 

 the first of next month. By that time the 

 company will have had installed all the 

 local service in that city. Santa Clara and 

 Matanzas will be connected by the end of 

 the vear. 



Bv the Cuban law a land proprietor 

 owns only to the depth of the foundat'on 

 of a house or of the roots of a tree. The 

 subsoil is the property of the government. 

 To secure rights in minerals found on 

 one's own property there, it is necessary 

 to file a mineral claim. 



Golf links for Havana is being discussed 

 by golf enthusiasts. A fund of $5,000 

 has been subscribed by several members 

 of the American Club, and suitable 

 grounds will be secured. 



A movement has been instituted for trial 

 by jury in Cuba in criminal cases. Jury 

 trials in civil cases or for the institution 

 of a grand jury is not provided for in the 

 change. 



The veterans of the Cuban War of In- 

 dependence are agitating for a general 

 movement among the veterans in favor of 

 the candidacy of General Mario G. Me- 

 nocal for president of Cuba at the next 

 election. 



Cubans don't care much for their Inde- 

 pendence Day, May 20th, according to La 

 Liiclia, which says : "The news which is 

 being received regarding the manner in 

 which Independence Day has been cele- 

 brated throughout the republic cannot be 

 more discouraging. With rare exceptions, 

 towns, great and small, have done the 

 same as Havana. This means that the 

 twentieth of May has passed like any 

 other day. And this, frankly speaking, 

 is really unpardonable." 



The application of the West Indies Oil 

 Company to have the duty removed on 

 raw petroleum imported for refining pur- 

 poses is not likely to prosper. A report 

 unfavorable to the application has been 

 made by the treasury department. The 

 report states, however, that exemption of 

 duty should be granted to petroleum im- 

 ported for making gas. 



Kite flying from roofs in Havana is 

 prohibited by the city ordinances. The 

 police captains have been warned that if 

 violations of the ordinances occur in their 

 districts they will be fined. 



On May 20th Cardenas unveiled the first 

 statue to be erected in Cuba to Tomas 

 Estrada Palma, inaugurated first presi- 

 dent of the republic May 20, 1902. 



The statue is of bronze, life size and 

 presents the president in the attitude of 

 delivering a speech. Its cost was defra3-ed 

 by public subscription. 



