THE CUBA R E V I E W 



At llic suggestion of Dr. 

 To J unco the president on 



Colonize June 2;kl signed a decree 

 La)ids authorizing the secretary of 

 agriculture to begin a plan 

 to colonize state lands with Cuban fam- 

 ilies residing abroad, and immigrants com- 

 ing with their families, in homestead 

 fashion. 



The plan is to divide, in agrarian units 

 of one caballeria (iJo acres), an area of 

 land belonging to the state, which shall 

 not be smaller than 150 caballerias, and 

 not larger than 200 caballerias ; and this 

 land is to be divided between 100 families, 

 more or less, devoted to agriculture, and 

 of foreign countries whose education and 

 farming custom shall be a practical means 

 of instruction to the Cuban agriculturist. 

 The lands must be such that b}' their topo- 

 graphical conditions, fertility, watering, 

 ways of communication, nearness to a city 

 or big farming concern, they shall insure 

 the necessary economical advantages to 

 those who devote themselves to the sale 

 of their farming products. 



The department of the in- 

 To terior has issued a decree 



Honor the providing for the honors to 

 "Maine" Dead be tendered the bodies of 

 the "Maine," whose re- 

 mains are supposed to still be inside the 

 wreck. 



The decree provides for a guard of 

 honor on board the transport of war of 

 the United States which will be sent here 

 to convey the bodies to be made by soldiers 

 and sailors from the Cuban army and navy, 

 and 21 guns, at intervals of 30 minutes 

 will be fired throughout the day. 



When the transport shall leave, it will 

 be escorted out of the harbor by two gun- 

 boats, and Cabaiias will again fire 21 guns, 

 while all the forces of Cabafias will be 

 mustered, flags lowered and the General 

 Stafif band will pla}' a funeral dirge. When 

 the transport is outside of Morro the band 

 will render the American and Cuban 

 hvmns. 



The House of Representa- 

 English lives on June 15th passed 

 Language by a large majority a bill 

 in Cuba abolishing the instruction 

 of English in the public 

 schools and refused to authorize the pay- 

 ment of the salary of Miss Abbie Phil- 

 lips, who has for many years been super- 

 visor of English instruction in Havana. 

 The measure was advocated on the 

 grounds of econom}', but was severely re- 

 probated by the minority as an expression 

 of ingratitude toward the United States. 

 The old budget governs, however, and 

 English tuition continues for another year. 



Notes were presented by 

 To the Spanish minister, Sr. 



llannonise Pablo Soler, to the State 

 Decisions Department, concerning a 

 new treaty which the Span- 

 ish government would like to negotiate 

 with Cuba on a judicial basis. 



Legal procedure affecting civil suits in 

 Spain is analogous to that which is had 

 m I ul)a and to this end Spain has made 

 overtures to Cuba for a treaty board based 

 on making reciprocal acceptance of execu- 

 tory judgments rendered by the competent 

 courts of both nations. 



This treaty, according to the Spanish 

 minister, will be of great benefit to both 

 countries, owing to the large number of 

 Spanish subjects residing in Cuba, and 

 the large interests involved in litigation be- 

 tween residents of Cuba and Spain, and 

 in connection with commercial intercourse. 



A precedent has just been 



The Courts established by the Audiencia 



and the of Santa Clara that author- 



Mayors ity declaring that even 



though a mayor is indicted 



by the corresponding court, neither the 



court, nor the Audiencia has a right to 



suspend him from office, a function which 



is the exclusive right of the provincial 



governors. 



This decision was reached in the case 

 of the mayor of Santa Clara, who had been 

 suspended on charges. The application to 

 suspend the official under instructions from 

 the Department of Justice, Sr. Barraque, 

 the secretary, having expressed himself 

 publicly that the courts had this power. 

 An appeal to the Supreme Court nowr 

 follows. 



Twelve senators, twenty- 

 United one deputies and numerous. 

 States commercial and industrial 

 Hostility representatives from Cata- 

 lonia discussed June 29th 

 the contemplated Spanish-Cuban treaty. 



They protested that the Cuban view of 

 the treaty as expressed on May 31st was 

 exaggerated and inspired by the United 

 States and enemies of Cuban Spaniards. 



The meeting passed resolutions urging 

 the government to make every possible 

 concession to the tobacco trade and advo- 

 cating an energetic campaign by Spain and 

 Spaniards in Cuba to obtain the desired 

 advantages. 



Sefior Maristany, the president of the 

 Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, offered 

 to go to Cuba to agitate the matter, al- 

 though he admitted that the task would 

 be a difficult one owing to the hostility of 

 the United States toward the treaty. 



Cuba's Congress adjourned July 2d. 



