THE CUBA R E V I E W 



President Gomez has come 



A out with a strong letter in 



Sufficient which he again states posi- 



Denial tively that he will not again 



be a candidate for the 



presidency of the republic. He insists 



that his 'friends desist in their attempts 



to re-elect him. 



The letter is addressed to the president 

 of the Provincial Assembly of the Liberal 

 Party and is as follows: 



"Erteenied Friend and Colleague: I bad not 

 intended to repeat again my determination not 

 to run for re-election thinking that I had raid 

 enough to dispell all doubts on that subject. My 

 conduct in life has been to live up to my words 

 and until now it has been that case that my words 

 have been accepted and respected. 



"But as numerous friends continue re-election- 

 ists, and as this gives cause for thinking that I 

 say one thing in public and another ni private. 

 I herewith address you, that in your political 

 capacity you mav notify everyone through the 

 various" assemblies of your province, that while I 

 appreciate the lovalty and firmness my friends 

 show in maintaining my candidacy in the approach- 

 ing presidential campaign, thev must not for a 

 moment think I have desisted from my resolution 

 to retire from the presidency at the expiration of 

 my present term of office, leaving the place to be 

 occupied by the Cuban who receives the majority 

 vote of the body politic. 



"I think it will be sufficient for you to send a 

 copy of this letter to all the municipal assemblies 

 of your province that this re-election campaign 

 may cease and tranquility be restored to all inter- 

 ested parties among which I figure the first. \ our 

 esteemed friend and colleague. 



JOSE M. GOMEZ." 



There is no reason to believe that Vice- 

 President Zayas has the least idea of re- 

 nouncing his claims to the nomination 

 accorded him in the last campaign as the 

 price of the support of his faction. Still 

 another probable candidate for the presi- 

 dency, and one whose popularity in the 

 liberal ranks is high, both as the son of 

 Calixto Garcia and by reason of his per- 

 sonal qualities, is General Carlos Garcia 

 Velez, Cuba's special ambassador at the 

 coronation in London. 



The 



United 



Wireless 



The Cuban government 

 has refused the request of 

 the United Wireless Tele- 

 graph Company for the re- 

 newal of its permit to do 

 Cuba for another year, to 



business 

 August 1, 1912. 



The company appears to have faithfully 

 complied with the terms of its permit, 

 but the government, in refusing the exten- 

 sion, simply said it could not be granted 

 in the form presented. It is believed that 

 whatever differences interfere will be ad- 

 justed and the company allowed to con- 

 tinue its business. 



Chattanooga, Tenn., now has a regular 

 Cuban consular office. J. W. Rawdings 

 has been invested with that authority by 

 the Cuban republic. 



Don't expect me to desist, 



From my determination. 

 No matter who insists 



I will not seek a re-election. 

 Nothing tempts me to remain 



When my term is ended. 

 Then the Electoral Board 



Designates my successor. 

 Who must be a Conservative, 



If not a Liberal. 



No esperen, no, que desista 

 de mi determinacion, 

 no voy a la reeleccion 

 aunque insista quien insista. 



Nada a seguir me conquista 

 vencido el plazo legal 

 en que el cuerpo electoral 

 designe mi sucesor. 

 que sera conservador 

 si no saie liberal. La Liicha. 



Haitiens still enter Cuba 

 Clandestine surreptitiously through the 

 Immi- province of Oriente, con- 

 gration trary to law. Clandestine 

 immigration by sailing ves- 

 sels landing their passengers along unin- 

 habited stretches of the coast has been 

 stopped by the vigilance of the govern- 

 ment revenue cutters, but other means 

 have been adopted to evade the law. The 

 customs collector at Santiago recently in- 

 formed the government that a regular 

 business is being carried on of supplying 

 Haitien immigrants with $20, the amount 

 the law declares he must have on entering 

 the country, which money is returned to the 

 agent as soon as the immigrant has safely 

 passed all barriers. Owing to the scarcity 

 of labor in the iron mines and sugar mills 

 of the province, the Haitiens. if they can, 

 land anywhere along the coast and in a 

 few days reach a place where . they can 

 find work. 



