. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THL CUBA RLVILW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyright, 1917, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume XV SEPTEMBER, 1917 Number 10 CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS. Dr. Luis Azcarate, Recently Appointed Secretary of Justice. GERM.\N STEAMERS On August 21, at the Presidential Palace, in the presence of Gen. Marti, Secretary of "War and Xav}', and WilUam E. Gonzales, United States .Minister to Cuba, President Menocal signed a decree transferring to the United States Government four large German steamships, the Bavaria, Olivant, Adelheid and Constantia, of an aggreg
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THL CUBA RLVILW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyright, 1917, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume XV SEPTEMBER, 1917 Number 10 CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS. Dr. Luis Azcarate, Recently Appointed Secretary of Justice. GERM.\N STEAMERS On August 21, at the Presidential Palace, in the presence of Gen. Marti, Secretary of "War and Xav}', and WilUam E. Gonzales, United States .Minister to Cuba, President Menocal signed a decree transferring to the United States Government four large German steamships, the Bavaria, Olivant, Adelheid and Constantia, of an aggregate tonnage of approximately 20,000 tons, which were seized as })rizes of war by the Cuban Government on the day this coimtry declared war against Germany. .Minister Gonzales is quoted as stating: "President Menocal decUned to consider offers to purchase or lease, whether made by Governments, navigation companies, or in- dividuals. He regards these prizes of war, not as agencies for commercial profits, but to be used, as he states in his decree, for the common benefit in aiding to bring the war against the Government of Germany to a prompt and victorious end. President .Menocal would not sell them, but he has given them to the United States. It is just another illustration of Cuba's generous spirit and of her earnest ijurjjose to co-operate with her allies to the full extent of her ; Secretary Lansing has instructed the Ameri- can Minister at Havana to express to Presi- dent .Menocal the sincere appreciation of the United States Government and of the people of the United States of "the friendly and dis- interested action of the Cuban Government" in transferring to this country the steamships Bavaiid, Olivant, Adelheid, and Constnnlin, to be utiUzcd in the successful prosecution of the war against Germany. RED CROSS Colonel Miguel Varona, chief of the_general staff of the Cuban army, has been designated President of the Cuban Red Please note tha
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