. Review of reviews and world's work. er 5, how-ever, it was announced that the reelection ofPresident Menocal was assured. There is ageneral inclination to congratulate Cubaupon the result, for during the Menocal ad-ministration there has been little strife andmuch progress^ Essentially an agriculturalcountry, Cuba is at present enjoying generalprosperity through the high price of sugar—which has tended to revive interest in agri-culture and has also had a favorable influ-ence on general business conditions. Foreigntrade increased nearly 40 per cent, during1915, with total imports and exports
. Review of reviews and world's work. er 5, how-ever, it was announced that the reelection ofPresident Menocal was assured. There is ageneral inclination to congratulate Cubaupon the result, for during the Menocal ad-ministration there has been little strife andmuch progress^ Essentially an agriculturalcountry, Cuba is at present enjoying generalprosperity through the high price of sugar—which has tended to revive interest in agri-culture and has also had a favorable influ-ence on general business conditions. Foreigntrade increased nearly 40 per cent, during1915, with total imports and exports of$410,000. Exports of sugar alone amount toS200, a year. Not only has theCuban farmer increased his cane crop, but hereceives at least one cent more per pound forraw sugar than he did a year ago. The na-tional treasury also has benefited from warprosperity. Economic, social, and politicalconditions will continue to improve; and theend of President Menocals second termshould see the republic on a sound and per-manent MARIO G. MENOCAL, RE-ELECTED PRESIDENTOF CUBA THE PROGRESS OF THE JfORLD 601 Our readers will find in thein pages contributed by !Mr. Si- monds a review or the largercurrent facts and conditions in the greatEuropean War that for lucidity and interestis beyond praise and for value is beyondcomparison. The movements in Rumania,the loss of Monastir by the Bulgarians, thesituation on the West front, the steadygrowth of the British army in adequacy, thesignificance of the announced creation of anew Kingdom of Poland—all these thingsare set forth by Mr. Simonds in fresh chap-ters written at the ver>- moment of our goingto press. We are made to see that Ger-manys first purpose in endeavoring to crushRumania, the newest member of the greatAllied group, is to give an object-lesson thatwill have a bearing upon peace. That thetwo Central Empires are exceedingly anxiousto bring the war to an end is evident in manyWays. The foremost statesmen in Germany,A
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