. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyriglif, 1920, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume XVIII JANUARY, 1920 Number 2 CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS mw yq^c. CD CHARLES E. MAGOON Charles E. Magoon of Lincoln, Neb., died January 14th, in his sixtieth year. During the period of American inter- vention in Cuba, Mr. Magoon served that country as Provisional Governor from October 12, 1906, to -January 28, 1909. With the resignation of President Es- trada Palma of Cuba, the Vice-President and cabinet officers, and Congress not tak- ing' further action in the matter, the prin- ci
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyriglif, 1920, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume XVIII JANUARY, 1920 Number 2 CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS mw yq^c. CD CHARLES E. MAGOON Charles E. Magoon of Lincoln, Neb., died January 14th, in his sixtieth year. During the period of American inter- vention in Cuba, Mr. Magoon served that country as Provisional Governor from October 12, 1906, to -January 28, 1909. With the resignation of President Es- trada Palma of Cuba, the Vice-President and cabinet officers, and Congress not tak- ing' further action in the matter, the prin- cipal executive offices of the Republic were left vacant and the country was without a government. Secretary of War, William II. Taft issued a proclamation in the name of President Roosevelt of the United States, establishing a Provisional Govern- ment in Cuba to restore order and peace and public confidence and then to hold such elections as might be necessary to determine those persons upon whom the permanent government of the Republic should be developed. Honorable Charles E. :Magoon was appointed Provisional Gov- ernor. A new electoral law, recommended by Mr. Magoon, was adopted, and under it a general election was held in November, 1908, without the least disturbance, al- though it had been preceded by a vigorous political campaign. The candidates were inaugurated January 28, 1909, thus ter- minating Mr. Magoon's commission as Pro- visional Governor. BRITISH MINISTER TO CUBA The new British Minister to Cuba, Hon. William Erskine, was presented to Presi- dent Menocal early in January. MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION On October 21st Dr. Gonzalo Arostegui was appointed Minister of Public Instruc- tion to replace Dr. Domingo Roldon, who Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Munson Steamshi
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