. The Cuba review. THE CUBA RLVILW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyright, 1911, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume IX FEBRUARY, 1911 Number 3 CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH SPAIN THE PRESIDENT POSITIVELY DECLINES A RE-ELECTION POPULATION INCREASING In a recent letter to Seiior Spain Rafael Labra, a leading and senator of Spain, Presi- Cuba dent Gomez expresses him- self clearly as to trade ar- rangements between the two countries, which is likely to advance the negotiations for a commercial treaty. In the course of his letter he draws at- tention to the "cordial feeli
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA RLVILW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyright, 1911, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume IX FEBRUARY, 1911 Number 3 CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH SPAIN THE PRESIDENT POSITIVELY DECLINES A RE-ELECTION POPULATION INCREASING In a recent letter to Seiior Spain Rafael Labra, a leading and senator of Spain, Presi- Cuba dent Gomez expresses him- self clearly as to trade ar- rangements between the two countries, which is likely to advance the negotiations for a commercial treaty. In the course of his letter he draws at- tention to the "cordial feeling of friend- ship existing between the old mother coun- try and the young Cuban republic," and says: "In Cuba, as in all America, there is a frank feeling of friendship for Spain, which, especially in Cuba, is not new. In other Spanish-American countries feelings of hatred were deeply rooted and could not easily be eradicated. But in Cuba no sooner had the smoke of the last battle disappeared than the hard feeling was con- verted into love and fraternity between the enemies of a day ; Regarding trade relations he finds these at present "an exceptional advantage for Spain," but future enlargement will not be possible "if Spain persists in refusing all privileges to our tobacco, notwithstanding the fact that she can easily accord such privileges, that industry being a state rev- enue in ; The president hopes that "Spain will at last make up her mind to buy of us three or four million dollars' worth of tobacco, which is at present the Cuban industry, de- serving preferential attention from the gov- ; Failing to establish better trade relations, he intimates that he will be unable to pre- vent congress from initiating retaliatory legislation. In the last ten fiscal years, ending with 1908-9, the official figures of the Cuban treasury department show that Cuba's pur- chases from Spain during this period ave- raged ne
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