. The Cuba review. BOTan: ^AW THE CUBA REVIEW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyright 1923, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume XXI October, 1923 Number 11 Cuban Government Matters. Cosme de la Torriente Dr. Cosme de la Torriente Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, chairman of the Cuban delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations, has been elected president of the League, and at the same time has been tendered the appointment of Cuban Minister at Washington. These are new honors, as for a number of years. Dr. de la Torriente has been one of Cuba's foremost statesmen, and he has been espe- cially p
. The Cuba review. BOTan: ^AW THE CUBA REVIEW "ALL ABOUT CUBA" Copyright 1923, by the Munson Steamship Line Volume XXI October, 1923 Number 11 Cuban Government Matters. Cosme de la Torriente Dr. Cosme de la Torriente Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, chairman of the Cuban delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations, has been elected president of the League, and at the same time has been tendered the appointment of Cuban Minister at Washington. These are new honors, as for a number of years. Dr. de la Torriente has been one of Cuba's foremost statesmen, and he has been espe- cially prominent in the field of foreign relations. Dr. de la Torriente was born June 2 7th, 1872, on his father's sugar plantation, "La Isabel" in Matanzas Province, in which locality his family has been promi- nent for many years. He was educated at the Institute of Matanzas and the University of Havana, where he took the degrees of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters in 1892, and was about to take his degree of Licentiate in Law, when the revolution broke out. In 1895 he came to the United States in the interest of Cuban independence. When Spanish rule ended in Cuba, Dr. de la Torriente was appointed Secretary of the civil government in Havana, and later, Acting Governor of that province. His career as a foreign diplomat began in 1903, when he was appointed secretary of the legation at iNIadrid. In the Spanish capital he served as Charge dAffaires, as Minister, and as Envoy Extraordinary to represent the Republic of Cuba at the wedding of King Alfonso. He resigned his post in Madrid in 1906 when the revolution against President Palma broke out and the United States intervened. His signature is upon the first and only treaty made between free Cuba and Spain and this treaty is still in 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 p
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