. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 11 GENERAL COMMENT ON CUBAN AFFAIRS republic, and to build it up from the remnants of one of the oldest of the Spanish colonies. They had to help prepare a new constitution, hoki elections, and turn over to its people a fully equipped Cuban republic this was done entii-ely under military officers who used to a very large extent the best elements of the native population. These Cubans were intelligent and loyal, and performed in a highly creditable manner their portion of the work.—-Major-General Leonard Wood in the World's Work. THE CUBAN ARMY Cuba celebrated
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 11 GENERAL COMMENT ON CUBAN AFFAIRS republic, and to build it up from the remnants of one of the oldest of the Spanish colonies. They had to help prepare a new constitution, hoki elections, and turn over to its people a fully equipped Cuban republic this was done entii-ely under military officers who used to a very large extent the best elements of the native population. These Cubans were intelligent and loyal, and performed in a highly creditable manner their portion of the work.—-Major-General Leonard Wood in the World's Work. THE CUBAN ARMY Cuba celebrated the twelfth anniversary of the republic's birth on ^lay 20th, with suitable ceremonies in all parts of the island. A most interesting spectacle was the parade in Havana of the 45,000 troops. The appearance of the men and their evolutions moved La Lucha's editor to express himself thus eloquently: "There was absolute order, perfect military discipline, martiality to the point of giving the soldiers the aspect of hard tried veterans, fine healthy appearance, beautiful and well- kept mounts, presenting in all a most ex- cellent aspect and sufficient to make every Cuban heart feel proud because it was their army—the army of the Republic of Cuba, the best manifestation of its ; PANAMA CANAL BENEFITS CUBA It would seem to an ordinary observer that the future of Cuba has become assm'ed through the instrumentality of the Panama Canal. Cuba is a half-way house between the Pacific and the United States and Em-ope, and must soon become an important port of call for ships which need more or less refitting or the replenishing of provisions, and the population of the island must, accordingly, be more rapidly changed in its character as it becomes more and more a link in the whole commerce of the western world. This begins to be sho\\Ti in the rapid growth of Havana, and the gi-eat care taken, since the American occupation, to maintain its reputation for good health
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