Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1933, Page 3

MACHADD'S PARTY WEIGHS PROPOSAL Liberals Take Up Formula Calling for Resignation of Cuban President. (Continued From First Page.) a bakeshop, whose owner had not joined the strike. The war declaration was attended by a series of swift-moving developments, among which were: Bertha Skirving, a cable company employe. who said she is an American, was arrested for allegedly speaking un- favorably of Cuba, but was released, after being warned against a recur- rence. Spanish Ambassador Luciano Lopes Ferrer, according to an_authoritative source, protested to the President against treatment accorded Spaniards, two of whom were killed Monday, when guards fired on crowds near the presi- dential palace and killed 21 persons. Officials at the British legation de- clined to confirm a report that Grant ‘Watson, the British Minister, had con- ferred with Welles about treatment of PBritish subjects and damage to British property during disturbances. Meanwhile, Senator Wilfredo Fer- nandez, a conservative, who has sup- ported the administration, announced & commission of congressmen would call on Senor Machado today to assure him of their support. Party Lines to Be Broken. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., Photo That Was Not Supposed to Be Made I | “In any moment of crisis a solution may be found among Cuba! “Strong opposition will develop against intermedding.” This apparently was in reference to Welles' peace ef- forts with opposition and government | chieftains. Secretary Ferrara told the Associated Press that Senator Pedro Goderich, who was reported vesterday as having assured Welles of co-operation in the mediation efforts, had later asked Ma- chado for an interview today in order to express his esteem for the president. A meetng of the Liberals, Dr. Fer- rara said, was called for today when it was expected they would vote to sup- port Machado. Oscar B. Cintas, Cuban Ambassador to the United States, who conferred with President Roosevelt yesterday, was expected to talk with American State Department officials today, according to Ferrara, and to inform the secre- tary of developments subsequently. Extra Precautions Taken. ‘The state of war was declared in ef- fect at 6 pm. yesterday and military units, withdrawn Monday after the dis- turbances, were recalled. Congress E;nnted the president authority to sign e decree on Monday when it voted the suspension of constitutional guar- antees for 30 days. The decre said: “The interest of the public peace demands the adoption of extraordinary means for the maintain- ing of order, for which the reconcilla- tion procedure adopted by the govern- ment have not been sufficient: nor have the means at _the disposal of the civil authorities sufficed to prevent such dis- turbances.” Military commanders will be appointed to ¢ succeed civil authorities in all provinces. The Interior Department de- clared that “formation of groups or too high speds of automobiles are absolutely forbidden.” ~ Extra precautions were taken by police. MARINES GET ASHOBE UNDER “HEAVY FIRE” Work of Landing Part of Feciure of First Maneuvers of Brigade. Special Dispatch to The Star. QUANTICO, Va, August 10—A landing party came ashore successfully while under fire in a sham battle here today as a feature of the first maneu- vers of the 6th Marine Reserve Bri- gade, The 3d battalion of the brigade was the landing force, while the 1st and 2d battalions attempted to hold the beach. ‘The landing was screened by smoke laid down by a squadron of planes. The entire brigade practiced erect- ing pup tents preparatory to throwing up fleld bivouacs next week in South- ern Maryland when the 6th Brigade | will engage in a “war” with Virginia fraining troops. CANNING CE“TER GETS CRABAPPLES FOR NEEDY Receives 32 Bushels From Arling- ton Experimental Farm—Addi- tional Contributions to Be Made. A gift of 32 bushels of crabapples from the Arlington Experimental Farm | has been received by the canning cen- ters which are preserving vegetables and fruit at Deanwood, Eliot, Gordon and Bell Junior High Schols for the benefit of the unemployed. Still more crabapples are expected when a large group from the Catholic Charities visit the farm in the near future to gather their share. The can- ning centers are operated by the Play- ground and Community Center De- partments in co-operation with the Council of Social Agencies, which is sponsoring the subsistence garden proj- ect in the District. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE THIRTY-FIRST QUARTERLY DIV- idend of one and one-half per cent (1'a2%) on the 87, series of 1925 preferred stock, and the twenty-fifth quarterly dividend of one and three-eights per cent (13%%) on the Blacy series of 1927 preferred stock of the Potomac Electric Power Company have been declared payable September 1, 1633, to pre- ferred stockholders of record at the close of business on August 12. 193 s for the transfer of the said preferred stock will be closed from the close of business on August 2. 1033, to the opening of business on Aagust 18, 1933, M. KEYSER. Secretary. I WILL NOT BE RESPONSI POl ¥ debts_contracted by anyone other than my- self. RUSSELL M. SMALL. 634 A st. n. 3 STUDEBAKER COMMANDER—EXCELLENT mechanical condition: very good rubber and upholstery; new paint: being sold for re- very cheap. ~ THOMAS BROS. 1105 W st. ANT TO HAUL FULL RT LOAD or from New York. Richmond. Boslor:_ PA&H- es. . NA. 1460. Local moving '/RN-LOAD RATES ON to all points within ECIAL RETU and part _loads : 2 lo- A AT'L ._INC., 1317 N. ¥. ave. PEACHES ARE RIPE AT QUAINT ACRES. On__Silver Spring-Colesville Pike. Route ®o. 27, only 5 miles north of D. C. line. Tteasury Department ©Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Wi D. C. May 29, 1933 Notice is hereby given to all persons who Ely have claims against ““The Commercial ational Bank of Washington,” District of Columbia, thet the same must be presented to Robert C. lwin, iver, with the lexal proof thereo witrin three months {rom this date or they may be disallowed. J. F. T. O'CONNOR. Comptroller of_the Currenicy FURNACES geaned by vacuum, furnace paired. 24-hour service. LIn 1395 ROOF WORK Draeuday rooters: Canus ot entimate. KOONS &n " ay T000 | ald he as- | CAMERA CONCEALED TO PICTURE SCENE AT CUBAN CAPITOL. AKEN at a distance, due to the fact that cameramen were barred and the camera had to be concea'sd, the above shows President Machado of Cuba, surround by congressmen and Cuban secret service agents, as he left the Capito!, where he appeared before Congress and lifted the martial law order that has governed Cuba for the past two years. detectivi Note that the approach to the Capitol is cleag with, the exception of a sprinkling of police and nset: Col. Carlos Mendieta, one of the leaders of the Nationalists party, who has frequently been ! mentioned as the leading .oppositionist candidate for the presidency of Cuba if Presidenta Machado should resign or be | removed from office. —Wide World Photos. ANOTHER ARREST 1S MADE IN KILLING i Seventh Colored Man Held in River Death at Piney Point. Hearing Postponed. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., August 10.— ;’ With the arrest this morning of a seventh suspect in the murder of Henry E. Hawkins, 42-year-old Sperryville (Va.) live stock dealer, the preliminary hearing scheduled for today to deter- mine the fate of the other men under | arrest was postponed until Saturday | morning at 10:30 o'clock. ! Counsel for the six colored men | who were arrested a short time after | Hawkins was killed by a blow from the | blade of an oar at Piney Point Sunday, | court attaches and Magistrate John R. Drury were ready to proceed with the | hearing when deputy sheriffs walked in | Rudolph Johnson, colored, of Piney Point. | with manslaughter in Hawkins' death. | Counsel hyrriedly employed by Johnson | immediately appealed for a continu- ance of the hearing to permit him to confer wita his client and the dels was granted. | A crowd of 500 people thronged tne | court house and corridors for the hear- ing this morning, including a party of 40 prominent Virginians who came here to witness the proceedings. Among the latter was State’s Attorney William F. Moffitt of Rappahannock County, V: | who urged local authorities to hold { joint trial for the prisoners. Those held on manslaughter charges in connection with Hawkins’ death are | Vernon _Maddox, Charles Johnson, | Francis Maddox, Ne dy Johnson, George | Robinson, “Puddin” Robinson and Ru- i dolph Johnson. 'ROOSEVELT WANTS MACHADO TO QUIT TO MAKE PEACE SURE (Continued From First Page.) tress in Cuba cannot be prevented so {long as Machado retains office. From an officlal source here it is understood President Roosevelt ex- I bis conference late yesterday with | Oscar B. Cintas, Cuban Ambassador to | this country. It is understood that | President Roosevelt spoke with -blunt directness during this interview. York yesterday asked for the audience al the Summer White House. The Cuban made the journey to Krum El- |bow by motor, arriving at the Presi- | dent’s home around 5 o'clock. He was | closeted with Mr. Roosevelt in the lat- | ter’s study for more than an hour and as he was taking his departure he met | Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, who, | with Mrs. Woodin, was arriving at; Krum Elbow to spend the night and | part of today. i Besides finding the American Presi- | dent with determined and fixed ideas about the Cuban situation and the im- mediate course of the United States, he well acquainted with Cuban affairs. Very happily too. he found that Mr. Roosevelt’s aim was to help Cuba in her present crisis and not to throw on_the island. Mr. Roosevelt has always been a close student of Latin America, but within the past few days, since the disorders in the island broke out, he has been in frequent telephone communication with State Department officials. He has been kept advised of every de- velopment. Moreover, just in advance of Ambassador Cintas’ visit, the Presi- dent had received a pouch of confi- dential messages from Sumner Welles, American Ambassador at Havana, which had been brought here by a trusted messenger in an airplane. So confidential were these messages that it was thought safer to have them brought to the President in this way rather than to trust them wire transmission. Mr. Roosevelt evinced a hopefulness that the Cuban problem would be solved quickly. He is counting heavily upon Cuba accepting the plan of Ambassador Welles of its good offices and friendly Nevertheless the growing turmoil and the turn of events during the past 48 hours have given him grave concern. While he seems determined to avoid in- tervention, he is understood to have given thought to such & step in the avem he is forced by circumstances to lo_s0. It is known that in this respect the President has within the past 24 hours reread the provisions, K of the Platt amendment, which is a part of the Cuban constitution and has reread the official interpretation of this amend- ment by Elihu Root, former Secretary of State. Briefly, under this amend- ment, Cuba recognizes the right of the United States to intervene to save the Cuban Republic from armed attack or when a veritable state of exists. Therefore, those who have talked with the President feel certain that he is go- ing to order troops to Cuba only as a last resort and only when he is satisfled that anarchy or a condition equally as terrible exists. pressed sentiments to that effect during | Ambassador Cintas who was in New | {tion. The first 10 men were the ‘A’ cell.“ | | | | | Menocal. | found that Mr. Roosevelt was especially | jg largely ,elmbh-- “Expjain ado’s government and his aid and influence to any one faction | Cuban Showdown Approaches A-B-C Pressure Forcing Machado Out as United States Tries to Avoid Necessity of Intervention. Editor's Note—This is the third of a series of dispatches surveying the temse situation in Cuba. BY RALPH McGILL. HAVANA, Cuba (by Airmail).—While the general strike paralyzes Cuba, the A. B. C. is preparing for the removal from office of President Gerardo Ma- chado. There is little else left for the Presi-‘ dent to do. Failure to control the situation will necessitate intervention by the United States, a situation the United States does not desire, but one which will be necessary under the terms of the Platt agreement. It is practical- ly assured Machado will step down within the very near future. The strike, which now works to re- move Machado, who is tyranny person- |ified to 90 per cent of the Cuban peo-| Johnson, they said, had been arrested | | at his home and had been charged | of passive revolution and the move: ment is sweeping the island. It was just a few days ago that I was introduced to one of the heads of Cuba's A. B. C. secret spclety, most powerful of the opposition groups. The A. B. C. had just accepted the offer of Ambassador Sumner Welles to | | set in the mediation meetings. The A. B. C. would never have accepted government did not trick them. One wonders what is this powerful society which can bring about revolu- tion and balk the efforts of the most powerful President Cuba has ever had, a dictator with a large and powerful army ;)l( soldiers and national police at his call. Leader Explains A. B. C. I was escorted to the office of one of the society’s leaders. He is a young and successful lawyer. He was edu- cated in the University of Havana and in one of the leading universities in the | United States. He is an authority on| international law and an astute student of government. i We sat in his cool office with its high | ceiling and with a breeze coming in| from the garden in the patio, and he, told one of the most amazing stories of modern times, a story of how 10 men began a movement which today occu- pies the attention of the entire world. The A. B. C. was formed during the revolution of 1931, the unsuccessful movement led by former President Since that time it has led the opposition forces. | “We started with 10 men,” said the, lawyer. “It was a cellular organiza- | Each of these 10 men got 10 more. They | wete the ‘B’ cells. Each of these got 10 more. They were the ‘C’ cells. And ! 50 on. The ‘B’ men knew only the man | The ‘C' men knew only the ‘B’ men | who had got them to join. “That was the origin. We went on with the ‘D’ ‘E’ and other sections. g‘:b.mve thousands of members all over “We frankly have done much to stop the flow of tax money to the govern- ment. The Cuban government is bank- rupt, and it can not edure. The A. B. C. the reason back of your movement to remove him,” I asked. Machado Mere Incident. He answered quickly. “Machado is merely an incident” he said. “The thing goes deeper. He represents what our system of government produces. He is a tyrant. He has been more corrupt than our past governments, and the government of Cuba has always been filled with graft.” “Machado,” I said, “points to his public works program and says that he is the first President to build roads and public buildings; that other presidents app ted money to build the central h!gllwuy and a capitol building but did not. “Yes,” said the A. B. C. official “But Machado and his men made the public works greater opj unities for public thievery. But we lose sight of the point. Machado is only a political incident. “You see, when our government was formed its constitution was a copy of the one of your country. It has been amended since, but it is still a copy. It was a great document for the United of study. It fitted a particular try. It does not fit ours. is not leaders in the opposition. merely be other Machados had in the past, not as as cruel, not as corrupt, but still Machados. \ “We are asking the Unil Ambassador to help us strike deep-rooted and fundamental our government. We must have & constitution, one which changes ically our form of government, which takes away the power which President has.” include all the youth of importance. ‘We were being murdered by the porra (strong-arm sluggers) and our families were being insulted and dis- graced. You heard of the treatment | accorded some of the ladies of Havana who marched to the presidential palace | in_protest? I nodded. That story is not denied by the government. set against the women as they reached the palace and attacked them. The lawyer's face was set. Happen- | ings such ‘as those have put iron into | the souls of those fighting the Machado government. “We knew the only way to halt this terror was to terrify them,” he said. “We did.” he concluded, grimly. | And they had. Terror stalked terror | In_ Havana and in other cities of Cuba. Dr. Juan Andres Fliteras, who was head of the A. B. C. while an exile in | New York, is now in Havana. He, too, is a brilliant attorney and a student of government. I talked with him at length. Prom him one may learn what the A. B. C. proposes in its determined ef- forts to bring a new deal to Cuba. The Cuban government merely represents special interests instead of the people of Cuba. | ‘Cuba,” he sald, “is primarily an agricultural country. Yet since the | Spanish War, and especially since the collapse of the sugar markets, the | that invitation had it not believed the Cuban has been slowly losing his land. United States would see that Machado’s “There are vast, landed estates. Most of the land of Cuba is owned by foreign | corporations. They do not have any interests in Cuba beyond their profits. Foreign-Owned Lands. “Foreign banks control most of our sugar mills. About 60 per cent of Cuba's farm lands are foreign owned. And sugar is 80 per cent of Cuba’s agri- culture. We would buy those lands | back, issuing bonds of low interest and long terms. Cuba can never be a na- tlon of free men until Cuba owns her own land. What if 60 per cent of all the arable land in the United States was owned by English or French companies? You can see what we are up against. We want to buy it back.” Other items in the A. B. C’s “new deal” would prohibit the importation of contract labor from the British West Indies, municipalization of the sugar mil towns which are now merely “com- pany towns,” exemption of homesteads from debts and foreclosures; a tax on incomes, nationalization of public util- ities, establishment of a bank of issue and of savings banks; preference to Cuban nationals in industry, insurance against old age, disability and unem- ploymet, the eight-hour day and many other social and economic measures of a similar nature. . The A. B. C. would premanently limit | the President’s powea | “It is not well for us to have a' President with the power which your | |who had obtained them as members. | President has and which ours has| under the constitution copied from {that of your country. We would, | changa the government to a pnument-l lary form. The President would have | a_position similar to that of the King of England or the President of France. | The real power would be vested in a! premier and a cabinet,” said Fliteras. The A. B. C. leaders believe this would enable the = Latin people to change their government without rev- olution. The A. B. C. rejects Communism and Fascism, but does not believe that democracy automatically produces ad- vantages. Communism, I was told, is present in Cuba. But, say the A. B. C. leaders, Communism is eager for Machado to remain in power. As long as he is in office the Com- munists can point to him and his gov- ernment as an example of the evils of the capitalistic form of government. The army is Machado’s. The school teachers and other employes of the state have not been paid. But the army has never missed a pay day. The strike draws the issue. a showdown. It is either tlie Marines Prostitutes were | CINTAS AND HULL CONFER ON CUBA Economic Matters Discussed in Parley at State Department. (Continued Prom First Page.) the stabilization of political and eco- nomic conditions in Cuba, Remains Optimistic. ‘The administration continues to maintain the optimistic point of view, that there will be no need of an armed intervention in Cuba, and that Machado will, for the good of his country, accept nlne main principles of the outlined plan. The news from Cuba indicates, how- ever. that this is not the point of view of the Cuban dictator. Still sup- ported by the army and the police forces, he believes in the strong method and intends to put down the ‘wide- spread rebellion by the force of arms. Under these circumstances it appears the economic rehabilitation of Cuba demanded by President Roosevelt is still far off, and that an intervention by the United States may be in the end necessary. The crux of the whole five-point plan is that Machado get out, as soon as possible. This Machado does not want to do. His determination has been further strengthened in the last 24 hours by the arrival of his faithful secretary of state, Dr. Oreste Ferrara. Ferrara Also a Fighter. Ferrara, like Machado, is a fighter. He has just returned from Londcn, Where he headed the Cuban delegation at the World Economic Conference. He has been impressed by the widespread tagonism which exists in Europe against the United States and realizes the reasons why the American Govern- ment shows such reluctance to inter- vene with armed forces in Cuba. Fer- rara is advising Machado to hold cn and maintain an unylelding _attitude toward the Cuban political parties and the United States. How long Machado will be able to play the present political game is a matter of guessing. ‘There is no doubt that the last thing President Roosevelt wants to do is to send warships and Marines to Cuba. But on the other hand, the adminis- tration is determined to stick to its guns, and insist that law and order should be re-established in Cuba at the earliest possible moment. As the situ- ation appears today, there seems to be no other way of having order in Cuba, except by Machado surrendering the presidency to somebody more accept- able o the Cuban people. The present situation of ruling with the gun and the bayonet cannot continue, it was stated. ‘The population ‘cf Cuba is in a desperate plight. The entire economic system of the islard has broken down, not because Cuba is going through the economic depression like the other conditions which have developed during the last 10 days. It appears, conse- quently, that the first step toward an the political conditions &«f Cuba, and that cannot be brcught about unless President Machado consents or is forced to retire. SWIMS TO CATCH FISH | William Farley tells how he caught a 3-pound bass. He monfentarily placed his rod on the bank of Kerbaugh's Lake and the fish struck. Off went the fish, hook. line and rod. | fish, with its drag, and towed the bass | back to shore, or Machado steps down. The United States does not wish to intervene. President Roosevelt desires only to be a friendly neighbor. Inter- vention would be the worst thing pos- sible from the United States’ view- point. Hence the pressure on Machado. A showdown is surely approaching. (Copyrignt. 1933. by North American News- paper Alliance. Inc.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933. EATS EVERYTHING NOW YOU WOULDNT ‘TOUCH IT UNTIL 8 largest YQU USED BELI-ANS e e b Armaica~ell s by ectly harmiess i lief ...."";5 aevers casce. Six Bell-ans, Hor water, ief. Since 1897. Trial is proof—2Sc. Sure il o BE ; countries, but because of the political | economic recovery would be a change in | COLUMBIA, Pa. August 10 (®—! 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