Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 294, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1934 — Page 18

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ENLARGED ARMY KEEPS VIGIL IN SUFFERING CUBA Liberals Groan Under Rule of Military: Schools Suffer Badly. Till* it the third of four article* on the altuation in Cuba, just beginning to recover from the Machado terror and subsequent revolutions. BY CHESTER M. WRIGHT ‘Written for the Seripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, With a Cuban friend I looked from a hotel roof, surveying the surrounding scene. Before us stood a building bearing the inscription, "City Bank Club.” "Strange,” said my friend, “that the ABC held its meetings in that club, the club of the Nation City bank. Strange, too, that the leader of the ABC. Dr. Joaquin Martinez Saenz, was the lawyer for the National City bank and that today he is the finance secretary in the President’s cabinet. Strange, but those are the facts.” So, that was anew light on the famous secret society, the revolutionary ABC. "It’s strength was greatly over-rated,” said my friend, whose job has been to dig through the archives of the fallen dictatorship. Some day that man, when he is ready, will pepper Cuba and this country with sensations. I had been told, in 1927, of a labor official who had been killed and tossed into the harbor. An arm had been found in the belly of a shark. “We have now the complete records of that case,” he said. General Crowder Complained A letter comes to light, written by General Enoch Crowder to General Machado, complaining because sugar revenues were not coming to him as regularly as they had been coming. The records of Mr. Machado's personal “takings” are being examined. Present estimates are that he had about twenty-five million dollars safely cached outside Cuba when he fled. But the past is a matter of secondary interest today. What of today and tomorrow? Here is one thing about today: The Cuban army is probably larger today than it was under Machado and it was the Cuban army that kept Machado in office long after his normal time had passed. If you ask Cubans why they need so large an army they probably will tell you they do not know. The real liberals are disappointed. There is much feeling that the army is maintained at such strength because Colonel Batista, that strange product of the hour, wants it that way. And there is much conviction that Colonel Batista remains at the top of the army because those who speak for Uncle Sam in Cuba want him there. In any event, Colonel Batista has a mighty good army and he can get the palace on the telephone when he wants to and if he wants something special for the army he can get that. too. One of the things Grau wanted to do was to get rid of Colonel Batista.

Army Very Vigilant The army is much in evidence. There are plenty of soldiers on the streets. The corridors of the capitol are full of them. Body guards are de rigeur. When you enter the capitol you are frisked. The searching is thorough, too—no perfunctory affair. Add the sailors and the police, and Havana has the look of a very military capital. At S2O a month and keep, an army can eat up a lot of the revenues of a poverty-stricken country. There is no pretense that the army is being maintained for the purpose of keeping men out of idleness. The maintenance of this army is a signal that all is not yet well in Cuba. There is a fine army, but the few schools are so expensive that no worker can think of sending his children to be taught. Meanwhile new political jobs are being created. About one-hundred student leaders have been sent abroad, on salary, and the government gains surcease from their demands. The outstanding leaders, however, rejected the offer of these ’•missions” or junkets. A council of state is being created, on the surface to bring advice to the government. The cabinet does not have portfolios enough to take in all of the political parties. They can all get into the larger council of state. It is not to be expected they will bring forth much advice. Revenues Handled Honestly But though there are these devices of a purely practical nature, there is, concededly, an honesty of administration and an honesty in the handling of revenues that is new to the Cuba of this generation. The coming of Colonel Mendieta to power probably has meant a breathing spell for American investors in Cuba. These same investors, or their banker representatives. so far over-reached themselves that they will be a long time digging out, but a breathing spell is that much to the good, in any event. Just now the sugar harvest is on and it is the rule of this government, as it was of Mr. Machado, that nothing must interfere with the sugar crop. A country whose fate hangs on one crop comes to stand in awe of that crop. Whether it is to be a breathing spell or a full pardon remains to be seen. President Mendieta had some things to say about that—about Cuba and land and crops. Mendieta Has Disappointed But I came away with the profound conviction that the finest of Cuba's patriots are deeply dissatisfied. deeply disappointed, with the Mr. Mendieta who presides in the palace, even though they have no idea where they would turn for a better man. • Mendieta,” they say. ‘‘is a good man. He is honest. He looks forward. But he lacks the courage to dominate a cabinet that has been gathered from many parties and that is filled with conservative and reactionary men.” They point to Cosme de la Torriente, secretary of state, as the arch example. Mr. De la Torriente once was president of the League of Nations and he has never recovered. He labors uiujer the idea that he was chosep for his standing and his erudition—for his importance, whereas he was chosen for his lack of importance. "He dominates and he takes Iris views from the old regime,” they say. "He listens too much to Mr. Caffrey,” Ihey say, ‘‘and Mr. Caffrey knows nothing about what Cuba needs.”

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FURNITURE SHOW TO OPEN HERE MONOAY Modern Trends to Feature Three-Day Exhibit. Modern trend in furniture design and color will be shown on a large scale when the style show of modern bedrooms, produced under the direction of the Modem American Guild opens at the Claypool in the Riley room next Monday for athieeday exhibit. Eighteen bedrooms, complete in every’ detail from the largest piece to the smallest accessories, will be installed in the Riley room where the show will be open to the public without charge. The exhibit will be opened formally by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Democrat Women to Meet Woman’s auxiliary’ to the Beech Grove Democratic Club wijl hold a business meeting at 7:30 tonight at 510 Main street. A public meeting to which candidates are invited will start a 8.

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