Arizona republican., 1912-03-20
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HAVANA. March 17-Not since the
re- establishment of the republic by
Governor General Maeoon on January
rs. 1909, has the political situation i'll
Cuba been more complicated. more
ldiffcult of ANALYSIS and apparently
r,cre alive with dangerous symptoms
than ~ the present moment There
is no question that throughout the
island there reigns a spirit OF deepest
unrest arising from lack of conf
dence in the government. and the
icCnscquent depression of business. ag-
giavated by endless political dissen-
sion. This has been all the more
noticeable since the veteran agitation
illuminated. cor the time at least. on
the receipt of Secretary KnoX's note
! That the Cuhans very generally
iiocosniZe the gravity of the present
! state Of affairs is shown by the
amount of editorial space which news
papers of al political compleXions
continue To devote to adiurations To-
/ al patriotic Cubans To get together.
To forget all their personal and po-
/ litical differences and To- work 10y
IaliV IN unison To remove any pos
Sihlc cause of complaint from Wash
Iington. rs the only way to avoid the
/ horrors of another intervention" So
! far there has been no audible r.
Spouse 10 these appeals and tn"
struggle for political power among
the various factions becomes more
| cmbittered every day
n.S,.it. III. ,,-i.l..,.,.,,.1 ca,
ton with the administration al Pres
( ident Gomez and his reiterated pro-
tcstatinns that under no circum-
stances will he ever consider a re-
nomination, an impression appears t.
bc growing that at the last moment
tn general win find himself unable
Ia select among the crowd of candi-
dates u successor to whom he can
conscientiously enruSt tn" destinieS
'Di The republic. Many declare their
conviction that Gomez iS the one
Strong Man in the country and pre-
dict confidently that if ho fails -
succeed himself, the country. uncon-
trollcd bv his firm grasp. will soon
he thrown into anarchy Others pro-
ftSs confidence that the acceptance
Gl a denomination by President Gomez
win be the signal for an UPRISING
that VIII either sweep IA" country CO..
Irrcipirato an immediate Intervention
by the United SttIcs.
It is well known that Gomez has
Gorc lis utmost To induce General
Mario Menocal the great Conserva-
tive leader who. bv reason Of his
high personal character and his re-
nown as the greatest surviving lead
CT of the Revolution may be said To-
rank foremost among living Cubans.
To- accept the nomination as a Con
scrvativc with the backing of Tn
Miguelista wing of the Liberal party
In spite OF the entrcaticS OF members
OF his family who are naturally anX-
icus that he should enjoy the dis
tinction of ruling over the country
for whose freedom he fought. and the
influence Of some of his closest per
sonal friends. General Mcnocal is
strongly diSinclincd to accept a nom |
nation even wcr" his election To- hc
practically assured. Patriot as he is, !
il IS said by some who know him !
hest that. under existing conditions. |
he doubts the possibility that he can
serve his country in the capacity OF |
president
Gomez is said To have even offered {
his support To- that uncompromising /
Conservative. General Ferire de An ,
drade. who has not been able To- see
his way to an acceptance. Recently
the president has declared himself
warmly IN favor of the candidac- Of
~.
governor of Havana, Who is making
strong campaign in his own pro- .
vince and has Il considerable follow
ing in Pinar del Rio This action
has met the strong disapproval of
many of Gomcz's supporters, notably
tIat nc Colonel Orestes Ferrara tn, d
speaker o. the house of representa-
tives. whose resignation as speaker
is believed to have been due 10 this,
ard Representative Mendicta who also
resigned Among other important
supporters of the president who are
said to intend signifving their dis
approval of his course by retirement
is General Machado. secretary of the
department of the interior. and prob
ably the strongest member of the
cabinet
Predictions that the veteran move
ment would gain increased force and
intensity by reason of the adverse
decision of the supreme court. which
declared the unconstitutionality of the
law OF December Is. suSpendin@ the
operation of the civil service law and
thereby ousting many so-called "Guer-
rilas and Traitors" to make room ~
veterans of approved patriotism. have
rot been fulfilled so far While some
or the more radical veterns continue
to talk loudly of lynching all judges
no fail 70 carry out their behests,
the veterans. as body. contendcd
th.,u,SpIvaS with protesting against the