Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-03
IA. Fl. Lindelie, Back From Cuba,
Tells Of Recent Revolution
And Extensive Property Raids

rIe did not do as r1neh property danJ-
age as did tire GN2baEs themselves dur
ing tile four months 81 the last revo-
.luttoE. A nan like WeyIer would
gather the people into concentrzc1on
camps and let therI starve and suffer.
but tte property world, to SORTS =
tent, be spared TIE rebels in the
last revolution did not ktlI many and
did o nee themselves wttil what
became Of the peopis. They simply
welded a torch and laft the fiflahtt-
Iarns IT the affected districts to- shift
for themselves as best they could-"
Asked Al to the aus OF the recent
Io1stbreak, Mr.. Lindelie said:
fRotten politics-thafs all. Presf-
dent Menocaf had hts term OF four
years, and, as a whoIe, his adr11tiis-
traitor was considered s~uecessfaL
But the Cuban people are very much
opposed to the principles OF a second
term, as IL Is too ~ttrssor1e o the
"outss to watt There was objection
to a second term gwen wftEtn the
presidents own party. but his frferds
forced his denomination through AID
started out to secure his r~e-eiectidn.
Excitement ran high and 1t can be
said without lear Of ~sucnessfnI on
tradfctfon that both sides were guilty
of fraud
Upon the face Of the esurrs, tbs
president had wons but the frauds In
the Santa Clare and Orterte districts
were so hraaer and b~arefaee6 that the
canpassin9 board threw the wfsole
thing out and recommended new elec-
tions- With these two provinces slim
mated, President Msnocal was ds-
feated. and thus hs favored new cleo
ttons IN the two provinces. His ssp-
porcers went out TO carry these elac-
tons through IN SUCH a &un thzt
tire Liberal party realized they had no
chances Whatsoever. Hence they ap-
pealed to Washington asking the
American government to conduct the
elections so AZ to guarantees fairness.
Bat Washington declined II this re-
guest had beer granted. there would
have been 40 revolution"
Regarding the Immediate result OF
the refusal OF the American govern
merit to supervise the Cuban election,
| Mr.. Lirdeiis had tflIs to Say:
Immediately a conspiracy was or
ganizsd throughout the island for the
purpose of overrarowfnx the president
OF, at any rate, preventing the new
elections. which everybody felt would
be fraudulent. This leader was cx
President Jose Miguel Gomez, and the
army whfef had been reckoned with
as a faithful supporter OF the govern
nent- proved fafthIess.
Then came the revolution on Feb
ruary II. without doubt, It was the
best organized rebellion ever organ.
ICED in Latin America. Over might
two-thfras of the entire island fell IN
to the possession OF the rebels. The
array stationed in the western part OF
the island stood by the government
/ dfsacfned. The real battle-ground
therefore was the eastern part o.
Cuba
ct the very start the rebels an
rounced that they had nc intention
of fighting Or doing damages. All tael
demanded was a fair election, and
they fraplored the American govern
merit TO intervene promising that ths1
would abide by the decision OF TIT
I ballot box.
Again here was an opportunity Il
avoid destruction. Washington
however. refused to interfere In
peaceful manner, but offered Prssf
dent Menocal a~ssistaree If necessar.
to down the rebelIteus movement b
forcs.
And thts started the carnival o
wholesale 4 testructfoTss Raffroa.
bridges were tynanatted OF burned
station houses were DESTROYED and al
goods IN transit was seized.
Once o the rebels asked TO
American Intervention, insisting tina
under the P1att amendment IT was tn
dirty of Washington government to d
something, Business me were TN
anirao1s in asking intervention for tn
purpose Of settling the election BIZ
|I-Washfrgton refused.
at this critical hour, the grea
misfortune of Cuba was the American
ambassador at Havana, William Con
zaIes. He Is a staureh persona
friend of President MenocaI. and b
set about TO do everything to protec
his interests. All through he be
Titled the revolution and told Wash
inston that IT vas all over, and tina
the whole trouble was only ON
bands of outlaws, that coon would b
exterrnfnatsd, NJ least twenty time
he declared tine revolution had ended
The wfde-awake American press ha
gone 60 sleep, or fed the America
people on the stuff, that the revofu
tion was ended. We bornbar6ed GU
representatives in congress TO wax
up the administration, and we 60
copies of Tanstng's letters In repl
sent to IS, saying that both the Amer
ican ambassador and the Cuban am
bassador agreed upon that the revo
luton was over.
THE winter IL our. harvest tim,
and the rebels not only did NOT wor
themselves but would not let anybod