Evening star., 1922-07-28
CUBAN TREASURY
PROBE DEMANDED
Legislator Charges Millions
of Public Moneys Have Dis
appeared in Recent Months.
cRoWDER GETS REPORT
Presidents Representative Issues
Statement Saying o. S. Interven-
tion Depends on Finances.

BY the Associated Press
HAVANA. July 2S.-Included in the
list Of twenty-seven special treasury
funds exceeding 100000, which
Representative Bartolme Sagaro al
legged yesterday in a denunciation of
the supreme court had disappeared
from the national treasury, are pos
tai money orders aggregating $780,
OFT, port works funds totalins ST.
254,140 and civil retirement funds
amounting to $2,370.428, it was dis
closed today.
Treasury department figures for
May and June show a total income of
$97OO,OO0 with expenses of $1,000, 900,
Representative Sagaro declared. Since
none of these expenses have been
paid, the complainant charges, there
is an evident malversation of the
amount received.
The unjustified difference between
receips and disbursements during the
last fiscal year, Representative Sa-
garo declared, is shown by treasury
department records which contain or
ders for the payment OF SIS, 600:
but receipts for expenditures of s77,-
600, 900.
The securities alleged to have dis
appeared from the national treasury
were deposited with the government
by the Banco Nacional. now being
liquidated. as guarantees for federal
funds deposited in the bank. They
are understood to be in the hands
of the federal controllers.
Representative Sargaro filed other
charges with the Havana court of
oyer and terminer. petitioning an in
vestigation into what he alleged were
fraudulent payments of $l,e00,000 by
the paymaster's department of the
national treasury and extensive
funds in the national lottery. the
the Havana street cleaning depart
ment.
Copies of Representative Sagaro's S
charges have been furnished to Maj.
Gen. E. H. Crowder, special American
representative in Cuba, who was
quoted in a memorandum made pub
lie in part by the state department
Intervention in Cuba depended upon
the financial measures taken by the
executive and legislative branches OF
the Cuban government
The United States must be reasona-
bly, sure. the memorandum set forth,
that it would not have to act under
the permanent treaty and the Cuban
constitution to obtain prompt pay
ment of interest and amortization of
the vroposed new loan or existing
loans. 1t was evident. the memoran-
dun added, that the Washington gov
ernment's confidence that it would not
have to perform such a disagreeable
duty must proceed from the means
which must be adopted by the legis-
lative and executive branches of the
Cuban government"
1t was believed this portion of the
Crowder memorandum was made pub
lie to set at rest reports attributed to
the State Department that Gen
Crowder had decided to abandon his
mission as special representative in
Cuba of President Harding II his sug-
gestions were f1outed.
Alarmist stories published by the
morning newspaper La Nacion re.
garding the Cuban army resulted to.
day in the closing of the publication
on orders from the secretary of gov.
ernment. What simmered down to be
simply the desertion of three enliste ed
men was heralded by La Nacion yes.
terday as. threatened revolt of the
army. Two months ago. under diff
ferent management. La Nacion caused
a sensation by carrying on a cam.
paign of hate against the United
States.