New Britain herald., 1922-10-04
PATRIOTISM GROWS
 WITH CUBAN PEOPLE
It's Future Rests Upon New Stan-
 dard of Government

N1"NeHd' Cuph, OCt. S-HerOic doeoe
 of patriotism, self administered 'by
 Cuba. have marked the course oi
 treatment prescribed by Major Gen.
 eral F. H. Crowder since he began his
 diagnosis last May of the evils that
 were ravasing the self government or
 sars of the island republic.
 Taking their cue from the consult ins physician sent by President Hard ing, and with the causes of the de- cline Tn national credit and internal government efficiency made plain in the generals 18th memoranda, the as- ststing Cuban doctors and nurses be- gan drastic measures.
 Patriotism Aroused.
 Through intellectual, commercial and patriotic organizations and by parade. manifestation. mass meeting, resolution and editorial the necessity for new standards of good government was made plain. Never in the course of Cuba's 20 years of independent gov ernment according to impartial ob- servers, have the people received 80 intensive instruction in patriotism, the rights and obligations of self govern. ment, and the scope of the Platt amendment to the constitution, which fixes the extent of the responsibilities assumed by the United States in vouching for the Cuban Republic be- fore the nations of the world
 The events that marked a recent extraordinary council of the Veterans of Cuban Wars q Independence are typical of all theVrecently held patri- otic movements. Reports that Cuba was threatened with American inter- venticn, which followed partial pub. lication of the 18th crowder memor- anda and hts demand on August 30th, that congress take quick action on emergency legislation, resulted in an s 0 s call to the veterans.
 Eight major generals, 22 brigadier generals and two score colonels, cap- tains and lieutenants assembled quick. ly under the presidency of General Pedro Betancourt, secretary of agri- culture, commerce and industry in the Zayas cabinet. All were ready, &C., cording to local belief. again to take up arms in defense of Cuban inde- pendence, either against foreign in- vaders or their own constituted gov ernment, wherever the peril lay. Neither violent measures nor reso- lutions were found necessary. A con- mittee headed by Dr. Domingo Men deg Capote. a dominant figure among the elder statesmen, instituted an in- quiry. They learned Cuba was in no immediate peril of renewed subjuga- ton and dispersed.
 Crowder F1rmer.
 President Zayas, reiterating previ- ous formal statements, told the con- mittee, that while General Crowder's had been getting firmer and firmer. intervention never had been threatened nor even hinted The presidents of the house and sen- ate denied that congress ever had been subjected to foreign pressure, and declared that the five laws it was considering were the product of Gu ban initiative and patriotism.
 The same assurances were given by l President Zayas to the organizers of | a great parade of Masons, which de- filed recently before the chief execu- tive. Similar statements were made l 1t. meetings of engineers. architects, ] and politicians.
 Exhaustive discussion of the poll | tical and financial crises confronting | the government and the scope of | General Crowder's mission. resulted in attentive studies in news and editor lal columns of Cuba's relations to the | United States as defined in the Platt | Despite flurries of feel ing caused by partisan attacks on the Zayas administration for its alleged before Washington, and on the American congress for increas- Ing the tariff on sugar, the general conclusion was reached that Cuba must save herself and that the Unit ed States was giving her full oppor- tunity @
 In addition to the flood of newspa- per and oratorical comment. the re- form furry was marked by the publi- cation of hAoks dealing with Cuban American relations. Among these are mum bered The Peril of the Eagle" Under the Claw" and ''The Platt