Evening star., 1922-10-01

began drastic measures
Through intellectual. commercial
and patriotic organizations and by
parade. manifestation, mass meeting.
resolution and editorial the necessity
for new standards Of good govern
ment was made plain. Never in the
course Of Cuba's twenty years OF in
dependent government, according to
impartial observers. have the people
received so intensive instruction in
patriotism. the rights and obligations
OF self-government and the scope OF
the Platt amendment to the Con1titu-
tion which fxes the extent Of the
responsibilities assumed by the
United States in vouching for the
Cuban republic before the nations Of
the world.
s. o. 3. to Veterans.
The events that marked a recent
of Cuban Wars of Independence are
typical of all the recently held pa
triotic movements. Reports that
Cuba was threatened with American
Intervention. which followed partial
publication of the thirteenth Crowder
gust 80 that Congress take quick action
on emergency legislation. resulted in
an S o. S. call to the .veterans-
Eight major generals, twenty-five
brigadier generals and two score of
colonels. captains and lieutenants
assembled quickly under the presl-
dency Of Gen. Pedro Betancourt. SEQ
retary of agriculture. commerce and
industry in the Zayas cabinet. All
were ready. according to local belief.
again to take up arms in defense of
Cuban independence either against
foreign invaders or their own con-
stituted government. wherever the
peril lay.
Neither violent measures nor reso-
lutions were found necessary. A
committee headed by DR.. Domingo
Mendez Capote. a dominant figure
among the elder statesmen. insti-
tuted an inquiry. They learned Cuba
was in no immediate peril Of renewed
subjugation and dispersed.
Denies Intervention Hint.
President Zayas. reiterating previ-
Gus formal statements. told tho COM
mittee that. while Gen. Crowder's
recommendations had been getting
firmer and frmer. Intervention never
Tho 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 Cuban
initiative and patriotism. The same
assurances were BlVoh oy ETeSloont
Zayas to the organizers Of q great
parade of Masons which dled recently
before the chief executive. Similar
statements were made at meetings Of
engineers. architects, business men
and politicians.
Exhaustive discussion Of the politi-
cal and financial crises confronting
the government and the scope of Gen.
Crowder's mission resulted in atten-
tive studies in news and editorial
columns Of Cubas relations to the
United States as defined in the Platt
amendment. Despite fiurries Of feel
ing caused by partisan attacks on
tho Zayas administration for its
alleged complaisance before Wash
ington and on the American Congress
for increasing the tariff on sugar, the
general conclusion was reached that
Cuba must save herself and that the
United States was giving her full op-
portunity. 49,
In addition to tho flood Of news
paper and oratorical comment. tho
reform furry was marked by the
publication OF books dealing with
Cuban-American relations. Among
these are numbered "The Peril Of the
Eagle" Under the Claw" and THE
Platt Amendment"