Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
MACFIADO BLAMES AGITATION ON
UNREASONABLE HAVANA FOES
Students Used as Mask by Newspapers and
Heterogeneous Elements Suspension Of
Elections Impossible Under Law.

This has also been done, in the same
manner, by the heads Of the political
parties. the legislators and the most
prominent elements of the Cuban people
By ignoring their sensible advice would
expose myself to the provocation Of q
revolutionary situation.
Backing Of Government.
The government that I preside ever
is backed by 90 per cent of the members
of the Legislature, the Governors of al
the provinces and their legislative as
Semblies, more than 120 mayors of the
124 that rule the MUNICIPALITIES that
constitute the territory OF the republic
the national army, the navy and the po-
lice forces.
None of these was organized during
my government, but most of them have
been il existence since the republic was
constituted.
1t seems, therefore. evident that if ]
cannot prevent agitators from being in
Cuba, can. on the other hand, prevent
their propaganda eliminating in q seri-
Gus disturbance. It would take longer
to produce the disturbance than to sup
press It, for the necessary measures to
that effect have been adopted, as 1 said
yesterday IN my address to calm the
country.
Our economic situation, as that Of the
whole world, Is not as satisfactory as we
would wish, due to the low price of
sugar, our principal product, and also
to the repercussions which have been
produced upon our other articles of ex-
port by the universal crisis.
But in spite of these my government
has religiouSly met its international and
domestic obligations and all our activi-
ties have developed normally. We trust
they will rapidly improve as soon as the
alarm created by the present state of
agitation disappears.
Bank Crisis Minimized.
The late bank crisis affected only one
OF the banks affiliated with the Havana
clearing house. The other members of
that institution, both Cuban and for
eign, faced the panic in such an adj
mirable form that 1t has helped to
strengthen them, increasing the conf
dence Of the public in their solvency.
The fact that this kind Of trouble has
been provoked twice during my incum-
bency-the first without any eonse-
quences, and the other limited to the
institution really affected-constitute
evident proof Of the honesty and Sc
curtty with which public matters have
developed under my government.
AS have repeatedly announced, after
the nrSt OF November will send q mes
sage to Congress requesting the reform
OF the electoral laws in order to offer to
those Of the opposition extraordinary
facilities to organize themselves into a
political party and, with their votes.
impose the solutions that they NAV
wish, If the majority Of the country is
favorable to them.
With this reform, with the formation
OF new census and with the reorRani-
cation OF the existing parties, measures
or such nature that they require at
least q year to develop and, therefore.
are for the moment impractical le-the
political field will be completely clear
before the holding Of the elections Of
1892 for the purpose of electina the
Governors and the mayors of all the
country whose character as executive
officials gives those elections q singular
Importance.
At the same time I win propose the
adoption Of important economic. laws
TO remedy, as much as possible, the
damage caused to our wealth by the
present universal crisis and 10 eSta hlish
our economy upon basis more consist
ent with the requirements Of modern
life.
Having finished, or nearly finished,
the numerous public works which con-
stitute the nrst part Of my election
platform, among them the central
highway, I will complete 1t with the
political and economic Improvement Of
the country, duly fulfilling the promises
that made when was q candidate.
(Copyright, 1891