Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
Ten Die, Six Wounded When
Rebels Engage Federal
Troops at Guanabacoa.
DECREE OF PRESIDENT
SUSPENDS CONSTITUTION
Menocal's Landing With Aides in
0riente Province Is
Rumored.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, August 1i.--An Cuba was
in the grip of martial law today and
strict censorship prevailed as the gov
ernment struggled to put down revo-
lutionary movement which was spread
ing throughout the island.
President Gerardo Machado, acting
on the authority granted him by Con-
gress, suspended constitutional privi-
leges in all the provinces, signing O
decree which recoznized that the sitla-
ton was serious.
Political elements hostile to the gov
eminent, in accord with enemies of the
present social system" he said. have
lent greater activity to their campaign
against the public peace, realizing in
various sections acts of rebellion of
armed forces in frank revolutionary
attitude"
Clash Imminent.
A clash between government troops
nent in the Guanabacoa section on the
outskirts of Havana where the loyalists
had surrounded q band Of insurgents
and we're preparing TO attack.
Nine revolutionists and one rural
guard officer were believed to have been
killed and six others wounded in sharp
engagement in Gusnabacoa last night.
Another skirnish took place at San
Nicolas. where federal forces captured
five prisoners and wounded one.
Former President Mario @. Menocal.
with two of his aides, was reported to
have landed on the north coast Of
Oriente Province, long h0tbed OF
intrigue, with the intention of assun-
ing leadership of the insurgent forces.
He has been sought by the government
since the movement started Sunday.
A manifesto, purporting to come from
Menocal, was distributed in Havana.
1t called on all Cubans to join IN strik-
ing lone blow of strength, magnitude
and swiftness" to unseat the Machado
regime. which was denounced in scath-
ing terms.
Cruiser Returns.
The cruiser Cuba, previously reported
to have gone over to the rebels, returned
from coast guard duty and anchored IN
the harbor The cruisers Barre ana
"a of February, also said to have de-
serted. were described by the govern
ment as cruising OF the coast.
The CuNAD Congress. in extraordinary
session, authorized the President to
of Havana and Pinar del Rio to the
remainder of the island. Secretary OF
the Interior Zubizrreta said order was
being maintained and that the g1v-
eminent Is disposed TO crush and viii
crush" any outbreak against public
peace.
Reports today from Remedies. in the
Province of Santa Clara, said three In
surgent groups headed by Col. Justo
gathering there.
Gen. Mario G. Menocal. sought as
the leader of Cuba's current revolution
airy uprising, was president of the re-
public from 1918 to 1921, but he al
ways has insisted he is not poll
tician.
Since his earliest childhood. unrest
in Cuba has influenced his life. In
1853 his father served in the war of
that year. while his mother took the
future President and his six brothers TO
Mexico, there to remain for eight years.
He was educated in the United States
and in 1895 he was ready to serve with
the revolutionists who threw on the
dominion of Spain.
Services Distinguished.
So distinguished were his services in
those years that he became a general
and after the fighting was appointed
chief of police of Havana thereafter he
held political posts for a time. even
tually turning his energies to develop
ment of the sugar industry.
Ills services In that sphere brought
him into such prominence that he was
Doomed for the presidency in 1908, was
nominated. but defeated -Four years
later he ran again and was elected.
His first term was uneventfui but In
the second sugar prices scared and
there was an unsuccessful attempt by
the Liberals to unseat him.
In 1921 he was succeeded as president
by Alfredo zayas, and returned to the
sugar business. He was defeated in the
presidential campaign of 1924 by Presi-
dent Machado, and in 1880 he reap
paared in the political arena to ehal-
lenge the legality of the Machado adj
ministration.