The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-12
TERROR REIGN
GRIPS CUBA IN
RULE BY ARMY
MaChado'S Soldiers Only
Thriving People; Masses
Hungry, Desperate.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
scripps- Howard Foreign Editor


WASHINGTON, Oct 12-Lost 10
sight in the hullabsloo of world
in upheavaI, a reign Of terror is in
full swing in the forgotten isle"
Of Cuba, according to reliable
sources here.
Held down only by Dictator
Machado and his well paid army
the only thriving people on the
island-the population, hungry and
desperate. are pictured as trying to
f1pht their way out the only way
thew can. namely by individual
revOlts
In retaliation and supported by
martial law Machsdo is f1ghtlng
with his back to the wall. Whole
sale arrests are said to be Of al
most daily occurrence.
Police raids almost constantly are
in progress. Prisons are overflow
ing
Most of the social and political
leaders of the country either are
under arrest in fortresses, hiding
in the various foreign legations Of
the capital, or in fight abroad.
situation Called Disgraceful
The situation is disgraceful and
intolerable.o Ellen Star Brinton,
field secretary Of the Women's In
ternational League for Peace and
Freedom declared.
News has Just reached the wom-
ems league Of the assassination OF
GonzalO de Andrade and his two
brothers. numbered among Macha-
COS opposition. Ganzalo de An
drade this summer conducted one Of
she leagues representatives around
Havana for interviews.
And now" said Secretary Brin-
ton. "he is dead"
According to the newspapers, she
explained. the killing was done in
retaliation for the previous Staying
-bv whom not stated--of DR.. Vas
ouez Bello, president Of the Cuban
senate.
The league takes the position
that there is strong reason to be-
lieve that the administration OF
President Machado maintains itself
in power through the support of the
American government and banking
interests"
From Frying Pan to Fire
Perhaps American people still
think that the war Of 1898 and the
rescue of Cuba by the U. S. A. from
Spanish domination was a worthy
project" the league statement de-
clared. But some OF us. who have
been in close touch with Cuban men
and women, feel that the little is
land literally jumped from the fry
ing pan into the fire.
information coming to the league
from trustworthy sources confirms
our belief that conditions now in
Cuba largely are due to American
domination in Cuban financial af-
fairs, and that the illegal govern
ment of President Machado is being
supported and aided by influences
from Washington"
The league charges that "the
Plat amendment makes it impo-si-
bic for the Cuban people to cope
with the situation;' therefore, it
plans to petition Washington to in
vestigate conditions in the islands
with a view TO putting an end to the
tragic" situation.
Close to Hunger Line
Secretary Brinton personally Wis
tied Cuba. There, she SAID, L met
a number of splendid young women,
college graduates and the type who
would be social leaders of any wom-
ems organization in this country.
They had Just finished serving
thirteen months Imprisonment on
the Isle of Pines as personal host
ages of President Machado. Some
sixty students still are said to be
imprisoned. All schools and COL
leges except a few of the lower
grades have been closed since De-
cember, 1880"
From other sources, it is learned
that the Cuban masses are close to
the hunger line, and that in some
districts people actually are dying
OF starvation, so frightfully acute
is the economic situation underly-
ing the political unrest.
The Platt amendment imposes a
moral obligation on the United
States to intervene in Cuba when
life, property and individual liberty
,ro