Evening star., 1933-11-08
Soldiers Rebel at Santiago.

Reports from CamaSueS SalC ~ - -
nation was quiet there, but dispatches
from Santiago said at least W sol9ieIs 1ieI
at the Moncada Barracks naa repeileu;
The foreign conSuls at Santiago nelo
a secret meeting at noon. The united
states consulate general advised Amerl-
/ cans who were perturbed TO MAKE con- con-
tact with division leaders In accoraailCe
with a prearranged concentration piaii
! and then await orders. 49,.
| Wireless instructions sent out py Cne
"A. b. c. to concentrate for the attack
on the palace claimed the reoeis SUN
held the Dragones, San AmproSlo'
Atares and De La Fuerza garrlsonS.
! The loyal. troops of Col. Batista. al
Camp Columbia, charged and routed
| rebellious aviation units.
Detachments from the DragoneS ana
1.-the San AmbroSio Barracks, which also
kioined in the movement in the uptown
Edistrict, began negotiations looking TO-
gward surrender.
Seek to Reinstate De Cespedes.
The movement was intended to re-
iInState Carlos Manuel de CeSpeoeS as
H.the legal President.
De Cespedes. who became President
following the flight of Gerardo Macha-
lido. gave way to so-called radical
sJunta, which ruled Cuba for a time
This group in turn, made way Tor the
Grau regime.
The rebels apparently received a
death blow to their hopes when the re-
tellious force at the airfield at Camp
iColumbia broke and fed under heaVy
fire from Col Batistas infantrymen.
President Is Cheered.
Failure to swing over the Cabana ana
the De La Fuerza Fortresses ana tne
Palace Guard also spelled disaster to
j Shortly after daybreak President
ar,rall .haraneued the Palace Guard and
Twas cheered-
Thereafter, Pablo Rodriguez, the
presidential aide, announced that the
aviators had fled and that the ponce
situation was satisfactorily settled
Previously commission OF policemen
| had informed the President OF ther
Fintention to remain neutral.
In the face Of the palace announce
tment. however, Police Inspector Candldo
kHernandez, rushing into the palace 70
bsee the President, said, "The police are
in state of utter confusion and DIS
organization"
Fighting Breaks Out in Havana
Martull took off from the Camp Co
llnbia Airport at 2:35 am. to sig
inalize the outbreak Of the revolt.
Immediately spectacular fighting broke
out in uptown Havana. Two speeial
santi-aircraft guns and machine guns
went into action at the palace. Ma
chine gunners at police headquarters
used tracer bullets to fire upon Mar
tulls plane in the darkness.
Soon three other planes took OF from
Camp Columbia and dropped at least
q dozen bombs into the loyal forces
at the camp.
r Meanwhile automobile loads Of A. B. G.
members and others dashed through
the capital streets firing on soldiers
and police Firing from the housetops
addsd to the pandemonium.
MartuIl declared last night that re
had 10 airplanes and 5000 armed men
at his command. A plea sent out by
wireless from the Aviation Corps head
quarters to the interior for co-opera-
ton, however, brought favorable re-
sponse only from MatanzaS. MartulPt
forces quickly melted when dawn came
Rebels Flee Camp.
small crowd which had gathered
at the palace to cheer Grau dispersed
when a clash between the palace guart
and the A B Cs in the police head
quarters appeared likely. They re
turned later.
LOYAL infantrymen entering the air
field at Camp Columbia found stores o
arms and ammunition, but all TIT
rebels had fled leaving no dead o
wounded. The authorities there denlet
there had been any casualties.
One bomb had made a direct hit il
the cadet school, but the others ex
aploded harmlessly.
1t was learned that the A 3 wa
advising its members to conceal thei
arms and return home.
Killed by Stray Bullet.
First to be reported dead in tn
revolution was Nicasio Paez, 75-year
old veteran of the War Of Indepen
dence. who was killed by stray bulle
ION the roof of his house near CAM
SColumbia while watching the fightin
between reYolutionists and loyal force
there
-Four hundred partly armed rebel
captured the police station on Zuluet
street along with two machine gun
and other arms. One of the raider
was wounded when they were fired o.
by guards around the Dresldentia
palace.
Shortly thereafter, the rebels begal
concentrating at the havana cenLra
police station, where several hundre
members of the A B c already ha
gathered with 200 policemen and som
soldiers and sailors. all rebels
Terror gripped the city as the plane
: roared overhead in the early mornin
darkness, firing on loyal soldiers an
police in the streets.
AS the planes dipped low, the reyo
was carried forward on the ground b
armed members of the A B c, sol
diers and sailors.
u. S. POLICY UNCHANGED.