Evening star., 1933-09-09
Officers Defy
+ Orders of
Batista.
NEW CABINET
ALSO In UKASE
Junta Insists Ets
Position Now Is
Stronger.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, September 9.-For-
mer Secretary of War Horacio
Ferrer, acting as intermediary be-
tween army officers and the new
radical government, made for
NAL request today that DR.. Carlos
Manuel de Cespedes be reinstated
as provisional President.
Dr.. Ferrer told the ruling
1unta that the army officers were
unwilling to return to duty unless
DR.. de Cespedes was reinstated
with ample power to reorganize
the cabinet to make it represent
ative of all political factions"
The officers, against whom the rank
and file rebelled Monday in the coup
d'etat which displaced President de
Cespedes, defined their position at a
meeting at the Hotel National.
Defy Batista Orders.
This was their answer to the demand
of Fulgenzio Batista, former sergeant
who was raised yesterday to the post OF
chief of staff, that by 10 am. today
they return to their posts in obedience
to his orders.
About 800 officers participated in the
meeting at the hotel, which was guarded
by soldiers armed with machine guns.
The student directorate. after an all
night session, reiterated their conf
dence in the government. Commenting
on this development Guillermo Portela.
q member of the governments executive
commission of five, said: The revolu-
tionary movement has been consoll-
dated and the republic has been saved"
The proposal that DR.. de Cespedes
return as President was not new: 1t
was made informally yesterday and the
ruling junta refused to consider 1t.
when he reopened the question today.
DR.. Ferrer, who was secretary OF war
under De Cespedes, told the Executive
Commission that the new adMtntstra-
ton must be ''non-polittcal and gov
ernment of national concentration"
After he had seen the leaders OF the
radical regime. DR.. Ferrer gave an In
terview In which he said:
"Au officers are constantly receiving
adhesions from sergeants, corporals and
are asking the officers to resume their
commands and act for the restoration
of the former government.
"The officers, however, are advising
against any violent means IN order to
avoid bloodshed, and they are hoping
that the present government will real
lie the situation and surrender power
to avoid threats Of American inter-
vention."
Seven or Eight Return.
OF the 800 officers who were in the
army and the 140 who were in the
navy only 7 or have returned to
DUTY. DR.. Ferrer said. Not all OF the
officers have been rendered reappoint-
ments.
DISPATCHES from the Isle Of Pines said
the u. S. destroyer Overton had ar
rived there and only the commander
and his staff had gone ashore. Iney
were met by the American consul ana
they took an automobile ride through
the city, after which they returned to
the vessel saving their visit had been
merely a courtesy call. The consul re-
ported that complete order reigned and
said the visit Of the destroyer did not
constitute Intervention in any sense.
The U. S. destroyer Taylor arrives at
Santiago, causing some alarm among
the populace. A new strike started
there this morning.
Last night, when the guard about the
hotel was increased, the officers empha-
tically answered mo- to the demands
that they rejoin their troops. We do
not recognize this government" said one
of them. LET the commissioners get
out"
The officers freely said they were pre-
pared to sell their lives dearly II efforts
were made to arrest them or send them
back to duty at the point OF guns.