Evening star., 1933-09-07
Many Believe
Civil Strife
Certain.
ARMY'S SPIRIT
REAL MENACE
Americans Return
to Island Homes
During Quiet.
BULLETIN.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, September T.
Soldiers set up machine guns In
uptown parks this afternoon as
Havana was stirred by many
confusing rumorS, including an
insistent report that the United
States would ask the two-day-
old radical government to sur
render power.
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, September 7.-Turbu-
lent Cuba stood at the crossroads
today, with some political factions
convinced that civil war would be
necessary to solve her govern
mental problem, while others
looked for Intervention by the
United States.
The radical administration
which has seized power continued
on the surface to be optimistic
that Tuesdays coup d'etat would
be successful.
Members of the provisional gov
ernment declared order would be
maintained and that there would
be on Intervention by America.
But all sections of the more con-
servative political groups consid-
cred Intervention inevitable unless
there was an abrupt change in the
tense situation.
Counter-Revoh Feared.
Among these latter factions were
members OF the A. B. c. secret society.
the followers of former President Mario
G. Menocal and q considerable part
of another important revolutionary
body. the O, C.. r. R., among whom
fears Of aseountez-rsvolution were ex-
pressed.
In the face Of the acute crisis the
ADMINISTRATIONS five-man tunta set
up after soldiers, sailors and national
police ousted commissioned omcers ana
obtained the resignation Of President
de Cespedes' month-old provisional
government courageously tackled
head-on its most dangerous problems:
It secretly resolved to disarm all
civilians and began to try to restore
to their former positions officers ousted
Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Both Efforts May Fail
Impartial Observers believed that
neither effort would be crowned with
success.
Unnumbered thousands of students,
A B C members, o c r r men and
others have pistols and rifles and ma
chine guns for which ammunition was
issued In large quantities from the bar
racks Monday and Tuesday.
During the present crisis, It Is gen.
orally believed, these men will not give
up their weapons unless forced to do so.
The army problem was even more
dificult It was learned last night that
q considerable difference Of opinion OBJ
tains among the rank and file regarding
sition of several detachments to back
track, to recall the deposed officers and
to ask the restoration Of the De Ces-
pedes government was expressed.
Units Reported Divided.
Military units at Camp Columbia,
origin Of the movement for q purely
revolutionary government" at San Am
brosio Barracks, and at Camaguey were
reported divided on the course OF events.
It was considered significant that
serrt. Fulpencio Batista, leader In the
anti-Cespedes revolt, and others OF the
Executive Commission now in power re-
fused to give out the total number OF
oficers subject to reinstatement nor any
of their names.
Credence to reports was lent by the
refusal Of many officers to reassume
their commands, preferring to await de-
velopments.
The commission met long time last
night When the session ended at 1;OS
an. they announced complete ofoef
re;oned throughout the island. Ramon
Grsu San Martin, j,lnta member, said
the lonr-closed University OF Havana
would be reopened October /. :.
sergt Batista told the Associated
Press that the deposed omcers Wouio
be reinstated according to selective
process, in which only those having
the confidence Of the soldiers and the
people would be retained, and that the
highest rank would be that OF neuten-
ant colonel.
The oficers' reluctance was explained
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