Evening star., 1933-09-09
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER.
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BY Radio to The Star.
HAVANA, September 8 (N.A.N.A).-
The weary members Of the factions
which made the presidential palace the
scene Of their town meetings were
through with their labors yesterday In
time to see the American cruiser 1ndt-
annapolis enter the harbor.
None of them seemed to know that
an hour before the cruisers arrival
a statement had been issued from the
palace, without any details. saying that
all the factions had composed their
differences.
with a stately naval precision. the
cruisers bow passed MORO Castle and
turning her superstructure, blanketed
the walls of the Castle as she proceeded
at decreasing speed in her navigator S
evident confidence that the Indianapolis
was used to going In and out OF Havana
Harbor.
Yankees Have Bigger One.
The crowd Of brown faces and black
heads. bobbing on the stream OF tropi-
the cruiser. They saw her anchors
drop and saw her stop. Not one out
OF q hundred of them had ever seen
SO large q naval vessel before. All the
political views of Cuba were repre-
sented. all kinds of Cubans looked on In
sentiments varying from awe ana re-
sentiment to wonder and admiration.
But q Cuban crowd was having .
show. I heard one man say: But
that is not the biggest one the Yankees
have. A bigger one IS coming tomor-
row, with more and bigger guns which
could blow this little one out OF the
water" The man referred to the pat,
tleehip Mississippi. which reports mad
would arrive today.
The Communist agitators scattered
among the crowd were Grating agans!
the brutal COLOSSUS Of the North,
poverty and could now crush her
some of them called on the soldiers
on police duty to fire on the Marines
on board without any response from
the soldiers except q grin or in some
cases an order for the orators to
move along. From their looks some
In the crowd were sympathetic with
the orators, but generally tnougnt
they were moved only by interest N
the spectacle.
Wanted to See Swanson.
One rumor which was passed along
said that the Yankee Marines and
sailors were coming ashore to march
through the streets and show what
good fellows they were in the company
Of cuban soldiers. and thus prove the
friendship Of the two peoples and now
completely false was the intervention
everybody wanted to see Secretary
Swanson. for the Washington state
ments could not down the public con-
yiction that he has been sent to play
a part In the negotiations. But the
crowd only saw First Secretary OF EN-
bessy David Reed and Lieut.. Col
Gimberling, our military attache, gel
into q launch and then 60 up the
gangway Of the Indianapolis, ana later
saw them return.
Not only did Secretary Swanson not
come ashore, but not even the captain
Of the Indianapolis or Marines ap-
In eood-natured fraternizing fash
ion the police eased the crowd back
from the seawall Immediately in front
of the cruiser and cleared the space
II the Government put out the rumof
about the sailors and Marines march
ing through the streets In company
with Cuban soldiers 1t was good propa-
ganca. When wanted to go through
the police lines and told the soldiers
I was an American journalist, they
smilinRly accepted It as reason. When
I passed by army headquarters the
soldiers were lounging about In picnic
ease and talking with the sentry. who
had his rifle grounded for ease. max
ing q picture that would have been
msddening to . sergeant Of Marines
on the Indianapolis.
Saw Indianapelis Leave.
However, Col. Batista. new chief q
the Cuban Army, who was sergeant
when the revolution began, had shown
be could keep order on this occasion.
Another rumor that two companies
Of the Cuban army were going to q
pier and shout their dare to Marines
to come ashore started those Of the
crowd who did not prefer their dinner
back to the sea wall. But they and Q
procession Of automobiles to the Male
con had only Q view sof the indian
apoiis steaming out Of the harbor and
then Of her silhouetted against the
s,svsenk She had rsnNan and enl4e And