Evening star., 1933-09-12
NEWS FROM CUBA
HELD PESS|M|ST|C
New Government Reported to
Be as P0WerIeSS as
De Cespedes'.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

While the administration is contin-
uing its strenuous efforts to avoid an
intervention in Cuba. news from Havana
and other towns in Cuba is distinctly
pessimistic.
President Roosevelt, in an endeavor
to help the Cuban people economically
is reported to be willing to increase SUBJ
stantially the Cuban sugar quota at the
expense of the American beet growers
He has also clearly indicated that he
would see that the Cuban loans in the
United States are substantially reduced
All this, provided Cuba is able to put
its house in order and decide upon a
viable government to represent all sec
tions of the country.
Extremely Sympathetic.
President Roosevelt is extremely SYM
pathetic with the plight of the little
republic and is willing to go out OF his
way and assist the people of the coun-
try to get back on tteir feet.
1t is considered unfortunate, how
ever that there is little response from
Cuba The new government of Presl-
dent Grau San Martin is about as
poWerless as the previous administra-
ton Of Manuel de Cespedes 1t banks
on the support of the non commits
stoned officers and the privates Of tn,
army and the navy and also on the
somewhat unreliable student elements
and the extreme radical elements OF
the Cuban workers Against this there
is the still influential groups OF thf
Cuban Liberals and the small, blu.
powerful. group of army officers. who
absolutely refuse to have anything te
Go with the present regime and de
mand the restoration Of either De CeS-
pedes or some other man OF the same
type. Between these groups there L
the mass of population, fed by pow
erful anti-American campaign. Mos
of the steps of the washington ad'
ministration are kept concealed from
the Cuban people and the only thing
they are fed with is that America de
sires to go into the island and TAX,
over the government.
They are told about the danger O
them being ruled by American non
commissioned officers and the boogabot
of the heel of the American sergeant
is being strongly revived. The presence
of American men of war tends only Il
strengthen this propaganda, for the
Cuban people have no means to know
that these ships are in the Cuban har'
borS merely to protect the life OF Amer
lean citizens And even If such report!
reach them, they are not easily believed
Mexican Gesture Beneficial.
The gesture of Mexico to ask the othel
Latin American nations to help tht
Cubans to help themselves appeared las
week to have a beneficial influence OF
the psychology of the Cubsns. but the
failure of Argentina to come out with
strong support of the Mexican offer ha
had an unsatisfactory effect on th'
whole situation. AS a matter OF fact
the Brazilian and the Chilean Ambas'
sadorS in Washington have reported II
their respective governments that moth
ing much can be achieved from thl!
side, at least without the unequivoca
support of the Argentine government.
Under these circumstances the en-
tire situation depends on incident!
which may occur in Havana almos
any minute It is considered quite
possible that in the coming fight be
tween the various factions some Ameri
cans should be injured or killed
Whether the administration will in sucf
a circumstance be able to avoid 6
landing of Marines or blueiackets i.
highly questionable. And if this hap
mems the fat will be in the fire.