Evening star., 1933-08-12
Member Of the Associated Press.
Intervention Averted.

President Machado Is ABOUT 70 ao-
dictate. The Cuban army, navy and
dying corps. without firing q shot. have
assumed control. A new President will
at once be installed. American inter-
yention, by every present indication,
Is averted. That is the kaleidoscopically
sudden situation which has arisen at
Havana since yesterday and is destined
to crystalline in a complete new deal
in the troubled island before another
tropical sun descends this day.
Early reports are to the effect that
Machados secretary of war, Gen. Al
berto Herrera, will be designated as
the immediate though perhaps short
lived successor of the deposed autocrat.
Opposition elements represented by
former President Mario Menocal, now
at Miami, profess to see little change
for the better in a Herrera succession.
s'Herrera is Machado," declares Senor
Menocal There will be no permanent
peace in Cuba until all the leaders OF
the discredited regime are out OF the
island
The army, which at noon on Friday
demanded Machado's resignation with
In twenty-four hours expiring at mid
day today, acted in concert with all
the other armed forces of the republic
in deciding that their course Of action
was the sole alternative to American
foy1 oSfah1ich-
ment moved swiftly and smoothly to
carry out its purpose, its activities IN
cluding the mounting Of artillery that
commanded the presidential palace,
wherein Machado thus practically be-
came the prisoner of the armed forces
he so long commanded. but which now
had turned against him. To Gen. Herrera
fell the task of acQuainting the Pres
ident with the true state Of affairs.
Machado agreed to confer at Camp
Columbia with delegates from the varl-
Gus army units, and there and then
were arranged the preliminaries OF
abdication. Gen. Herrera, Havana dis
patches suggest, may hold the vacated
presidency only briefly and then retire
in favor of Senor Carlos de Cespedes,
also a Machadoista, but more accept
able to the country than the minister
OF war.
Events will march swiftly during the
week end Details apart, they have
taken a turn which evokes the deepest
satisfaction in this country. The Ma
chado despotism is uprooted by act OF
the Cubans themselves, who realized
the grave consequences that would
otherwise have ensued incident to in
evitable American Intervention.
President Roosevelt, who is about to
resume his duties at the White House
for few mid-vacation days, must greet
these developments with the same graft
fcation they will produce throughout
the country. He is bound to feel that
the astute f1rmness which has consist
emily actuated the conduct of his Am
bassador at Havana, Sumner Welles. has
at length borne desirable fruit, for there
can be no question but that the media
tory efforts initiated and pursued to the
last by the American envoy finally
hastened the climax which seems des-
tined in the long run to prove Cuba's
salvation and give her q new birth OF
freedom.
Complete calm, and especially eco
homie rehabilita ation-the Islands cry
Ing need-are not to be expected at
once. But the way thereto is paved
with the destruction Of the Machado
dictatorship. In the heavy work OF
reconstruction the Cuban people may
confidently rely upon the cordial SYM
pathy and practical support Of the Gov
ernment of the United States and all its