Evening star., 1933-10-04
MENACE Of STORM
PAC|F|ES CUbANS
Island Quiet Politically as 1t
Awaits Worst Gale in
Many Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HAVANA. october 4.-Saying that
'if the winds concentrate, We will prob
ably have the worst storm in many
years." the National Observatory ad-
vised precautionary preparations this
forenoon against what it described as
the second half of the disturbance
which ragged last night and early today.
Warning was given Florida that the
high winds might strike with hurricane
intensity there also.
Belen Observatory reported that the
center of the disturbance was moving
northwestward, overspreading a large
area including Camaguey Province.
There were no injuries reported as
result of the first half Of the storm
when officials made hurried check in
the lull which the observatory forecast
would be followed by more severe con-
ditions.
Wind Damage Heavy.
Rain fell in torrents and hundreds
of billboards and trees were down IN
all parts of Havana, although Belen
Observatory announced that the center
of the disturbance was passing east OF
the capital.
The 70-mile-an-hour gale which swept
Havana today enforced a moratorium
on disorders, shootings, commerce and
political troubles.
Cubans were compelled to remain in
doors, and the capital experienced its
most peaceful night in week. A few
shots were heard near the presidential
palace early in the evening, but later
the whistle of the wind held sway where
only "a hours before bullets had whined.
Although several members Of the A.
B. c., Cuban secret political party.
were arrested today and others went
into hiding, a government spokesman
announced that no drive to round up
the society's members had been ordered.
The leaders are hiding" said DR..
Antonio Guiteras, secretary Of war, for
reasons unknown to us. We have not
ordered a roundup"
A. B. c. headquarters confined its an
nouncement merely to the fact that the
government had arrested several" OF
its members.
The National Observatory reported
that the storm menacing the Capital
northward
Soldiers were deployed about the
United States embassy following rumors
of a plot to bomb it. The home of for
mer President Mario G. Menocal was
searched by soldiers while machine
guns were trained on the house An
officer said rifles and ammunition were
found.
Battle Fall Put at "a.
A check today of the dead in Mon
days street fighting and battle at the
National Hotel put the total at 54. OF
the officers who resisted the attack OF
soldiers on the hotel, II were killed,
more than 20 wounded and 368 were
imprisoned in Principe and Cabana
fortresses.
Twenty-seven victims Of the day-long
National Hotel warfare were buried last
night in Colon Cemetery, while the
storm ragged and soldiers held their
ritles.ready should any disorder occur.
The officers held in Cabana Fortress
denied rumors that some of their num-
Der had been executed on the way
there and said they were being well
treated. They opposed Ramon Grau
San Martin as president.
President Grau San Martin, mean
while, announced the institution OF
drastic measures to bring order and
said peace now prevails through the
island"
Julio Cesar Fernandez, editor Of the
student newspaper. Alma Mater, In an
article charged American Ambassa-
dor Sumner Welles with being "the
only person responsible for Monday S
tragedy"
Mr.. Wel.es, the student said, created
a thin, uncouth mediation comedy and
tried to ignore the revolutionary
principle to serve the interests of the
men responsible for many crimes, but
who were ready to obey the orders OF
tho do11aro