Evening star., 1933-08-16
CUBA INVESTIGATES
AND CASH
.0F MACHAD|STAS
Inquiry Started With View
to Requisition by Their
Successors.
CHARGES OF MURDER
AND SWINDLING FILED
Complaint Named Deposed Presi-
dent and Five Aides-strike
Goes On in Some Places.
BY the Associated Press.

bs the ASSOCldJeQ FFeSS.
HAVANA, August 16.-Bank accounts
and properties of the deposed President
Gerardo Machado and his followers
were investigated today with a view to
requisition by their successors.
Secretary Of the Treasury Joaquin
Martinez Saenz, a leader in the A. BIC.
Secret Society, began the probe as Pro-
visional President Carlos Manuel de
Cespedes' administration weeded out
persons suspected of profting by the
Machado regime
1t was reliably reported that en-
bargoes are planned on fortunes and
property Of the Machadistas.
The newspaper Diario de la Marina
said Machado sent Mrs. Isobel Caliger,
private secretary to the chief of the
palace household, to Germany two
weeks ago to buy home for him there.
Criminal Charges Filed.
Reports from the Bahamas, where
Machado is in exile, said the erStWhile
PRESIDENT planned to rent place near
Nassau. Where he did his banking is
matter Of conjecture, but he is pe-
HeVed to have substantial accounts
abroad
The De Cespedes government has let
the Machadlstas know they can expect
to pay for any sins committed while in
Office
Criminal charges Of Misrepresentation
of public funds, frauds and legal exac-
tlons. falsities and SWindIeS, homicides.
murders, personal attempts and use of
flrearms have been filed against Ma
chado and five of his adherents in the
Havana instruction Court, which is ex-
pected to name a special judge in the
matter
Almost simultaneously DR.. de Ces-
pedes issued statement in which h
declared the government would MOI
lend consent 70 aid to municipal or
provincial officials under Machado who
were seeking to escape justice.
Named in the complaint. besides the
former executive, were OctaVio Aver
hof. his treasury secretary: Orestes
Ferrara, former secretary of state; An
tonic B. Ainciart, one-tine police chief;
octave Zublzarreta, former head of the
interior department. and Jose Izquierdo.
eX-chlef OF the central distict.
Some OF them have fed Cuba Others
are in hiding.
Killing of 81 Mentioned.
An amnesty bill approved two weeks
before Machado was overthroWn cleaned
the slate Of offenses up to that date,
and the present charges refer to alleged
acts since then. The killing of 81 per-
sons last week following the circulation
OF premature report of Machado's
| resignation was specifically mentioned
The administration firmneSS against
| letting political offenders escape COM
plicated the problems fsol'g United
| States Ambassador Sumner nelles. who.
! as mediator in Cuban politics, is held
responsible by some Machadistas for
! their safety
1t was indicated that Mr.. Welles, who
| helped obtain safe conduct for Ma
chado on Saturday and for Gen. Alberto
Ferrera on Monday, is willing to inter
vene as friend in cases where it is
| demonstrated life is actually endangered
| but will not act in cases where accused
| persons seek to evade responsibilities
under the law.
| The new President, who is making his
| entrance into politics, has among his
other difficulties the general strike.
which, while practically settled in Ha-
vana. continued in parts of CamagVey
and Oriente Provinces. The Consoli-
dated and Northern Cuban Railways
were still affected and a continuing
| dock workers walkout tied up ports on
| the northern coast. Dock workers IN
Havana had not returned to work
Debt Question Tackled.
Another heritage Of the deposed ad-
ministration was burdensome foreign
debt, but this the administration tackled
Immediately by designating the secre
| tary of the treasury to treat directly
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