Evening star., 1933-09-11
GRAU SAN MARTIN
FACES CHALLENGES
De Cespedes and MenocaI
Factions Threaten Harmony
of New Cuban Rule.
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retary of war, and announced he would
answer them some time today.
Ask Custer of Carbo.
The officers also asked that Sergio
Carlo, publisher and junta member,
and all leaders of the army and navy
''mutiny" be returned 10 civil life.
A bomb exploded today in an electric
power subStation at Aguila and Colon
streets. Two Cubans were arrested on
suspicion, but subsequently were re-
leased by the authorities who said they
had established the innocence of the
men.
In taking the oath Of Office yesterday
Grau San Martin promised his govern
ment would assure the maximum re-
spect for all interests" Later he said
his administration would be friendly to
the United States and would honor all
obligations ito the last penny"
He told the Associated Press he
probably would announce his complete
cabinet today, and declared I'VE are go
ing slowly and taking great care" and
that the army problem would son be
solved.
While officers continued to mill about
the National Hotel, in which soldiers
held them virtual prisoners on Friday,
one of their spokeSmen, Torres Menier,
explained their stand.
I'VE are not trying to mix into poll
tics" he said. I'VE ask only the
restoration of the government to its
legally constituted status. The De Ces-
pedes government had been recognized
by the world at large, and We ask that
it be put back into power. We are not
vindictive. We believe the soldiers and
sailors were deceived by a very lew
leaders
Want Discipline Restored.
I'VE demand that the leaders be put
out of the army. They may continue
in civil life without fear as police cap
tains or in any other work. Discipline
must be restored, however"
The officers meanwhile, and several
hundred members of the A. B. C. Secret
Society continued to be barricaded in
the hotel. Their movements were
watched by soldiers who guarded the
entrances The officers themselves had
machine guns-one man said 27-with
considerable ammunition, and made
plans for defending their stronghold.
Four cabinet appointments announced
yesterday morning just after Grau San
Martin was named President and two
made later were declared invalid at
midnight.
An announcement from the presi-
Dental palace invalidating the appoint
ments gave no explanation. Eduardo
Chibas. De Cespedes' public works
secretary who was asked to continue
in that post, resigned for reasons OF
delicacy"
Two of the other five were re-
appointed.
Findlay Heads Health Bureau.
Carlos ]. Findlay, son of the famous
physician Of the same name who dis
covered that mosquito bites cause yell
low fever, went back to head the health
department. Antonio Guiteras was re-
named secretary of the interior. He
participated in the August, 1881, sub
verSive movement.
Others selected tentatively, but re-
called, were Col. Julio Aguado, secre-
tary of war, Jose Barquin, treasury
secretary; Sergio Carlo, secretary of
agriculture Three junta members,
Guillermo Portela, Jose Irizarri and
Porf1ro Franco, announced they would
not participate in the new government.
Varying reactions were expressed to
the new regime by political leaders:
Guillermo Belt, De Cespedes' secre-
tary of education: The only support
of the new government is derived from
professors and students, and both of
these sectors are dominated by small
radical groups"
Col F'ulgencio Batista, former
sergeant, who engineered last Mondays
coup: THE requirements of the mo-
ment demand our continued attention
in order to give the country the entire
revolutionary program
Former Mayor Miguel Mariana Gomez
of Havana: Personal ties do not bother