Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-08-24

III G ID D G OF Ma
chado's secret police. DIR. De Cespedes
appointed his cabinet ministers. most
of them belonging TO the ABC or the
Nationalist party. and they were sworn
In The President himself took the
post OF secretary OF state Castillo
Pokorny was made minister of war and
Cot Erasmo Detgadu. leader of the mil.
ftary coup that forced Machado to
flee. was appointed military omman
der of Havana.
Machado. who fled to Nassau In the
Bahamas by airplane. accompanied BIZ
several Of his closest friends. was re
ported to have taken with him several
million dollars though he left behind
even his clothing. His wife and other
members Of the family escaped the
vengeance of the mobs by taking d
gunboat yacht to Key West, Fla. whence
they expected to go to New York and
later to Paris. The ex dictator said he
probably would remain In Nassau and
would not interfere with developments
In Cuba
No one would even intimate that the
Roosevelt administration fomented
the anti-Machado revolution. but the
State department in Washington Ger.
tainly knew In advance just about
what was going to happen In Cuba 1t
knew Machado would be ousted. and
that he would be succeeded by De Ces-
pedes. Ambassador Welles was In
close touch with the revolutionaries
n was apprised OF their plans. AS.
sistant Secretary of State Gallery was
Kept Informed and approved each step
taken, and President Roosevelt appar.
emily let him and Mr.. Welles work OUT
the problem themselves. The cubans
selected De Cespedes for the Presi,
dency. but he received the O. X. of off.
cial Washington before being named.
The islanders were not coerced In anv
way BY the United States. however.
and the three American warships that
were sent to Havana and Manzanillo
We're sent only to protect American
lives and property.
What part In the revolution was
played by the National City Bank OF
New York and Electric Bond and
Shares, which have heavy interests In
Cuba. has not been revealed. Both
concerns had formerly been considered
supporters OF Machado. but seemingly
they did not lift a hand to save him
from destruction. Probably they will
come out at the big end of the horn
when the island Is rehabilirafed. This
recovery, Cuban business men feel. is
certain II the price of sugar can be
raised a cent or a cent and a half q
pound, which car be done~if the United
States tariff Of two cents q ponnd is
reduced or abolished. They believe.
100. that Cuba would then become a
good customer for American goods.
Cnba's national debt. hugely increased
under Machado. also will have TO he
refunded, for the interest and amorti.
cation payments now amount to
81 100000 a month.
President Roosevelt was SO satisfied
with the state Of affairs In Cuba that
he went for a short motor trip In the
Virginia mountains. Before leaving
washington he and President De Ces.
pedes exchanged friendly messages.
Secretary Of State Hull explained to
the press that Cuba had really not had
a change Of government. He said il
was a mere change of personnel with
out any alteration In the structure or
processes OF government. Consequent
ly. he said, the United States did not
ind 1t necessary to extend recognition
President De Cespedes since he
In under the constitutional meth
cd OF succession In Cuba.