The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04

ngo 10 is a region near Guam
otanamo which is claimed by the
Royal Bank Of Canada. Efforts
Of the Cuban government to sur
vey it and turn it over have met
with stubborn resistance by the
peasants who have organized them
selves under Communist leadership.
A number Of its highest digni-
taries, including the governor of the
Province Of Oriente, Perez Andre,
and the Secretary of Justice Car
denas, have personally made visits
TO the zone to try to dissuade the
peasants from their stubborn stand
and get them to turn against their
revolutionary leaders. A decree was
even formulated which calls for the
buying up Of the lands by the gov
eminent from the Royal Bank Of
Canada which claims them (actual-
ly the lands do not belong to the
company and in turn to rent or
sell the land to the peasants who
have the price. This solution" is
no solution at all for the peasants,
who hold that the land is theirs
and that they are neither able nor
disposed to pay for them in rent or
any other form.
Government Embarrassed
The failure of the government eff
forts to deceive the Realengans and
get them to repudiate their Com
muniSt leaders is clearly reflected
in the report which Secretary of
Justice Cardenas has just rendered
to Mendieta'S Council of Secre-
tarieS." In essence the Secretary
reports that the problems of Real
engo is more complicated" than it
appears, that thousands of peasants
are organized in a "red regime in
the territory and, while he says
that the peasants have an agrees
sive attitude, they are absolutely
incorporating on the question Of
giving up their lands. Cardenas
draws the conclusion that the prob
lem is a delicate" one, since the
government faces serious conflict
If it goes ahead with the armed
attack against the Realengo at the
present moment.
The embarrassment Of the gov
eminent is revealed in the hys-
terical manner in which its agencies
of propaganda, the landlord-capi-
talist press, is handling the news
of Realengo. Immediately after
Cardenas' report, huge scare head
lines began to appear, announcing
the establishment Of Communist
State in the Province of Oriente
and calling for q more "resolute"
policy on the part of the govern
ment to exterminate this menace
to private property.
The newspaper Avance, organ Of
"Pepin" Rivero, notorious fascist,
speaks in the following clear terms:
Firm Policy" Demanded
1.-THE problem is really delicate,
and just as we proposed originally,
that the rights of the Realengans,
who have occupied these lands since
the War of independence be pro-
tected, we now believe that the gov
eminent must adopt a more firm
policy, because it is not possible
to countenance the existence of a
Communist regime in this Real
engo."
The Cardenas report declares
that while the original Realengo was
made up of some 10000 acres Of land,
the present area reaches over a
half million acres of land, due to
the influx Of new settlers during
the last 30 years. They speak In
Mortified tones of the functions of
government which have been taken
over by the executive committee Of
the Peasants Association. Accord
ing to Cardenas, when a peasant
needs q parcel of land, he comes
to the executive board, makes known
his wishes, how many persons are
to work it and live on it, and then
this body Immediately indicates
which piece OF land he may occupy,
authorizing him to live there, culti-
yate the land, and not pay taxes
or recognize any authority but it's
own"
In equal tones of terror the bour-
geois press speaks Of the fierce Me-
gro leader, Limo Alvarez whose
final words to the representatives
of the government who had come
for the purposes Of Cancellation"
were:
I'VE are ready to die before we
allow Our lands to be taken away
from us"