DISORDER IN CUBA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 5

DISORDER IN CUBA.

THREAT OIF REVOLUTIONARY STRIKE. SIX KILLED IN STREET FIGHTING LOnrted Press Association—Copyright) HAVANA, March 11. A state of war was declared throughout Cuba to-day. A general [revolutionary strike threatened in Cuba last night as more unions answered the call for a walk-out. By midnight, bombs exploding down town in Havana, and) rifle fire added two deaths to the toll oi four dead and eight wounded during the Saturday night outbreak, which was the wildest since the 1933 revolution. The constitution has been suspended, and President Mendieta is empowered to dictate any measures necessary to protect the public and preserve order. The powerful union of railroad workers on main lines betwepn Havana and Santiago joined the strike on Sunday.

The date of the election in Cuba was originally set down for Decembei 30, 1934, but was later postponed to March 3. No cable messages about the election have been received, so presumably it has again been postponed. According to “Current History” the campaign is being “conducted with bombs, castor oil, stiikes, and ultimatums.” Last December eight members of the staff of “Accion, tho newspaper of the A.B.C. party, who were suspected of revolutionary tendencies, wore kidnapped and compelled to swallow large doses of castor oil. The policy of the A.8.C., it is stated, is to wait until all other factions wear themselves down and then to seize power at one swift stroke.