WAR IN CUBA

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 August 1933, Page 7

WAR IN CUBA

PRESIDENT’S COUNTER-MOVE TO RESIGNATION DEMANDS [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. August 10, 1 p.m.) I HAVANA, August 9. I President Machado to-day, decreed ! a state of war over the entire island. * The startling announcement came while the United States ambassador, Sumner Welles, was awaiting a reply from Machado to the proposal that he should resign, as a central feature of a plan for political peace. Meanwhile, the strike is approaching general proportions, and has tied up normal activities in Havana. TWO POLICEMEN SHOT. HAVANA, August. 8. The only outbreak of violence in the strike-stricken city on Tuesday night, was the shooting to death of two policemen, and the wounding of two others by unidentified persons. President Machado asserts that the strikes by the transport and other workers may’ be broken by Wednesday. MR ROOSEVELT’S ADVICE. (Recd. August 10, 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 9. A Hyde Park message states that Mr Roosevelt sent word to Cuba to-night to abandon political warfare in the interest of economic welfare. ANGLO-SPANISH PROTESTS. WASHINGTON, August 9. It was made known authoritatively to-day that the British Minister and Spanish Ambassador in Havaua, both complained to the American Ambassador, Mr Welles, ‘ concerning the treatment of their citizens and the damage to foreign property, as the result of the striking and rioting in Cuba.