UNREST IN CUBA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 19 June 1934, Page 7

UNREST IN CUBA.

THE CLIMAX REACHED. HAVANA, June 17. The terrific outburst of macliine-gun and rifle fire directly into the ranks ot the ABC paraders occurred on one of the busiest corners in Havana, and came as the climax to a reign of terrmism which began on Saturday night with the opening of the ABC fiesta, a two-days gain which Radicals had sworn to break up. A complete check of the attack on the ABC shows that three women and at least 10 men were killed, and 60 seriously injured. Over 50,000 marchers, at least a fifth of whom were women, lined the prinicpal streets for miles. The attackers, who operated from an automobile, had a least three machineguns. After they had raked the paraders with a deadly fire, they tried to escape, but in turning a corner at a bin'll speed, the car overturned. A group of ABC men shot and killed the four occupants. The enraged mob soaked the vehicle with petrol and burnt the bodies. Despite the attack, the parade was reorganised after the dead and wounded were removed, and continued through the streets. The casualties included several women.