FIERCE RIOTING IN CUBA

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1930, Page 7

FIERCE RIOTING IN CUBA

AMERICAN CITIZENS KILLED MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED MARTIAL LAW PREVAILS CLASHES WITH THE POLICE By Telegraph—Press AuSn.—Copyright. Havana (Cuba), Nov. 13. Rioting and street fighting between mobs of students and the troops were renewed violently after the Government had taken wide precautions against threatened disorders. The streets were filled with rioters and much' property was destroyed, especially in the neighbourhood of the offices of the newspaper- El Pais, where a woman was killed. In the earlier disturbance, in which cavalry, infantry and police attempted to control the crowds, there was considerable sabre fighting and gunfire. Martial law is now enforced and army ’trucks manned by soldiers with machine guns are patrolling the streets. The casualties include five killed and 12 injured. The failure of the sugar 1 prices and bad industrial conditions and the spreading of the fever of unrest from the South American republics induced the rioting. In face of the increasing unrest throughout the republic, President Machado to-day issued a decree suspending constitutional guarantees throughout Cuba. • The Cuban police were told to fire to kill in order to control the rioters. A delegation of Cuban women and girls called on the army to protect them from the police. The. women’s attitude is considered unusual. It is not known yet what action the army will take in the disorders. WRANGLING WITH THE POLICE. GOVERNMENT CLOSES SCHOOLS Rec. 11.30 p.m. New York, Nov. 13. Desultory shooting continued into the night. A number of American citizens were seriously wounded and four are dead as the result of three days’ rioting. Students continued to wrangle with the police throughout the ’ evening, though the large body of the citizens remained indoors. The Government today ordered the normal and elementary schools to close.