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...Shoot some Communists" is the tried and trusty maxim of Latin American politicos seeking diplomatic recognition by the Great Powers. In Havana last week the student-supported Cabinet of President Ramon Grau and the spunky Cuban Army now commanded by ex-Sergeant ("Emperor") Fulgencio Batista seized a fine chance to impress the world with their hostility to Reds...
...obelisk in Fraternity Park and place therein the ashes of one Julio Mella, a Red assassinated in 1929 allegedly by agents of Cuba's detested President Gerardo ("Butcher") Machado. If trouble should break out at the funeral it would give the Army a chance to shoot Reds. President Grau officially refused the Communists permission to build the obelisk, but the Army let Red bricklayers rush it to completion overnight...
Meanwhile President Grau's student supporters, backed by soldiers, raided Communist headquarters, smashed everything they could lay hands on, flung chairs into the street and kept shouting, "We are going to stamp Communism out of Cuba!'' That night correspondents checked a total of six dead, two dying, 20 wounded. The Army's excitable "Emperor" Batista was frantic because his cousin Benito had been wounded...
...view of recent complications, however, it becomes increasingly evident that further delay in intervention will not be to the benefit of Cuba. Supported by an irresponsible soldiery, the student government of Grau San Martin seems incapable of maintaining itself. The Cuban citizen who has dodged bullets, seen his stores looted by drunken musketeers, and suffered from complete paralysis of commercial activity under the present regime will hardly welcome the opportunity of doing likewise under whatever transitory power may emceed it. It is conceivable that such a conservative, every day sort of Cuban might consider this "give Cuba another chance" attitude...
Next thing Havana knew Son Bias and President Grau had come to terms. Father Bias abruptly left his rebel army in the field, journeyed to Havana with a "guard of honor" composed of Government troops he had been fighting a few days before. Cheered as he swaggered into the Presidential Palace to embrace President Grau, Captain Bias explained away his insurgence thus: "The trouble is that wherever I go inevitably a crowd gathers about us. About 300 did that last week and with the difficulties of communication added to the fact that none of us seems interested in telling...