Evening star. [volume], July 25, 1940, Page A-4, Image 4

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Big Jump Reported
Jn Number of Nazis
Resident in Cuba
•*
; Increase From 100 to
; 3,500 in Six Months; Ifi
< Batista Pledges Curbs
I By GARNETT D. HORNER,
Star Staff Correspondent.
I HAVANA, July 25.—Reports that
the German population of Cuba has
jumped from less than 100 to more
than 3,500 during the last six
Konths emphasized the “fifth
lumn” menace in Latin America
today as the conference of American
Foreign Ministers planned Joint ac
tion against subversive activities.
, Col. Fulgencio Batista, Cuba’s
•■strong-man” President-elect, prom
ised “energetic” co-operation in any
tnove to keep "dangerous elements”
but of the New World and to
•stamp out” any groups working to
Undermine independence of the
.Americas.
■ Warned by Secretary of State
Hull that a "sinister campaign” was
Under way to acquire domination of
the American republics "by foreign
governments in their own interest,"
A conference committee was draft
ing measures to carry out his sug
gestion for "decisive remedial ac
tion.”
I Danger From Falange.
* Although the “fifth column” dan
ker was not considered as acute in
Cuba as in some other Latin Ameri
can countries, any subversive ac
tivity in this island republic is of
particular concern because of its
strategic position—less than two
hours by air from Miami—as a gate
way for direct action against the
United States and other portions
»f the New World.
The influx of Germans here in
tensified the possibility of danger
arising from activities of the Span
ish Falange, a group of active
Franco sympathizers estimated by
some to number 40,000 in Cuba.
Col. Batista told American news
paper correspondents covering the
conference of foreign ministers that
he believed the Falange constituted
a political ideology contrary to
New World principles.
/ He indicated that he did not con
sider Falange activities cause for
Immediate alarm, however, saying
there was little danger of surprise
from any group when the authori
ties know what “it is up to.”
In regard to German infiltration,
Col. Batista asserted that his gov
ernment, coming into office in Oc
tober, would take “energetic meas
ures” to keep dangerous elements
out of Cuba. The nationals of anv
country working against the inde
pendence or the legitimate rights of
the Americas will not be welcome in
Cuba, and their activities "shall be
■tamped out,” he said.
Batista Receives Newsmen.
Col. Batista, who came into power
as the chief of Cuba's Army on
September 4, 1933, received Ameri
can correspondents at the luxurious
home of an aide situated on a
street named after the big day m his
life—“Avenida Cuatro de Septiem
bre.” Through an interpreter he
answered all questions directly and
with an infectious good humor, even
when asked to explain opposition
charges of dishonesty in the recent
election that gave him the presi
dency.
He did not mention Germans
specifically in promising to keep
dangerous elements out of Cuba, but
his comment was in reply to in
quiries about the reports of Nazi
Infiltration.
The estimate that the island’s
German population had increased
from less than 100 to more than
3,500 since last December came from
a long-time foreign resident of
Cuba with access to official records.
He said some admittedly were Jew
ish refugees, but that large num
bers of the newcomers appeared to
have plenty of money and live well
without any apparent source of in
WALLACE WELCOMED HOME—Back to his job as Secretary of Agriculture went Henry A. Wal
lace today for the first time since his nomination for the vice presidency. Paul Appleby (cen
ter) and L. D. Le Cron, both assistants to the Secretary, greet their chief in his office.
—A. P. Photo.
come here. Hundreds of them were
concentrated in a few apartment
houses, he added.
The native Cuban attitude toward
the Nazi was illustrated by the re
mark of a street urchin to an
American newspaperman who ar
rived here a few days before the
conference of foreign ministers
opened Sunday. This American
happened to look like a German.
He said he was walking along a
downtown street last Friday when an
urchin yelled to him: “You Ger
man—you better be careful here. We
got Batista and tomorrow Senor
Cordell Hull comes.”
Little Sabotage Effort.
The first lew days of the confer
ence developed less direct Nazi ef
fort to sabotage its work than had
been expected. Nearly a dozen Ger
man diplomats and other agents
whose arrival here from other parts
of Latin America and the United
States was looked upon with sus
picion, apparently were acting
merely as observers of the confer
ence proceedings or else keeping
any pressure upon the delegates well
under cover.
There were some reports, however,
of quiet spread of propaganda to
the effect that Germany had no
territorial interest in the Americas,
making action against transfer of
Allied possessions without purpose
although of ilo concern to Germany.
Newspaper dispatches reporting
charges from Berlin that the United
States was attempting to achieve a
proprietary Interest over all the
other American nations through
conference actions brought only
amused smiles from the delegates.
Nazis Say French Line
Has Ceased to Exist
Br the AuociateS Frew.
NEW YORK, July 25.—An official
German radio announcement heard
last night by N. B. O. said the Trench
Line, operators of the great liner
Normandie and other*, “has ceased
to exist.”
The announcement said the line
was ceasing to operate, effective yes
terday, because it has po more shjps
to carry on business. Most of the
line’s ships were said to have been
seized by the British.
A French Line official in New
York branded the German reports
as “absolutely wrong Information."
"The fact that some of our ships
are still moving is evidence that the
British will not seize all our ships,”
he said. “Of the 76 ships under our
control at the start of the war, 8 are
in the Port of New York today and
others are on the seas or In other
ports such as the West Indies.
"The French Line still exists and
always will exist, even if under an
other control. France cannot go on
without these ships, which are a
necessary part of her communica
tions."
He said final control of the ves
sels rested upon the outcome of the
war and "upon conditions imposed
by Oermany if victorious."
The Normandie has been in the
New York Harbor since the start of
war. Britain has announced she
woi^ld seize any French merchant
ships found at sea.
Flyer Who Instructed
Lindbergh Is Dead
By th# AsiocUted -fu.
NEW YORK, July 25.—Horace B.
Wild, 61, pioneer American flyer, at
whose school In Lincoln, Nebr., CoL
Charles A. Lindbergh once took les
sons, died yesterday.
Mr. Wild made more than 1,000
balloon ascensions and in 1907
piloted a dirigible around Nesr
York’s Flatiron Building.
Trinidad’s lake of asphalt is still
considered inexhaustible.
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