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Show CUBANS FEAR 'DRY' LID IF HARDING INTERVENES (. E. X. starf Sk lal i HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 1. Cubans; see the possibility or another Intervention Inter-vention In tb: inland by the United States. They look for action after President-1 elct Harding takes office Fteosona; Political confllci. the, moratorium, refusal of pome Cuban merchants to accept goods ordered fr.n.i the United States, and kindred' troubles. Many Cubans would welcome hav-j lng Washington straighten out the ; Island's Involved finances, but few yearn for the smme forces that haval put across prohibition In the states ( to have a hand In Cuban affairs. If, they ask, Hurdlng should intervene inter-vene W ould Cuba's, cafes be closed? Would the lid be put on Havana, refuge of the thirsty Americans? Would gambling be bam,' 'I Would the nutional lOUery be' closed ? Havana Is feeling the effects of thej crime wave which h is gripped many j American cities. Police are trying loj slo e two hathinif beach murders, one! ase being that of an American girl! found dead on a rock. American spenders are the hope of the islanders- In the Casino do la Playa roulette wheels spin through ' the rights railing ln stacks of good American dollars to tho crash on American Azz. |