Show REBELS IN RAID USE THE TORCH AMERICANS ARE MENACED BY CUBAN REBEL BANDS WHO THREATEN THREAT rN MASSACRE refugees from oriente province tell terrible stories of devastation wreaked wrecked by negro bandic in reign of terror now new york charged that hint cuban ebels debels are burning and pillaging tile boines nuil and properties of americans end and other oilier foreigners lit in the districts of bayate anil and miranda oriente province were nindo mailo by awen ty four american and british refugees who arrived here may lily 0 they predicted ducted that there will bo be n massacre of the white residents remaining unless tho the united states intervenes and asserted that thu the cuban government Is powerless to cope with the situation most of the refugees escaped with only dilly the clot lies they wore the accusations were substantiated by nil an appeal for told aid signed by americans remaining in fit tile territory occupied by the rebels tho the appeal the refugees said will be forwarded for warde to the lie state tit at washington the threat of it massacre ly 14 contained in ft statement included eluded In in ili tho the appeal alleged to have hao hern been written by oen 1011 loll was illas maso tho the sta blaso Is reputed to have anade sald ald s you loudest aal ne vill iles stroy lroy until your bollei ing will ile bo bieard ear lit in washington rind and force amer for the time being W wo all will riot not fight the lie government troops bild we ave will anvill riot not hill 1111 you unless you oppose us yu we tire aro only dR lillne now wit with I 1 tho the torch terrorizing and organizing but it menocal does riot not graep out may lily 20 wo we will fight and kill wu we arc rebels in this province all well armed and tile iio whole province will ill become it a wilderness your government can prevent tills this by intervention 1 I invite an all american i 1 I to come to tho interior and see our forces see tho the destruction destruct lon that we tire anro making unit tell their government tho the truth |