COOLIDGE ISSUES PROCLAMATION PLACING EMBARGO ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO CUBA
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge issued a proclamation, effective immediately, "declaring an embargo on arms shipments to Cuba."
The President responded to the request by President Alfredo Zayas* who cited violent conditions on the island.
The Presidential proclamation states...
"There exists in Cuba such conditions of domestic violence which are...promoted by the use of arms...of war procured from the United States."
The Evening Star reports warships are patrolling the Cuban coastline in the vicinity of the uprising.
*Alfredo Zayas (1861-1934) was born in Havana, Cuba & became a lawyer, prosecutor, judge, mayor, senator, and vice-president. AZ served as president of Cuba 1921-1925.
SOURCE
"Coolidge Places Embargo On Arms Shipments To Cuba," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 2, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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