ARGENTINE REVOLUTION

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1930, Page 6

ARGENTINE REVOLUTION

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 5. : President Irigayen, of Argentine, lias resigned office, in favour of Vice-Pre-sident Martmes. The new President’s first act was a declaration of a state of siege. President Irigoyen’s resignation was greeted throughout the city by the shrieking of sirens and , the explosion of bombs. . ' / ; . . Senor Juan Bella Compa, the Minister of Justice,' represented the feeling of the entire Cabinet, on Thursday night, when he urged President Irigoyen to resign, but the latter held off. Since tjie conference, between Senor v.onipa.an.d the ex-President-, the city of Buenos Aires has been excited by clashes between students and the police. Two persons were killed and four were wounded on Thursday night in a fight'on the Plaza Mayo. Three thousand students held a, demonstration on the Plaza Mayo on Friday. Then ex-President Irigoyen retired on Friday. The capital had then been under a heavy military guard for a. week. As soon as President Marlines replaced Senor Irigoyen, a state of siege was declared. PUBLIC IN THE DARK. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 6. ■ The City of Buenos Aires is nervous, but outwardly it is calm. Probably four-fifths of the poulace is in the dark about the significance ,of the fast-moving developments.

NAVY’S ULTIMATUM. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 6. The Argentine'Navy, with the ships lying in the Buenos Aires Harbour, t@day. joined the Array- in a mutiny 'against the regime of President Hipolito Irygoyen. The President on Friday- delegated his 1 Presidential powers' - to the VicePresident, Senor Martinez. Adriiiral Starni, who is commanding a. squadron of thirteen warships, sent a note to the Government, announcing that the Navy would fire no shots against their Army colleagues, who are led by General Jose Evaristo Uribaru. The Admiral’s note was signed by all i of the officers of the squadron.' The entire Navy, of seven thousand officers and men, are said to have gone over to the movement, against exPresident Iryogon and his influence. ■

CABINET GIVE WAY. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 6. : Later reports state that the revolution of the Argentine Army, and tl>e Navy was successful to-night, when the Government hoisted the white flag over Government House. Thus Senor Martinez, to whom the President had delegated his office, : stepped out, and the country was then handed over to the Army, under General Uriburu, and the Navy under Admiral Storm. The Cabinet had held an all day session in Government House on Saturday, and finally, as columns of the troops converged upon the "building from two directions, they decided to give up.

CLASHES AT NIGHT. | BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 6. The first death in the Army was reported from a suburban garrison at El Palomar. It was that of Lieut.-Col. onel Francisco Torres, of the Air Service, who was shot aiid killed by his fellow officers for refusing to join in their movement. Many persons were wounded in clashes during the night between the police and the students, who were dissatisfied because President Irygoyen’* withdrawal had been only a. qualified one and was made under the ArgeTl- - law, which permits the President .to retire so long as lie wishes and to delegate his power to the Vice-Presi-dent. The city is under martial law.

THE GOVERNMENT DEPOSED AN ULTIMATUM ENFORCED CLASHES IN STREETS NAVY AND ARMY TAKE CHARGE —o- —:■ United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

MANY KILLED OR WOUNDED BUENOS AIRES,: Sept. 7. It is officially announced that on Saturday night, one thousand persons were killed and wounded -in an action which overthrew : the'Government; POLICE RESIST SOLDIERS. BUENOS AIRES, -Sept ''7. ■ Later news of the situation 1 is that military forces overturned tlie Argentine Government oh" Saturday night, after, a sanguinary encounter with a • little group of mounted police, in'which some fifteen persons were killed and one hundred wounded.

The earlier estimates of the thousand being killed is seen to be exaggerated, although it is impossible to compile an accurate list. Among those- wounded was Captain Enrique Padilla, a noted international polo player. Most of the casualties were among civilians.

The engagement took place in the Avenida Be Mayo, at the front of the newspaper “La EpOca,” the Government organ, which later was sacked and' burned by the mob. , MILITARY DICTATION. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 7. General Uriburti, a noted Argentine soldier, teook charge of the Government. He named civilians to form a new Cabinet,' and 'theh issued a proclamation stating that the country was under strict military law. Vice-President Martinez, on resigning, told the Commander of the local forces, General Torango to lay down arms f ... * : • i RIGID MARTIAL LAW; BUENOS AIRES, Sept; 6. • General Uribuni,- in a proclamation; had decreed 1 executions before a firing squad as the penalty for violation of the new regime’s'military law! Multitudes of people ■ irt' Buenos' Aires' city ' poured-.' into the Govern-* ment House after'the surrender of the late Administrator, ransacking the office, and'.ripping the "pictures of e'xP’resideht Irigoyen 'from : tlie walls. Then the' 'people burned the pictures.

EX-PRESIDENT ARRESTED. BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 6. The Government has announced that ex-President Irigoyen has been arrested and confined to the barracks. It was previously reported that the President was in poor health. NEW YORK PAPER’S VERSION. NEW YORK, Sept. 0. Overcoming tlie censorship in the Argentine, which is obivously restrict- 1 ing the outflow of news from the Argentine, the “New York Times,” by means of a telephone do ! “Lh Naeiah,” and through its Monte Video correspondent, employing ; the Same method, obtained, an excellent picture of not only the immediate 1 facts 1 ' of 'the-"re-volution,- which are not” complex, but necessary information concerning im- : portent instigatory factors to begin with.

The “New York Times” is unable to confirm the reports current in Buenos Aires that one thousand persons have been killed and wounded in the revolutionarv activiteis. The students, army and navy played the most important part in the overturning of President Irigoyen. The students, who always mix themselves up in Latin American revolutionary movements, wore strangely inactive during the last six days while the Irigoyen factions were trying to strengthen themselves to repulse the efforts to displace them. ' President Irigoyen’*' decision to turn the Presidency over to the Vice-Presi-dent came too late. In fact, lie'waited after the ' students’ representatives had failed to secure his consent to vacate. Then the students, on Thursday. to the number of two thousand, marched upon the presidential palace and were fired upon.

STUDENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REVOLUTION. BUENOS ATRF.S, Sept. 7. Had President Irigoyen stopped his regime but a few days before, this clasli would not have taken place, but once the students’ blood was spilled, they made a spectacular march next day. presaging the overturn of the Government. There were ten thousand of them, many of them, being high school boys in short*, and girls with braids of hair down their backs. They paraded the down-town streets with

crepe tied to Argentine flags, and banners made from handkerchiefs dipped in the blood of ■ a student who was killed on Thursday .night.

The army, when in Argentine, has not frequently mixed in politics, was easily enlisted in the revolutionary movement because of the grudge against President Irigoyen for liis recent promotions, which disregarded the routine ranking. He had elevated officers who were known to be Favourable to iiis party. It was these officers who were quickly disarmed to-day, and two of them were killed as they wished to remain loyal to the Government,.

The Army, supported by the Navy, desired to keep the students’ demonstrations within bounds, and therefore to-day marched upon tlie city with the students and other civilians followiug them in .motor lorries. It was remarked, however, that; even at the point of disturbance, the crowd was extraordinarily orderly fora force engaged in a coup.-d’etat.-Jt obtained -its objective by - steady pressure rather than by, outright violence.

This evening the crisis seemed to have passed completely and tlie city was quiet. ■ ’

PROVINCIAL UNREST. . BUENOS'AIRES, Sept. 6. ■ The Argentine- Provinces have not been, heard from, owing to the scanty -means of communication. - :.' -i. v- • It:, is. -reported, -however, that at LaPlate, tlie capital, of the Province of Buenos Aires, the public- .made demonstrations. and demanded the • resignation ,of- the Provincial/ Governor/. Senof Corvetto. •• . " • '’" UNTTEB STATES'COMMENT. " (Received this day at 8 a m.) 7. Tlie “.New Yprk Times’' Washington correspondent, 'commenting .on the serious import to' Uniied States of the revolution in this most stable and important of Latin American countries, says; “It is hoped that a greater degree of co-operation will result from the new political order that is developing in Argentine, A charge has been frequently made that© Irigoyen was committed to a-, policy combating any claim United States, might have as a. leader of Republics in the Western Hemisphere, and that he sought to press this, policy .particularly in Europe.” . . It ;is . stressed .that Argentine is one of the few , nations that failed to adhere to the Kellogg Pact, and,has failed .to appoint an. Ambassador to- United..-States Jpr many months.. Viewing t-fie* .entire. Latin America situation,, whereof the Argentine overturn is.jUie.mbsl important; phase, officials are confident that Laiin America, is, making progress on, the road to stable .political conditions, and out of the present unrest will come a period of. renewed: order'and prosperity. - ■ CHICAGO, Sept. 7. With the suspension/ of/ trading in grain futures at Buenos Aires, the exchange has ihjected-a*-’ new"factor in tlie world’s wheat -situation, -and-, lifted wheat ,4| ; --cents. WjnJjipeghpiade only moderate response* 'clQsjng-,at J J-- to* !£,.

MILITARY HOLDS SWAY, BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 7. Saturday's- - yen’s Radical party, which in the last election gave him the greatest majority that any ■, had, ever received, 0 fob-yblie present at Ueast;." .Thfe< Prbrisron'afeO oVer rfmenliis made. lip. of Conservative leaders. ; AVitli this ?ye|olution the first in Argentina ;ihUfdrty years, military forces have followed the lead of Bolivia and Peru in recent months. Military Government now rule these Republics.