SOUTH AMERICA

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1932, Page 5

SOUTH AMERICA

j ' A LOOKING FOR WAR «,■ INTERNAL DISSENSION,. (United Press Association—By Electric . Telegraph—Copyright.) LA PAZ, July 20. A troop train, filled with .soldiers, loft here to-day, with the.r destination annpuneed as the interior of llolivia, while the aroused populace of.V, sthe capital stood by and cheered dora.tiie Fatherland. .V*— ??■ < ‘ ' Tlfe movement was followed in less than twelve hours by a demand by the 'sti'eht crowds for war on Paraguay. ; r Simultaneously came reports from ; the interior that protest meetings bad been held in various towns calling down fury oh the Paraguayan aggression. Two thousand men paraded to the Palace on Wednesday, with Bolivian flags and banners. ~J V, ] ■“ i. 1 BRAZIL RISING.

ad'C j BUENOS AIRES,' July -10, '•’The first skirmishes between the loyAl' and rebel Brazilian troops on the -'oilt skirts of Sao Paulo took place' yesterday, according to wireless mßs- ; shghs picked up hero to-night. The 'nasiijalties were not reported. It A estimated that the Government linos contained 30,000 troops, against 20,001) rebels, concentrated along the' front -■ from Italaya and Oachoira to Grezeiro. The re-bete are short of ammunition,. j the 1 ammunition factory having been blown up by Government bombing 5 planes last week.

uK '! ROUMANIAN ELECTIONS,

BUCHAREST, July 19.

Charges of hare-faced election jlrauds are being hurled, against the Government by the Opposition groups who maintain that the National Peasants Party—who took over the'Gov-' .•eminent, a- month ago in order to make xtfrel elections —is claiming 60 per cent, of the seats in Parliament under false as it failed to poll 40 per cenjb.., of the total votes, which, ,ucder the- electoral law, would entitle it to a. majority of the seats. ? i: ••It is believed : that the Government will consent to having the final election ■/results somewhat modified, in .order to ; appease the Opposition, and that after . the Senate 'elections, which began to- - flay, Cabinet will resign to make room * for a 1 Coalition Government embracing some of the Opposition groups. N.S.W. POLITICIAN IN ;, 1 LOS ANGELES, . July. 21. 5 Sir Thomas Henley, M.L.A, of New South Wiles, who is in California to ; Study fruit raising, expressed' the opinion that all! of the war debts should by cancelled and that all nations should make a new start from scratch.