QUIET RESTORED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1943, Page 3

QUIET RESTORED

INTERNATIONAL EFFECT OF REVOLT. NOT YET VERY CLEARLY DETERMINED. NEW YORK, June 6. The victorious revolutionaries formed a military Government with General Rawson as President a few hours after the resignation of Dr. Castillo. General Ramson.who is partly of British descent, pledged that his Cabinet’s policy would be “American soldiarity,” but continued neutrality for the present. Admiral Saba Sueyro, who actually let the revolt, was appointed VicePresident. The other members of the Cabinet include General Rawson’s close friend, General Pedro Ramirez, as War Minister, General Domingo Martinez, as Foreign Minister, Admiral Benito Sueyro, Minister of the Navy, and Admiral Storni, Minister of the Interior. t Dr. Castillo, who was released from custody after his resignation, returned to the Presidential residence to pack his private belongings. All of Dr. Castillo’s Cabinet colleagues have been released from arrest, except two, who will be tried in the regular court on undisclosed charges.

Life in the capital has returned to normal. The shops have been opened and the people have resumed work. A Government order bans all celebrations.

The international significance of the revolt is still controversial, according to the diplomatic correspondent of the United Press of America. Military observers have reacted cautiously, discounting the first view that the overthrow of Dr. Castillo meant that Argentina will throw in her lot with the Allies. PALACE REVOLUTION The Associated Press of America says Uruguayan officials are disappointed over the almost completely military character of the new Government. Several members are known to be extreme rightists and this has exploded the earlier hopes that Argentina would be ruled by a democratic team. An exiled leader of the Argentine Socialist Party, Senor Nicolas Repetto, told New York reporters that the revolt was a palace revolution, and not an expression of the popular will. The State Department in Washington is maintaining silence pending clarification of the attitude of the new Government on foreign questions. However, observers in Washington express optimism that General Rawson will line up the country with the rest of the hemisphere on war issues.

The New York “Herald-Tribune’s” Washington correspondent says it was not a popular uprising to force the Government to line up with the United Nations, though 90 per cent, of the people are reported to have favoured a break with the Axis. This issue was an incidental matter, while the principal reason for the coup d’etat was the concern of the military leaders over the great lead in armamants which was being taken by Chile and Brazil as recipients of lend-lease aid. The revolutionary march to the capital was marked by only one small clash, which occurred at a naval engineering school in the outskirts of the city, and two soldiers were reported killed. However, reports from Montevideo (Uruguay) estimate that the total casualties throughout the country were 100 killed and 300 wounded.