THE ARGENTINE REVOLT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 14, 17 January 1931, Page 12

THE ARGENTINE REVOLT.

EYE-WITNESS IN AUCKLAND

FAITH IN NEW PRESIDENT,

The revolt against the President, Senor Hipolito Irigoyen, and his Government in Argentina in September was referred >to by Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Wallace, who have arrived in New Zealand for a holiday. Mr. Wallace, son of Mr. James Wallace, secretary of the old Wellington, and Manawatu Railway Company, has been living in Buenos Ayres for 30 years, working in the accountancy department of an English railway company. "Yes, we had the exciting experience of witnessing the revolution at Buenos Ayrcs," said Mr. Wallace. "The army and navy, under the leadership of General Jose Evaristo Uriburu, took complete charge of the situation, and, with the exception of a few civilian casualties, it was a bloodless coup. Irigoyen had been President for two years. He managed very well during his first term, but unfortunately he ibecame associated with unscrupulous elements and it was learnt that public funds had, been plundered. It is a strange thing about the deposed President that in a land of orators—for every Argentino speaks fluently and at length—lrigoyen was always a silent man, and he never made a speech. His associates undermined him and trouble commenced to show itself by the neglect of public business. "On a beautiful day, after some skirmishing about the city, General Uriburu marched with his troops and took possession of Government House, the President and his Ministers having fled. With the exception of shots fired by a few wild registers in the Congress House there was little opposition to the change. The next evening a trolley car with a number of armed troops rushed mysteriously through the city and fired at the i relief guard, of the new regime. The soldiers, thinking the shots' came from Government House, returned the fire, and there was some confusion. It has not been ascertained yet who carried out this, raid, but it is believed that it was a partv of Government radicals. Anyhow, they disappeared. Irigoyen was arrested at La Plata and is now in custody on board a battleship in the River Plate. Uriburu, who was educated in Germany, is a man of commanding personality, and the people have faith in hint. He elected a fine provisional Government, which will remain in power and straighten out the affairs of the countrv. Then an election will be held.

Mr. and Mrs. Wallacc, after leaving linen us Ayrcs, crossed the Andes to Chile, to Valparaiso, and then travelled by the American railway line to Balboa, Panama,