LATIN AMERICA

Evening Star, Issue 20610, 9 October 1930, Page 9

LATIN AMERICA

REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL GOVERNMENT FACING CRISIS - RESERVISTS CALLED UP. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 7. The Brazilian Government has issued a call to the colours requesting the naval reserves and ten army classes, comprising 420,000 men, to mobilise immediately. The army reservists have already volunteered. It is expected that the Federal Government will make the first vigorous stand in the neighbourhood of Sao Paulo, where rebels numbering 80,000 under the leadership of a former Minister of Finance (Senor Vargas), are reported to be making a threatening movement. It is believed that. Federal naval forces are en route to Sao Paulo. The Government contemplates sending a force of 100,000 soldiers into the field immediately. The Brazilian Government is facing both a Cabinet crisis and a food shortage. It is reported that the food supplies have been requisitioned. All banks have been closed for a “holiday.” INSURGENT ARMY ADVANCING THE BORDER CROSSED. MONTEVIDEO, October 7. Frontier dispatches report that the vanguard of the insurgent army is advancing upon the great coffee exporting centre pf Sao Paulo. They crossed the border of the State of Parana into the State of Sao Paulo. SITTER WAR DEVELOPING REBELS CAPTURE MORE TOWNS. NEW YORK, October 7. Reports of an increasingly sanguinary nature continue to be received, and leading observers fear that one of, the most bitter wars in South American history is developing in Brazil. Later reports issued from Porto Alegre, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, assert that rebels have captured the towns of Pernambuco and Natal. The Governors of the States of Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte are reported to have fled on a steamer, which a rebel destroyer is chasing. A Federal aeroplane bombed the city of Belleo Horizonte, and was then shot down. SERIOUS RIOTS AT BAHIA PUBLIC SERVICES ATTACKED. WASHINGTON, October 7. The American Charge d’Affairs at Rio de Janeiro has reported serious riots at Bahia where the American tramways and other public services have been attackedGOVERNMENT’S ATTITUDE “ BLOODSHED- WHERE NECESSARY.” WASHINGTON, October 7. The Brazilian Ambassador (Senor Doamdral) has stated that the “ Government will resort to bloodshed where necessary.” UNREST IN CUBA RIOTING IN CAPITAL. HAVANA, October 7. The opponents of President Machado declare that Cuba is seething with discontent, and that a rebellion is being forced by the President’s dictatorial methods. Several riots occurred to-day, when the police killed one newsboy and fired at others who were selling an anti-Machado weekly. PERNAMBUCO CAPTURED UNDER CONTROL OF REBELS. NEW YORK, October 8. (Received October 9, at 10.10 a.m.) A message from Pernambuco (Brazil) states that the city was under the control of a Provisional Government today, set up by the Liberal revolutionaries, who captured it after a fortyeight hours’ struggle with the State military police and a portion of the army, which remained loyal to the Ceni tral Government.