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Evening Star, Issue 22955, 12 May 1938, Page 13

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FASCIST REVOLT IN BRAZIL FIERCE FIGHTING IN STREETS OF RIO ATTEMPT TO SEIZE PRESIDENT FAILS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RIO DE JANEIRO, May 11. (Received May 12, at 10 a.m.) The Government forces quelled a Fascist revolt after three hours’ fierce fighting in the streets, arresting scores. An attempt to seize the President, Dr Vargas, was thwarted when he stood at the window, firing his revolver at the rebels until military aid was rushed to him. Green-shirted members of the outlawed Integralists’ Party gathered quietly early in the morning at the Ministry of Marine, the President’s Palace, and the dockyards. The Government was warned a moment before the outbreak, and was quickly .prepared for a major emergency. A party of the palace guard joined in the revolt, killing the commander and

attempting to capture the palace, but Dr Vargas, who was alone with his family, darted from window to window holding the rebels at bay until he was joined by a loyal officer and his son. Thereafter military police were sent to the scene in trucks, armed with ma-chine-guns, quickly subduing the rebels, 30 of whom were arrested at the palace. The main force of the rebels barricaded themselves in the Ministry of Marine, but were dislodged after repeated bayonet charges. The Naval Ministry was twice shelled and badly damaged. Several rebels were wounded, but none was killed. Prince Don Pedro Braganza, second son of the pretender to the throne, was wounded in the leg at the palace. It is claimed that he was attempting to aid Dr Vargas, but the police have detained him pending an investigation. The leaders of the revolt who were imprisoned included Admiral Raul Tavares. A policeman was critically wounded by a machine-gun gullet, and others, it is feared, were wounded. FROM 20 TO 50 DEAD ONLY FIVE LOYALISTS. RIO DE JANEIRO, May 11. (Received May 12, at 1.30 p.m.) It is now estimated that from 20 to SO people are dead as a result of the revolt, of whom only five are loyalists.