NEW REVOLUTION

Grey River Argus, 19 December 1930, Page 5

NEW REVOLUTION

IN GUATEMALA By Military Junta (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn ) W/iSIUNGTON, Deceniben 17. , The Gi.atemala,:i Alinister, Senor Recinos was advise.! to-day that the I Government and Pres dent Palma had I been overthrown The m- ssage was ' signed Ridriguvz Belc-a S cret<iry JGen i.’ial of the Alil tary Junta, now in .control. It aid that Gen ral Maurm Deleon, a. former Alinister of War. v.;-.s kilt'd in the fighting on Tu.-d-iy. ■'it-din. ’hA condi ions arc tranquil, era, Alauucl Oreliana has been designated as Provisional President. The Am ricaa Charge D’AD’.i'rs (Mr. McCaffery), in Guatemala, reported to the State Department that .. revolution had broken out in Gualeniala. City. Private and commercial dispatches lik w'se confirmed the outbreak. The . p .r.s have made clear the political alignment of the revolt, but it is stated- that the army is participati:g. It is apparently divided. Last week, President Chacon suffer •ed cerebral haemorrhage, and dec arid that he was not lit to continue his duties Presumably, the revolution was in-piled by opponents of the Provisional Pres dent, Palma. FIFTY LIVES LOST. GUATAMELA CITY, December 17. Fifty-seven person, d ed in the coup d'etat’ which, on Tuesday, unseated the ‘aew Government of SeJior Bandillo Paima and installed General Alanual Orellana as the head of a Alilitary Junta, which took ever the administration of the pubxic. affairs.