RISING IN BRAZIL

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1938, Page 7

RISING IN BRAZIL

LED BY MILITARISTS

President Withstands

Attack

SINGLE-HANDED AT PALACE.

(Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.l RIO DE JANIERO, May 11. A rising, led by military and naval officers, against the regime of President Vargas, has been quelled. The revolt, which was Fascist in character. lasted only for three hours, and was confined to Rio de Janiero, there being between 20 and 30 killed, all but five of whom were revolters. There was fighting in the city streets, the Government forces arresting scores of revolters, and quelling the outbreak. Green-shirted members of the outlawed Integralists’ Party engaged in the rising. They gathered quietly early in the morning at the Ministry of Marine, the President’s Palace, and the dock yards. The Government was warned a moment before the outbreak. and quickly prepared for a major emergency. _ A narty of the Palace Guard joiped in the revolt, killing their commander and attempting to capture the Palace. An attempt to seize President Vargas was thwarted when he stood at a window firing a revolver at. the rebels until militarv aid was rushed to him. President Vargas, alone with his family, darted from window to window, holding the rebels at bay, until joined by a loyal officer and his son. Eventually military police were sent to the scene in trucks, armed with machine guns, quickly subduing the rebels, thirty of whom were arrested at the Palace. The main force of rebels had barricaded themselves in the Ministry of Marine, but were dislodged after repeated bayonet charges. The Ministry was twice shelled and badly qam* aged. Several rebels were wounded, but none was killed. The Government has announced the complete suppression of the rebellion. Many of the chief conspirators were arrested, including General Klinger, who led the 1932 outbreak at Sao Panto The leaders of the revolt, imprisoned included Admiral Paul Tavares. Observers declare the coup, though well-planned, failed because it was weakly carried out. The entire Palace Guard in the President’s Palace revolted, and it is considered a miracle that President Vargas was able to escape death or capture. It is indicated that Senhora Vargas and their two daughters helped to keep off the attackers with revolvers until the arrival of relief, Senhora Desilva, wife of the commander of an important Government garrison, was among the wounded by the rebel attack. I Many .loyal military leaders aijd members of the Government, i allying to the palace with mixed groups of soldiers and police, were dressed in pyjamas. A policeman was critically wounded by a machine-gun bullet, and others are believed to be wounded. The so-called brains of the revolt, Pliniosalgado, leader of the Intcgralists, however, is still being sought. Prince Don Pedro Braganba, 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 President Vargas. The police detained him pending an investigation.

Integralist Party leadeFabrested, WOUNDED PRINCE DYING. (Received May 12, 10.20 p.m.) RIO DE JANIERO, May 12. Prince Don Pedro Bragaza, second son of the Pretender to the throne, who was wounded at the palace, and who claimed that he was attempting to aid President Vargas, proves to have been mortally wounded. The Prince is charged with membership of the Integralista Party. . Senhor Plinio Salgado, the leader of the Integralista Party, has also been arrested. President Vargas, in a statement, said that it had not yet been determined whether any foreign elements were connected with the revolt. It is believed that the movement was limited exclusively to the city of Rio de Janiero. The interior of the country is orderly. BRAZIL’S BRITISH CREDITORS. CONCERN ABOUT INTEREST PAYMENTS. RUGBY, May 10. Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer) assured the House of Commons, in answer to a question that the Government attached the greatest importance to the ’•esump tion of payments on Brazilian external debts in the currencies. The Government would continue to give the fullest support to the Council of Foreign Bondholders in the matter.