MARTIAL LAW
PROCLAMATION IN SALVADOR. DISTURBANCES BY COMMUNISTS. (United Press Association.—Py Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Recoil-<rd this day at 9.25 a.m) SAX SALVADOR, January 24. Marti:.l law has been declared throughout the Republic of Salvador, in order to put down a Communist uprising, in which more than four have been killed. Communists provoked disorders in several towns in tlm interior. The Mayor, tin* .Municipal Secretary, the local Army Commandant, and a telegrapher were killed at Colon. The Communists attacked th ( » barracks at several places, the troops, firing, killing and wounding an undetermined mi m her. CANADIAN WARSHIPS STAND BY. BALBOA (Canal Zone), January 24. The Canadian destroyers, Skeenn. and Vancouver are standing by the port of Ak-ajuhe, on the coast of Salvador, to protect foreign lives and property in tile Communist disturbance there. PLAN TO RAID BANKS. WASHINGTON”, January 24 A State Department report indicated that tlm Communists concerned ill the Salvador rising planned to attack San Salvador and to loot the British and American hanks, but a despatch from the British Charge 'D’Aft’airs this morning stated that, up to that time, the capital had not been attacked.
bkfuge.es aboard. OTTAWA, January 25. Mr Bennett stated to-day that the Canad ian destroyer Sheena lias on ■hoard a number of women refugees from ithe insurrection in San Salvador.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19320126.2.37
Bibliographic details
Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1932, Page 5
Word Count
215MARTIAL LAW Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1932, Page 5
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in