TROUBLE IN ECUADOR.
PRESIDENT ARRESTED. GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Aug. 20. The military commanders of Guayaquil and Quito, the capital, have announced that President Velasco Ibarra was arrested after an attempt to proclaim a dictatorship. Congressional dignitaries, who were imprisoned, have been liberated. THE NEW PRESIDENT. Received August 22, 9.10 a.m. QUITO (Ecuador), Aug. 21. Senor .-vntonio Pons, a former Premier, has been sworn in as President, succeeding Senor Ibarra, who was arrested.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 226, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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71TROUBLE IN ECUADOR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 226, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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