NO LIBERTY IN ARGENTINA

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 257, 28 September 1945, Page 5

NO LIBERTY IN ARGENTINA

PUBLIC FREEDOMS SUSPENDED

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 27. President Farrell has announced that the state of siege in Argentina should be regarded as a transitory measure not altering the' promise of a general election before the end of the year. ' The presidential decree claimed that the Government's action was intended to stop the growing campaign aimed at the alteration of the present, order and conducted by an oligarchy of certain sections of the Press and professional men. The police are , continuing their raids, which are resulting in the arrest of virtually every i leading Argentinian in the field of public service. The police occupied the premises of the evening newspaper Critica, which is not expected to publish, and also raided the premises of other evening papers and imposed a heavy censorship.

Police headquarters announced the arrest of the 51 high-ranking retired naval officers who issued a manifesto on Sunday demanding the restoration of the constitution and free elections. The police also occupied the Communist Party headquarters, arresting 26.

The declaration of the state of siege suspends most of the people's liberties, says the correspondent of the Associated Press. The state of sioge, which was lifted last July after operating for more than three and a half years, suspends constitutional guarantees, freedom of speech and of the Press, and the right of assembly.