Evening star., 1924-07-13
PROGRESS REPORTED
Federal Troops Use Artillery in
Assault,

iorces, proposed by representative
or the rebels at Sac Panic w,,
Jected by the commanding officer ne
'he attacking division, who declared
the government would accept nothing
out unconditional surrender. an off,
ciai communique received yesterdav
oy the Brazilian embassy said. This
advice and others received at the
embassy bear out the dispatches from
Rio.
The communique. which was dated
midnight Of July II. follows:
our troops have continued the
progress started yesterday. During
the early morning Of the eleventh our
artillery attacked the rebels for a
long while. AT $50 in the morning
our troops divided their attack to at.
tam their aims, which they succeeded
ton, twenty-one machine guns. Dis
couraSement reigns among the rebels
An agreement was proposed by a
representative of the rebels. The
division in operations rejected the
proposal, declaring they would onIy
ilsten to the rebels to accept their
unconditional surrender. Morale of
our troops Is magnificent"
Branded as Mutfny,
In another communiuue received bv
the embassy the uprising in Sac PauIo
IS branded as nothing more than a
mutiny which was provoked by mart
of the states military police" The
cavalry was described as having
taken many prisoners and machine
guns. Criticism is leveled at certain
aIspatches emanating, it is charged,
from the River Plate.
The Brazilian government" the
from it's diplomatic representative
IN the most important capitals of
europe and America copies Of tele-
grams published in the local papers,
containing the most false and alarm
ing information about the mutiny in
Sac Paulo. 1t is very significant
that these dispatches. whatever their
destination, always spread alarming
rumors in all their details, and al
ways have the same origin the River
Plate. The government has assured
itself that part of the press and cor
respondents there. while acting in
tins of false information transmitted
by telephone from Rio Grande do
Sui and other communications from
the frontier Of that Brazilian state.
but there, as always and everywhere,
especially in frontier regions, it is
impossible to prevent those inter-
ested from carefully spreading such
rumors.
Outbreak Not Spreading.
THE movement in Sac Paulo is
nothing more than mutiny which
was provoked by part of the state S
military police, which was Joined by
part of the federal garrison station ed
there. This mutiny. because of the
immediate and energetic measures
taken by the federal and state gov
ernments. remains strictly confined to
the city of Sac Paulo. and has not
spread at all to other parts of the
country. 1t has not been able to
overthrow the president of this state,
Carlos Campos. who had already re-
sisted efficiently and had maintained
his authority long before the arrival
sent by the federal government to
help him.
Government Is in Control.
To-day the rebels are completely
dominated by government troops sent
Central Railway, perfectly equipped
with calvary, infantry, heavy and
light artillery, tanks and airplanes.
They already surround Sac Paulo and
have even reached the center of the
city. However, they are not precipi-
the rebels, since it Is desired to avoid
unnecessary injury to the city.
Therefore the troops are only de-
stroying the barracks and stores held
by the rebels, and are surrounding
them in order to prevent their escape.
The cavalry this afternoon took
many prisoners and seized twenty
one machine guns. The Brazil Cen
trail Railway is already completing
the repair of its line of nve hundred
kilometers between Rio and Sac
Paulo, which was the only one which
had been interrupted in some small
sections. From tomorrow the regu-
lar passenger trains. including the
night trains, between Rio and Mgy
das Cruces, a station which is at a
distance of forty-four kilometers
from the place of the military oper-
ations, will be resumed"