The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-09
Brazil PRESIDENT
IREFUSES TO RESIGN
IN SPITE OF REVOLT
luis Makes Firm Announce
ment; Launch Offensive
Against Revo'utionists

4 Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 9.-{F1-Presi-
dent washington Luis OF Brazil an
nounced through q government
spokesman this afternoon that ne
/ had no intention of resigning his OF
9 flee. Revolutionary leaders had ad-
4 dressed a request to him late yester-
j day to abdicate.
Federal army forces, based on the
strategic port Of F1ortanapolis, IN gag
State Of Santa Catharina, today
o launched an offensive against the
revolutionary forces in that state.
Gen. Costa, federal army leader,
notified officials in the State OF Sac
paulo that q force Of $500 federal
cavalry men had taken the field.
/ This force was divided In five regi-
d ments of 500 men each.
u Army reservists between the q
n Of q and 80 were called several Gays
j ago and today the naval reservists OF
Z the same ages In the federal distrlct
j, were called.
The government is seeking to pur-
chase the latest type Of bombing
!. planes and has been making inquiries
!. in the United States.
s While reports came from Recl1e, or
: Pernambuco, that a rebel army was
Z advancing down the coast and had
/. over-run the State of Alagoas, the
8 government designated General
9 Stanta Cruz as head Of all loyal
= troops in Bahia, between Rio de Jan.
Z GIRO and Pernambuco, to conduct an
offensive against the northern states
! from there.
i Victorious at Pernambuco
y The insurgent army, it is under
stood here, is headed by General Cap
/ tain Juarez Tabora, and contains
= continpents from all three states. m
2 Guiding those troops victorious IN the
9 weekend battle which wrested Per-
: nambuco from hands Of the garrison
{ there. Estacion Coimbre, deposed
. president of the province, is expected
! to arrive in Bahia shortly aboard the
9, liner Aratimbo.
Nctinp to preserve its food supply,
Z government forces have continued an
advance into the State OF Minas
J Geraes, whence most OF the capitais
? food supply comes. The mountain
Gus character Of the country m the
9 necessity Of repairing burned bridges
; and destroyed track are slowing up
. progress of the administration troops.
A decree was promulgated today
regulating the food stuffs trade IN
the city and establishing maximum
prices. Iufractions Of the law WILL
( be punishable with fines up to 5000
! The decree also provides that rice
: butter. frozen meat, jerked beef, lard
3 potatoes, peas, condensed milk, maize
I and fodder shall all enter Brazilian
ports duty free during the next Two
! months. ,a
3 Dispatches from Para. or Belem
said warships and police loyal to tn
I government had fired upon that par
y of the army there which had revolted
3 The number Of casualties was no
stated.
A government inquiry board foun'
4 that communists, allegedly, had don
II 100000 damage to the property Q
the subsidiary at Bahia OF The Elec
trio Bond and Share company.
Braxl's revolutionary movenen
\ which is scattered all along the coas
for 5000 miles from the mouth {
i the Amazon to the border Of Urugua!
involves chiefly cities and district
II within 400 miles Of the seaboard.
At least two-thirds Of the reput
Il lies estimated 33,O00,000 inhabitan1
live on the cool eastern plateau whic
extends from Pernambuco to n
n 0rande do Sui. In the Amazon are
\ and the great western interior COUNT
N the population Is sparse.
Nearly ~one-fourth Of Braztrs POI
z ulation Is concentrated in the sta
h Of sac Paulo, the city Of Rio
b Janeiro. and the federal district
n which Rio de Janeiro Is situated. IT
area IL firmly In the hands Of 81
federal government. which express
confidence It can hold It in line +
the washington Luis administratio
i Sac Paulo, the capital Of the sta
y Of that name. Is the Chicago Of Sou
America and does more manufactu
ing than any other city south OF {
equator. It has . population OF nea
" one million and Is more mpoFta
commercially than Rio Dc Janeiro
it Is the center Of the great coli
and agricultural district.
The wealth Of Brazil Is larg.
concentrated In this area adjoani
Rio Dc Janeiro and Sac Paulo. !
litical power Is also concentrated n
and the revolution Is . protest
distant states against the control
the republic from this nucleus.
RATTLE WITH LOYAL
TROOPS HELD IMMINENT
Montevideo. Uruguay. Oct. 0.-A