Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
BOLIVIAN UPSETS INDICATE
CONCEPTION OF PRINCIPLES
Support of Movement Against Siles
Seen as Revolt Against Latin
American Dictatorships.

and pledged willingly to the movement.
Similar "pronunciamientos' took place
successfully in all the principal cities of
| the country, where the military diva
sions there stationed pledged themselves
one by one to the revolutionary cause.
In the meantime. La Paz. the govern
ment's seat, had been cut of from all
communication with the rest Of the
country and with the world, the rebels
being in very favorable position to do
this from Oruro, for this city is the
railway and the wireless center of
Bolivia. ~
Students Killed.
Unaware Of what was going on in the
rest o. the country, the government,
supported by Gen. Hans Kundt, chief
of staff made itself strong in La Paz
and silenced energetically all opposi-
| ton, until police forces fired against a
public demonstration, killing two of the
young students addressing the masses.
This was the signal for a popular up.
rising in La Paz, which forced ex-Prea-
dent SileS to seek protection in the
Brazilian legation and other of his as
! sociates to hide or leave the capital.
The cabinet resigned and military di-
rectorate was established by some of
the leading officers supporting the gov
| eminent. This directorate refused 10
enter into negotiations with the revolu-
! tionary junta of Oruro, which was in
control Of the rest of the republic, until
the forces upon which it had counted
turned their backs upon 1t and went
over to the insurgent side. ~
The military academy was the first
unit to rebel in La PaZ, and, although
legal troops drove the cadets out to the
outskirts Of the city, later these same
regular troops refused to fire against
the crowds in the streets of La Paz and
very soon the cadets, with new con-
tingents from Oruro and the co-opera-
ton of the national air forces, again
entered the capital in triumph, amidst
wild cheerings of the populace and bou-
quets Of flowers from the women stand
| ing along their path
The constitutional movement had sue
ceeded, and military junta was es-
| tablished in La PaZ with the PRINCIPAL
leaders of the Oruro movement. This
junta, headed by Gen. Carlos Blanco
Calindo, an officer of vast prestige ana
| high reputation, who completed his min
tary studies in Europe. has announced
its purpose of calling elections for d. a
national convention in which all parties
| and public opinion will freely take part
| in the nomination of the next Chief
Executive. Thus the military iunta
aims to contribute to the re-establisll-
ment of normal and legal conditions In
! Bolivia. preserving the constitution and
| the democratic institutions of the coun-
! try.
Sentiment Fights Siles.
! The way in which the movement
| spread all over the country, finding no
resistance at all from the authorities,
/ and the way in which the overwhelm-
/ ing majority of the populace pledges
| itself to and supported it, shows clearly
! that public sentiment was not in favor
! of the unconstitutional designs of DR..
! Siles and his followers. This unanimous
| support of the people is a guaranty of
! further normality and tranquility in
Bolivian politics. although the selection
| of new national executive still remains
a very serious problem in view of the
number and the divergent standing of
the several political leaders of the oppo-
sition parties, who will now be allowed
to enter the country and participate in
the coming elections. -
Prominent among these are former
| President Ismael Monies, Liberal, ana
Bautista Saavedra Republican, the two
| strongest leaders in present Bolivian
| politics, who were not allowed to enter
! the country by the Siles regime; Abdon
| Saavedra, brother of the former, who
was elected Vice President when Siles
! became President, but was soon expelled
! from the country by Siles' orders Luis
Calvo, strong Republican minority
leader; Daniel Sanchez Bustamante, the
youths leader" and Thomas MI. Elto,
! former minister of foreign affairs.