New Britain herald., 1930-10-24
BRAZIL PRESIDENT { FORCED ID RESIGN
 IN SUDDEN COUP
(Continued From lfiIst Fagc)

( of hoodlums made their way through ! the main streets and attacked the | offices Of two newspapers which had i been supporters of the government. 7. Furniture was thrown out of upper floors and was burned. q News of the coup was sent out by { radio through the military commit s tee and the strict censorship was ' lttedsjn order that the latest dcvcl- 2 opments might be "ent out of the 2 country.
 \ .ater the provisional hcadquar- \ teI@ Of the military committee issued ' a proclamation denouncinG the civil warfare of the past three weeks and calling for peace. z Urec Peace Moves
 f The proclamation called upon all s Brazilians. whether in favor of the { government or of the revolutionaries to support the peace movement. It I called upon the revolutionlstS 10 < siispend their offensive and the fed eral troops to do likewise. In addl- < ti6n it asked that plenipotentiaries { confer with the provisional govern < nent set up in Rio de Janeiro in or < der tn bring about pacfication of the 4 cohntry.
 $ The proclamation named five forts v as headquarters of the provlSlonal 4 government It was signed by Loao < de Deus Menna Barreto, general Of
 ] the division. and Colonel Bertholdo { klinter as adjutant. Traffic was normal in streets of the capital this morning except from 2 the residential suburbs beyond the I presidential palace which were cut 2 off by the military guard Of the z president.
 2 Later the morning all traffic on < downtown streets came 10 a stand & still and stores and residences had their iron shutters up.
 z The provision general hcadquart- x erj of officers of army and navy is \ sued the proclamation. published in 7 Diario de Noticias at noon, which z said
 < The Brazilian nation is anxious 9 for peace.
 s s Tired of Sasagcry z a"It is tired Of the savagery of it's i latest governments which have in | sisted upon supplanting the free E opinions of opponents which the z regime admits il should respect and
 < esteem. It is tired of aplication eX-
 s clllsively in time of reason of brutal ' force. crushing by armed despotsm and by steel and bullets. N '"Thc lack of comprehension of Z problems Of government by it's di- s rectors signifies that the nation s needs radical substitution in ad- 4 IninistratorG
 y j''As it was necca asary 10 act by T force. tho nations permanent armed z force is acting to convey this will of Z the people;
 N The president Of thc republic ( wa asked in inc name og free Bra T zilians 10 leave povCT--thc little q power which in fact remains 10 him s and 10 contidc paciication Of tine < country to generals Of the army and 3. navy.
 f ''The master idea of this move I ment is purc ratriotiGn, bcCatlsc it Y is absolutely ucccsSary 10 halt the V useless spil!ins of blood and the M useless dc.trucjion Of propcrty-~ ss which on either rilc would be Bra " zilian blood and Brazilian property. is The peaceful forces of army and n navy have joined in national protest
 \ against the fighting recently started ,. and they count uponaall their broth l. CPS in the armed cd7ups. no matter < on which side they made be.
 S Peace Suggestions Issued
 They can best support this move 5r ment peacefully as follows:
 ~ Those troops which are still un- ss.s der so-called legal orders must re- I& fuse to combat further with the rev NJ olutionaries: The revolutionaries sss must suspend their offensive and ~ through plcnipotontiaries confer N with this provisional government on VI bases of pacification, a Since the present government ss {that of Washington Lus) did not 334t submit to the national will. We now % prescribe the following conduct: K. 70 Neither troops nor vohn- N teers will hereafter obey any order
 +s of the old government.
 "t@) Troops will not attack the 7. permanent forces of land and sea. T nor will they fight any force that se should attack.
 st "(3) Troops will not attack po- 6~ lice or volunteer forces of any kind E< whatsoever. but will fight implaca- " bly, if attacked. N Five forts have been named as x. Headquarters of this provisional gov 5~ ernment."
 The manifesto is signed by De .~ Deus, Bareto, and Colonel klinger, . as adjutant
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