New Britain herald., 1930-10-24

gathered about him as he progress ed and quickly subdued government forces in the seaboard states Of Ala goas and Sergipe, almost without contest. He was last reported nov ing on the city of Bahia.
 Central state Rebels
 The revolutionary movement ill central Brazil developed principally in the state ot Minas Geracs, in which the central government threw most Of it's defending troops. In this state the Rio de Janciro gov ernmcnt seemed to have the best or matters and claimed victory after victory.
 Fall of the Brazilian government marks the fourth overthrow of d dc iure administration by revolu- ton in South America since the first of the year.
 The governments Of Bolivia. Peru, and the Argentine have fallen be- fore revolutions. Some unrest de- yclopcd also in cuSa, Chile. and 10 some extent in Mexico. but the gov crnments ol those countries re- mained in control.
 Others short Lived
 In no case, except Brazil. how ever, did the rebellion occupy more than few days. The tremendous popular uprisings which accompa- nied the movement being sufficient to upset the regime without grea. difficulty Military governments are at present in power in Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina. There was every prospect. until resignation of Dr.. Washington Luis that the Brazilian revolution might stretch on for months.
 Dr. Gctulio Vargas, shortly after inception of the revolution, left his presidency of Rio Grande do Sul in the hands of Dr. Osvaldo Aranha, liberal politician of the state, and assumed personal command of the armies beating at Sac Paulo's back door along the Parana state border. A few days ago he arrived at Cur itvba to take actual charge of the armies. which were calculated 10 ap- proXimatc in the south possibly SO,- OOO in number. General Migu"l Costa was in command Of the rebel vanguard and had led the insurgents in most of the fighting in the south.
 The insurgcnt movement Wd5 based primarily on charges of dlc- tatorship of the Metropolitan dla- tricts, including Rio De Janeiro, Sac Paulo and Bahia, from which the rural districts. such as Rio GranCG Do Sul and Anta Catharina. cattle raising areas were allegedly cNclu- dcd The liberal party, headed by Vargas. charged frauds in the last presidential election and claimtd q they were defrauded in the last pres idental election.
 ENtIayaganrc Charged Just as in other South American republics in which the governments were overthroWn this year charges of oXtraNagance and misappropria- ton of public funds were made by the insurgents.
 Ilt SON llliltHt lll6il SNt 'S S'it- mcnt and inference that the rcVolu- ton was inspired by communistlc agitation and cited the Red flags used by the insurgents in support Of their contention. The insurgents answered this charge with a state ment that the Rcd pag always had been the faG of the liberal party. leaders in the movement, at Per- rambuco the provisional government issued emphatic denials there that there was q communistic tinGe to the movement.
 Throughout the government claimed that it had the movement under con troI. As late as Wednesday night dispdt chcs from Sao raulO and Rio De Janeiro that except for arrival of occasional patches of wounded the two cities were calm and normal and that it was almost unthinkable that Il revolution or civil war existed only a few hundred miles away. At in ception of the movement the gOvcrn- ment declared a l5 day holiday for