Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
BY CASTOR NERvAL.

A SPECIAL committee Of II men
~ prominent in Chilean politics
"A end economics is investigating
A a the acts of the recently over
thrown administration Of Pres
Gent Ibanez.
Following suggestions from the news
papers and the leaders Of the move
ment which succeeded in oustinr ma
nee from the presidency, the provisional
government Of Chile has appointed this
committee to take Up the study OF the
Outstanding financial operations carried
out under the old regime The COM
mittee. similar to that which convicted
former President Leguia Of Peru, is to
investigate the charges of maladminis-
tration. graft and misuse of public
FUNDS which have baen insistentIv men
toned against the deposed Chief Exec
utive ard his political associates
according to press dispatches. The
investigation is to include the acts of
former members of cabinets. foreign
representatives, the secret police. the
government newspaper. La Nacion. and
the private funds Of ex-President Iba-
neg.
Probe Nitrate Agency.
Another special committee. appointed
oy Congress, is checking up the charges
mace oy 10 members of the Lower House
against the former premier. Senior
castro RUIZ in connection with the or
gantzation OF the Cosach. the govern
mental agency for the sale of Chile's
nitrate
In the meantime. one of the strong
est opponents Of the Ibanez rule. senior
Augustin Edwards former. Chilean Min
lster TO London. former president of the
League Of Nations and owner of the
Ieaoing newspaper in Santiago. FL Mer-
cufio, openly accuses the ousted adj
nlInStratlon OF squandering E82. 900 900
curing the four years Of It's tenure.
senior EDWARDS, who voices the SEN
tiinentS Oh large part Of Chilean pub
nc opinion, charges Ibanez with i'm
poFerlsnlne the country and concealing
the critical economic Situation for no.
litical purposes.
Thus the Chilean revolution has one
more characteristic in common with the
PolItIcsI changes which have taken
pace IN other Latin American coun-
Tries during the last IA months.
Wnen the Chilean movement sue
ceeoeo In overTowing the dictatoriaI
RUE OF Gen Ibanez had occasion to
poIit OUT the similar characteristics
ano llkIenesses il had with the recent
publics.
survey Of the circumstances pre-
cedinR all those movements showed
tnat the causes underlying them were
common, repudist ton of dictatorial
ana perSonalistic regimes. widely spread
oy the psychological influence Of men
tai contagion, and precipitated by the
Ialure OF those regimes in solving the
serious economic crises confronting
them
Like Other Revolts
But not only in principle and theory
Vas the Chilean revolt similar to those
which Latin America had witnessed
curing the last year. AS I remarked
at the time, the way in which 1t was
carried out also resembled the upsets
previously taking place In Bolivia,
Feru, Argentina end elsewhere.
The attitude Of the students, COM
ing TO the rescue of democratic ideals
End giving the first indications Of trou-
pie the final action of the armed
forces deciding the outcome Of the
crisis by sympathizing with the poplar
demands and placing the constitution
above loyalty to a political parsonage,
and the nation wide Endorsement Of
the coup by all sectors Of public
opinion and classes, we're cited as some
Of the outstanding similarities between
the latest Chilean revolution and those
IN the neiehboring republics.