The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-02

ing SUCCEEDED temporarily Dy Gen
eral Urena. Elections were held on
May 16 and Gen. Rafael Trujillo was
chosen president and inaugurated
three months later.
Bolivia was next on the list. There
DR.. fernando Siles tried, like vasquez,
to perpetuate his rule and was driven
from Office in May by the insurgents.
He was permitted to take refuge in
Chile, and his much hated right hand
man, Gen. Hans Kundt Of Prussia.
fed back to his German home. A mill
tary junta took over the government,
its chief being Gen. Carlos Blanco
Gallindo.
Peru followed suit In August. The
officers Of the army led movement
against President Augusta B. Leguia
who had held the Office for more than
ten years and considered himself al
most irremovable. He was forced to
resign, turning over his powers to a
military junta, and later Lieut. Col.
Luis NJ. Sanchez Cerro was made pro-
visional president. Leguia had been
recognized as an efficient business
president and Peru made great ma
terial strides during his regime, but
the revolutionists accused him Of "de-
NAL of civil liberties" and also of
nepotism and the sale of concessions.
He was imprisoned to await trial.
Late in August President Hipolito
Irigoyen of Argentina was warned by
his minister of justice that a rev0lu-
tion might break out Immediately. A
few days later the prediction was full
filled, the high army and navy officers
leading their commands in a revolt
that speedily ousted the aged chief
executive, who was seriously i'll. Only
in Buenos Aires was there any popular
opposition to the revolution, and this
was soon Quelled with some blood
shed. Gen. Jose Francisco Uriburu,
chief of the insurgents. became the
provisional president on September 6.
Irigoyen for years had enjoyed great
personal popularity in Argentina, was
president from 1916 to 1922 and was
elected again in 1928 But he had be-
come senile and sick and lost his hold
on the people.
Vargas Rules Brazil.
Brazil's revolution broke out early
in October and was in way war
between the states, the leader of each
striving to seize the central govern
ment. The term of President Washing
ton Luis was soon to expire but his
favored candidate. DR.. Julio Prestes.
president of the state of Sac Paulo.
had been elected, allegedly by fraud.
The defeated liberal candidate, DR..
Getulio Vargas, former president Of
the state of Rio Grande do Sui, start
ed a revolt to prevent the Inaugural
ton of Prestes, and the movement
spread to state after state, all the
inSurgent armies converging on Rio
de Janeiro, the national capital. The
government resisted stubbornly, but
considerable parts of the army and
navy deserted it and after few weeks
of bloody fighting Luis was ousted.
The members of the junta that took
over the government at once began
quarreling and scheming, but Vargas
promptly came UP from the south with
large force of gaucho soldiers and
his authority was recognized. He was
installed as provisional president on
November 8.
Pascual Ortiz Rubio was inaugural
ed as president of Mexico on February
5 and selected a strong cabinet under
whose rule the country promises to
prosper. Especial attention is being
paid to reorganization of agriculture
and to education.