The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-17
COUNTER REVOLUTION
RETURNS DAVILA TO
AUTHORITY IN chile
Communist Leaders Who Gust
ed Him After First Over.
throw Are Captured

Santiago, Chile, June l7.-(P)-
Chile's socialist junta, which went in
to power by overthrowing the gov
eminent of President Juan Esteban
Montero less than two weeks ago
was overthrown In a brief but, drama
tic 'counter-revolt early Friday.
Colonel Marmaduke Grove. mill
tary leader of the revolt of June 4
and head of the junta since the
resignation of Carlos Davila last Sun
day, was taken prisoner by the coun-
ter-revolutionary forces, toget h I
with his associate, Eugenio Matte.
The counter-revolutionaries COM
prised army and navy air force
groups, apparently supporters Of
Senior Davila, who charged the jun.
ia had gone over to communism.
Later Friday they turned the gov
eminent over to a new junta COM
posed OF Senior Davila, Senator Al
berto Cabero, member of former
President Montero's radical party
and former Deputy Nolasco Car
denas. The new junta was fore
sworn to outlaw communism, but tc
continue the socialist republic estab-
lished after the June 4 revolt alona
moderate lines, friendly to foreign in
terests.
Grove Captured. Alive
Colonel Grove had announced he
would die before he would surren-
der to the army groups, who be-
sieged the palace with 18 field guns
but he finally was captured alive.
The revolt began Thursday night
AS rebellious troops were marching
on the city to besiege the palace, ma
chine guns began to rattle and great
crowds of people, many of them CON-
munists, sent up terrific din in the
streets.
Airplanes Of the attacking forces
flew over the city and the sky was
lit up by bursting tar. shells and
rocket flashes.
Forces loyal to Colonel Grove
mounted machine guns on the palace
and prepared to defend It. but as the
counter-revolutionary hosts gather
ed in the streets outside. massed their
artillery around the building and set
up headquarters In the ministry OF
war building across the street, the
loyal troops and caribineers began a
general desertion and Grove and
Matte were left practically without
defense.
Communism ID Rejected
The attackers issued a statement
saying their only purpose was to re-
store constitutional government and
that they intended to refrain from
any part in politics, once rightfu]
government had been established.
In such q government, they said
communism would be declared "out-
side the law" and entirely illegal,
Communist groups in the meantime
attempted to bomb the cathedral and
the MERGED church and began break
ing into some stores and office build.
ings. The caribineers hurried away
and dispersed them, however, before
any damage was done.
Davila, informed the Associated
Press that he and his associates plan
to create purely Socialist state and
that. II necessary, they will attain
their ends by force Of arms.
This government" he said will
continue along the lines originally
projected for a Socialist republic OF
Chile. Armed forces win support the
fulfilment Of our plans.
"A constitutional assembly will be
called soon to write constitution for
the Socialist republic. Until then the
government win confine its acts a.
nearly as possible within the present
constitution"