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the 1914 revolt, but this was not
published.
The revolutionary garrison at po-
lice headquarters said the partially
burned bodies in ammunition cases
had been stored in the basement
Some appeared tC have been killed
recently. leading to the belief that
the bodies were remains of persons
arrested after an unsuccessful coup
earlier this month.
SmCulderlng resentment over the
measures taken after the 1914 revolt
was one of the underlying causes of
the uprising. Among prisoners who
disappeared after the abortive revolt
were two senators.
The interim government asked
members of the military cabinet
which had been in Office less than a
day, in a last desperate effort to
quell the revolt, to surrender and be
judged legally. But the cabinet
members for the most part still were
at large at daybreak. One of the
fugltives was listed in the United
States Blue Book as leading Nazi
1000 Killed or Wounded.
Street fighting, In which approx
mately 1000 persons were reported
killed or wounded, abated after the
revolutioniSts paraded through La
Paz with the battered, seminude
body of the President draped over
an army tank.
Earlier, the Presidents body had
been hanged from a lamppost in
front of the palace At the con-
cluSion of the parade, the body was
returned to the same lamppoSt and
strung up again along with the
bodies of three of his trusted sub
alterns.
Crowds passed silently by the
Iimprovised galloWs in the shadow of
the bullet -pocked palace. where the
new government met to name tenn
porary officials and to set in motion
machinery for what it described as
"a democratic general election
Electric and telephone service,
disrupted for the last several days,
was restored as the city began to
return to normal.
Many members of Villarroel's mil
itary regime perished with their
leader, but most of the casualties
in the street fighting were revolu-
tioniStS
United States Ambassador Joseph
Flack had a narrow escape at the
height of the revolt when a stray
bullet just missed him as he entered
the embassy
Call for National Unity.
First official act of the revolu-
tionary regime, which calls itself
the institutional government" was
to issue communique calling for
national unity and restoration of
popular liberties" which were sus-
pended under Villarroels strong
man" rule.
The communioue also said all
political prisoners would be freed
and that all political eXiles would
be welcomed back in Bolivia to
'collaborate in the restoration OF
democratic liberties and guaran.
tees"
Civilians, forming military ranks
marched through the city shouting
their support of the revolution.
Trucks loaded with women picked
up the dead and wounded. Every
hospital and dispensary was filled
to overflowing Doctors were rushed
to La Paz from all sections of the
country
Luis Uria. undersecretary of the
presidency, was among those hanged
in front of the presidential palace
Roberto Hinolosa, director genera
of propaganda, was killed. Police
Capt. Hunberto Carrasco was ar
rested. Many Of Villarroels sup.
porters took refuge in embassies.
Revolution Began July I3.
The revolution began July l3
when a student was killed during
a demonstration in support Of
teachers demands for higher paw
The government then prohibited al
demonstrations, and a general strike
was called in protest of this action
Fifty persons were killed and 25(
wounded last Thursday when police
fired on a crowd of demonstrators
Realizing that his regime was
wabbling. Villarroel reorganized nj.
cabinet Saturday, forming an all
military body. When this failed te
halt the revolution, he resigned yes
terday morning and prepared to flee
the country in his private airplane
One of Villarroel's last acts had
been to name 1t Gen. Angel Rod
riguez to the key post of Defense
Minister in his all military cabinet
Rodriguez was identified in the
United States State Department. s
Blue Book a few months ago as q