Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-25
Ecuador s President
Exifed, Control Goes
To Defense Minister
by The Associated Press

QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. 25.-Col
Carlos Mancheno, erstwhile Min
lister of Defense, was self-pro-
claimed ruler of Ecuador today
after the bloodless overthrow
and exile of President Jose Maria
Velasco Ibarra.
The colonel announced yesterday
that Mr.. velasco Ibarra had re-
signed, called on the army for sup
port and issued q decree in which
he assumed "the function of execu-
tive power as in charge of the presi-
dency of the republic" He told
reporters he would summon all
political parties to advise him in
choice of. q cabinet.
Twelve hours after his reported
resignation, Mr.. Velasco Ibarra and
his Argentine-born wife few to Cali,
Colombia, where the Colombian
government granted them asylum
Opposed Col. Mancheno.
His downfall was believed to have
stemmed from his effort to Dust
Col. Mapcheno from his cabinet,
in which the colonel had served
since q revolution established the
Velasco Ibarra administration In
mid-1s44.
Heavy armored car movements
Saturday foreshadowed the revolt,
a surprise to most residents of this
capital. Late that night a delega-
ton Of army officers went to the
Presidential Palace. The Presiden-
tial Guard fired one shot but then,
told the officers had come to call
on President Velasco Ibarra, let
them go in.
The President, taken into custody,
was granted an interview with Col.
Mancheno. At $3.50 am. yesterday
the colonel issueda purported state
ment from Mr.. Velasco Ibarra
which said he was resigning "for
the sake IL the republic" and had
handed over power to the defense
minister.
Control Is Temporary"
Col. Mancheno later notified all
Army commands that in view of the
resignation members of the armed
forces see ourselves In the necessity
of taking over in the government
temporarily" to prevent power from
falling to "a party divorced from
the people"
Col. Mancheno said he would ask
Jose Vincente Trujillo, chief of
Ecuador's delegation to the Inter-
American Defense Conference at
Petropolis, Brazil, to stay on as
foreign minister.
(The conference secretariat at
Petropolis reported last night
that Col. Mancheno had sent
word he would keep Mr.. Trujillo
as delegate. The secretariat said
the conference probably would
confirm Mr.. Trujillo's status.
(Mr. Trujillo, after telephone
conference with Col. Marcheno,
said "he asked me to remain here
as Ecuador's delegate" Earlier
Mr.. Trujillo referred to himself
as the "ex-foreign minister" and
said he planned to return home)
(Other Latin American dele
gates expressed shock at the
turnover. One said that the con-
ference certainly will have to
discuss 1t" and another declared.
it's time to halt these military
relationships In this, hemi- :.
sphere.D ,>>.'''-. =
In 1884 he became President, but
II months later a military group
deposed him and he went to Colon
bia In 1910, he returned to run
for President. He lost to DR.. Carlos
Alberto Arroyo del Rio.
After an unsuccessful revolution
airy effort, he left the country again.
Another attempt in May, 1914,
marked by street fighting fatal to
40, elevated him to the Presidency.
A constituent assembly subsequent
ly was elected and confirmed him
in this ONCE on August 10. A new
assembly reelected him q year ago.