Evening star., 1962-08-30
ALGERIA
ALGERIA
Troops Ordered to City,
Rebels Promise Fight
Continued From Page Al


I'VE must resist the criminal
and unscrupulous gang seeking
to clear the path for a clan
Of ambitious men dreaming of
imposing their dictatorial
power on the peole," the decla-
ration said.
It added that no true Algerian
patroit should raise his arms
against another Algerian be-
cause violence solves nothing"
The declaration accused the
Political Bureau of betraying
the Algerian revolution and
said the two wilayaS flatly re-
ject its authority and that Of
the army general staff. headed
by Co. Houari Boumedienne.
1t said the Political Bureau
was guilty Of the blood of
Algerian martyrs killed by
bullets that should have been
used to liberate Algeria and not
to shoot down its liberatorS."
Bureau Accused Of Crimes
1t charged the bureau with
crimes against the people.
against the fatherland and the
revolution" and concluded:
Long live the Algerian
people. long live peace, long
live democracy, long live a
socialist Algeria"
The Wilaya 4 command
called for a mass meeting of
its supporters at the municipal
stadium tonight and then.
without explanation, Cancelled
the call.
The Political Bureau said 1t
had decided to call on the loyal
forces ito dispatch to Algiers
the detachments necessary :.
to re-establish order and ensure
the security Of all In Algiers."
GarrlSOn bOlSteEe0
Col Boumedienne declared
in Setif, Eastern Algeria, yes
terday he was prepared to move
on the capital whenever the
Political Bureau instructed him
to do so.
Shortly before the announce
ment was issued, several hun
dred guerrilla troops arrived in
the city to reinforce the anti
Ben Bella garrison that fought
a street battle with Ben Bella !
supporters yesterday. S
The reinforcementS arrived {
at the Orleans barracks in 20 I
trucks covered with dust. They
were believed to have been I
pulled in from the countryside {
south Of Algiers, which along [
with the capital is controlled
by the guerrillas of Wilaya {
(Zone) No. 4. II
Angry crowds defied a cur
few and surged through AL 1
giers streets last night, de-
manding an end to bloodshed
after the Casbah gun battle.
A Wilaya 4 spokesman said
five guerrilla soldiers were killed
during an hour-long fight in
the Casbah. the city'S main
Moslem quarter. Other sources
reported about 20 persons were
killed or wounded In all.
The spokesman said the fight
ing started when Ben Bella !
supporters attacked Wilaya 4 |!
troops in accordance with
orders they received from Mo- ]
hammed Kinder" S
Mr.. Kinder is Ben Bella's I
right-hand man and the only |
influential member Of the Po- ]
litical Bureau still in Algiers. {
He personally telephoned the
Political Bureaus announce
ment to news agencies. Mr.. {
Ben Bella and Col. Boume- 1
dienne were reported some {
where in the Oran area Of
Western Algeria.
The bureaus announcement
said it had decided to call on
loyal troops to rid the capital
of domination by Wilaya 4
which 'is imposing its authority
by force"
$500 Regular Troops
The bureau ceased to func-
ton as the nations provisional
government last week because
of obstruction by the guerrillaS. |
However, Col. Boumedienne,
who has $4,000 well-trained.
Communist-equipped regular
troops and four of the six
wilayas under his command,
declared he considered it the
nations only legitimate au-
thority.
Wilaya 4 in Algiers and
Wilaya 3 in the Kabylie
Mountains east of the capital,
refuse to recognize the Politi-
cal Bureaus authority.
Thousands of Algerians last
night defied a Wilaya 4 curfew
and surged through the streets
shouting "seven years of war
is enough" The guerrillas
made no attempt to stop the
spontaneous peace demonstra-
tion.
The demonstrators, many in
pajamaS, swept past patrols
and roadblocks. Many en-
braced weary sentries who let
them pass despite the 8 pm.
curfew set by guerrilla leaders
of Wilaya 4.
The crowd made no attempt
to approach Wilaya 4 head
quarters in the Orleans bar
racks near the top of the
CaSbah.
Hundreds OF combat-ready |
guerrilla troops we're deployed
in the darkened streets. In the
steep, narrow alleys of the Cas-
bah, groups of soldiers with
submachine guns at the ready |
stood in nearly every doorway,
fraternizing with the inhabi-
tantS.
The gunfire that ratified
oproeS tho nitv y1noct IF tho oft