Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-04-09 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

THREATENED REVOLUTION IN HE ARGENTINE. PROMPT GOVERNMENT ACTION.  The Buenos Ayres correspondent of the Times telegraphs : Early on Sunday morning the Argentine Cabinet suddenly declared a state of siege throughout the Republic. The decree stated that the Government were aware that a political faction was preparing, by subonation of the officers of the army and fleet and by other means, to encompass an anarchical revolution, the objects of which exceeded in barbarity anything hitherto witnessed in the Republic, including as they did the assassination of the civil authorities, the principal chiefs of the army, and the leading citizens by the use of dynamite and other explcsives distributed throughout the capital and the provinces. Simultaneously with the issue of the proclamation, the police proceeded to arrest the Radical leaders— Alem, Baratavena, Liliedal, Torino, Pastor, Castellano, Castro, and other civilians,and also 40 officers of the army, including Colonels Irigoyen, Figueroa, and General Garcia, who is considered to be the military leader of the movement. The civilians named were embarked on an Argentine man-of-war, which was reported all ready, and sailed for Staten Island, near Tierra del Fuego. Dr. Irigoyen, the Radical candidate for the Presidency, was interned at his country seat. The Government sent orders to make arrests in Tucuman, San Luis, Catamaroa, and other provinces. Some Orsini bombs were handed to the police, which, it was stated, were manufactured at Laboca. Among those who are alleged to have been marked out for assassination are Dr. Pellegrini and Generals Roca, M itre, and Levalle. The Government pretend to have documentary evidence proving clearly the Nihilistic nature of the plot, of which this is the outline. The Radical clubs are in possession of the police, and many compromising, documents have been found on the premises. The Radical party declare that they never intended to go to the extent of actual revolution, that the stories of murder and dynamite are a pure invention, and that the one object of the Government's action has been to prevent the great meeting of 30,000 citizens. The extraordinary precautions taken at Maidonado and Zarate apt ar to indicate that some real danger is feared, either from or to tie troops. Officers cannot pass the lines, the sentinels and guards have been doubled, the soldiers sleep in uniform, the batteries and field artillery remain constantly horsed, and the cavalry patrols are continually going the round of the camps. The troops at Zarate are kept ready to march at a moment's notice. The war arsenal is guarded by artillery and the eighth line regiment of infantry. Government House is defended by a double guard and a number of sailors. The firemen are at their quarters ready to take up arms if required. All this shews that the Government distrusts present pacific appearances. Empty streets, empty cafés, empty tramcars, and armed police at the corner of every block of buildings—such was the aspect of the city on Saturday night. The Radical journals have been suppressed. Dr. Pellegrini personally declares that he possesses letters in Dr. Alem's own hand which compromise the writer.