The Bolivian Coup The obscure movements which led to and
followed the resignation of Dr. Sites, the Bolivian President, have culminated in a coup d'etat. The revolution against Dr. Siks' attempted dictatorship was characteristically the affair of artisans and students. Their method was to attack the seats of authority, and they continued the attacks when Dr. Sites was succeeded by a Council of Ministers. About a fortnight ago they attacked the police at La Paz. The police opened fire on the crowd with machine guns, and it is said that there were a great many casualties. The Council of Ministers was evidently shaken and the heads of the Army seized the occasion for a coup. A Military Directory of six members was formed. The Bolivian Legation in London has since announced that a Military Provisional Government has been formed and that " peace and quiet " have been restored. Dr. Siles and his military adviser (a Prussian who had made himself extremely unpopular) have taken sanctuary, the one in the Brazilian Legation and the other, it is said, in the German Legation.
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