File No. 834.00/107.
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No. 41, Paraguay.]
American Legation,
Montevideo,
July 20, 1911.
Sir: Referring to my cablegram on the subject
of the overthrow of President Jara and the establishment of a
provisional government in Paraguay, I have the honor to enclose copy of
a letter from the consul at Asuncion, reporting a coup d’état which
occurred in that place on the 14th inst.
The opinion of Consul Ferris that the men now in control of the
Paraguayan Government have the support of the best interests of the
country, is shared by the British Chargé d’Affaires at Asuncion, whose
reports to his superior at Buenos Aires I have seen.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure.]
The American Consul at
Asuncion to the American
Minister.
American Consulate,
Asuncion,
July 15, 1911.
Dear Mr. Morgan: I have the honor to
report that there has been an overthrow of the ministry in this
country, by a coup d’état which occurred yesterday. I have not been
able to learn the full details. The Minister of War, Cipriano
Ibáñez, who was the principal actor in taking the former Provisional
President prisoner, was himself locked up, and the present
Provisional President formed a new cabinet in part. The only new
ministers settled upon are Col. Chirife, Minister of War (his full
name I do not know), and Dr. Geronimo Zubizarreta, Minister of
Finance.
The controlling elements in this movement are of the Liberal-Radical
Party, or Gondrists, having adhered to the President who was forced
out of office by Col. Jara last January.
The object of the coup d’état yesterday was to prevent the return of
Jara, which was understood to be the design of the parties who
removed him and who remained in power.
Although the situation is not considered at rest, the men now in
control have the support of the best interests in the community. I
shall inform you further when the Ministry is completed.
