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rOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, October 5, 1955
Peron Says His Own Generals Forced Him Into Exile
Resignation Never
Submitted, Former
Dictator Declares
Editor's note: In the following Inter
view with United Press, former Presi
dent Juan D. Peron gives his version
of the Argentine revolution and the
events leading to his exile. He de
scribed it as the "first and only" such
statement be will make.
By GERMAN CHAVES
United Presi Correspondent
Asuncion, Paraguay (U.R)
Ousted President Juan D. Peron
today described himself as a man
without wealth, double -crossed
and forced into exile by his own
generals. He said he stiU is the
"constitutional president" of Ar
gentina. He never resigned his office,
he said.
He -said he could have con
tinued to resist the revolution
and that "the chances of success
were absolute."
Would Cost Many Lives
But he said it would have
meant "prolonging the struggle,
killing many people and destroy
ing that which it cost us so much
to build."
He did not rule out the pos
sibility that "some day it would
occur to me" to return to Argen
tine politics but said that for
now he intended to remain quiet
ly in Paraguay.
The former dictator spoke in
answer to a written series of
questions put to him in his Par
aguayan exile by United Press
and then continued his conver
sation for another 45 minutes.
The declaration, he was making,
he saifl, would be his "first and
only one" because "it is not my
purpose to blow my own horn."
Cites Class Struggle ,
Peron charged that the revo
lution leading to his exile "rep
resents the struggle of the par
asitic class against the produc
ing class.
"The oligarchy contributed
their money, the clerics their
sermons, a section of the arm
ed forces, dominated by the am
bition of certain chiefs, contrib
uted the arms of the republic,"
he said.
He said that "despite the
wealth attributed to me by my
occasional detractors" he did not
have the money to go to Eerope
and "play the tourist."
In Buenos Aires, Peron's for
mer vice-'president, Rear Adm.
Alberto Teisaire, described the
ousted dictator as cowardly, dis
loyal, hyprocritical and immor-
Students Invited
To Hear Speaker
Ashland Southern Oregon
college students have been in
vited by Miss Ann Arnold, direc
tor of Wesley House on campus,
to attend the lecture by the Rev.
Kiyoshi Tanimoto, pastor of the
Nagaregawa United Christian
church, Hiroshima, Japan.
Mr. Tanimoto's talk is sched
uled for Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Ashland Methodist church. Rides
for SOC students are available
at Wesley House at 7:10 p.m. for
those students desiring them.
- According to Miss Arnold, Mr.
Tanimoto is a survivor of the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
After the war he was active in
the establishment of the Hiro
shima Peace Center which was
instrumental in helping thous
ands of ihe victims of the first
atomic blast.
HOOVER STARTS TOUR
Tokyo (U.R) Undersecretary
of State Herbert Hoover Jr. of
ficially beginning his Far East
tour, conferred today with. Jap
anese Premier Ichiro Hatoyama.
al." He said that since 1952 Per
on practically had ceased to gov
ern, spending most of his time
with high school girls,, labor un
ionists and actresses, or in sport
ing activities. .
Reported Hidden Fortune
The Argentine provisional
government claims to have un
covered hidden treasure valued
at upwards of $30,000,000 tuck
ed away by Peron in the various
hideaways where he and his
friends conducted their revels.
Peron said that after the rev
olution broke out on Sept. 18
and after the rebel navy threat
to bomb Buenos Aires and the
oil installations at Eva Peron
(La Plata), he wrote the note
"suggesting the need to avoid
the massacre of innocent and
defenseless people and the dis
aster of destruction, offering, if
necessary, to withdraw from the
government."
He said that his own generals
under Gen. Franklin Lucero
chose to interpret his "offer"
as a formal resignation. .
He said that at dawn on Sept.
20, his aide was summoned and
told by the ruling generals that
they "had accepted my resigna
tion which I had not submitted
and that I should leave the
country.
"In other words, the generals
who went over to the rebels
forced me into exile."
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EXILE'S RETREAT This is the house in which ex-President
Juan D. Peron, of Argentina is expected to stay when
he arrives in Asuncion, Paraguay, in exile from Buenos
Aires. Owned by an Argentine merchant, it is located
around the corner from the residence of the United States
ambassador. -
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Writer Describes Algeria Desert Fighting
Editor's Not: The French outpost
of Aknoul in northern Morocco was
reported under attack today by rebel
Riff tribesmen swooping down from
the Atlas Mountains. United Press
Correspondent Wilbur G. Landrey
reached Aknoul Tuesday in a daring
trip through rebel-infested areas
without military escort. In the follow
ing dispatch he describes the fighting
in the barren desert areas.
By WILBUR LANDRY
United Press Correspondent
Aknoul, Morocco (U.R) The
sweating French commandant of
Saphis tough Algerian armor
ed cavalry shouted into his
field telephone:
"I'm stripped Dare. I haven't
got a single tank left. I just
ordered the last one out."
The scene Tuesday was at field
headquarters of Maj. Francois
Garout a plaster-smeared rock
structure on a barren hillside in
the wild Riff country.
Garout's men were holding a
position on the French line from
the constantly moving front to
the supply base at Taza, 30 miles
south.
On the dusty roadside below,
Spahi tanks, jeeps and weapon
carriers got set to roll up the
winding asphalt road pockmark
ed with rebel tank traps and re
lieve the besieged garrison town
of Boured.
It had rained in the morning
but the desert sun was beating
down again and a blue-eyed lieu
tenant was sweating in his open
collared khaki uniform.
"I was up a road with two pla
toons yesterday," he ,said. "We
came to a wooden bridge that
had collapsed under the weight
of a foreign legion weapons car
rier. About 50 tribesmen judg-
TREED
Milwaukee (U.R) Arthur
Ross was pruning a tree in his
yard and was about 40 feet off
the ground. He was careful not
to saw off the branch he was on.
However, he lopped off the one
the ladder . was leaning against.
Firemen had to be called to raise
a ladder to get Ross down.
ing by the firepower were hid
ing behind rocks up on the hills.
The bullets started smacking into
the vehicles and we took to the
ditches.
"There we were with our
shiny modern weapons pinned
down by native snipers.
"It only takes two of them,
one down close where he can
draw a bead on you and one be
hind him further up to pick off
anybody going after the first
man.
"You seldom ever see them.
You have to blast away at them
all afternoon with your tank
guns and mortars."
It's the same old story as In
dochina," said a third trooper.
"A few rebels with small arms
can take high ground and pin
down a whole company of mech
anized troops."
' While they spoke Riff tribes
men in white Headdresses and
Dejallabas idled by the roadside.
Probably some of them had sons
and brothers fighting in the hills
agains the French, but their
faces expressed no emotion. "
On the trip up we had to ford
a stream called M-Soun Oued.
The rebels Tiad burned the wood
en bridge and cut the telephone
wires.
When we passed, a French pa
trol was keeping watch on the
surrounding hilltops while na
tive workmen sweated to repair
the bridge.
Occasionally the road, wash
ed out by sporadic rains and
landslides, were mere mud and
rock.
SKUNK DAMAGE
Shawano, Wis. (U.R) A
skunk came to Shawano and an
auto shop repairman reaped the
scent. Sanford Hoffman, Gresh
am, applied his car brakes quick
ly to avoid the animal, and a
car driven by Al Counard, Shaw
ano, plowed into Hoffman's au
to. Damage to the two cars was
estimated at $200.
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