Monday, May 13, 2013

Planned Ecuador Revolt.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 13, 1913:
Simultaneous Uprising In Colombia Plotted by Conservatives.
    GUAYAQUIL, May 12.— Extensive plans for a new revolution in Ecuador, arranged to begin yesterday, were discovered by the Government in time to frustrate the movement, which was to take place simultaneously with a revolt in Colombia.
    Arrangements for the rising had been made in Quito, Guayaquil, Riobamba and Tulcan by a number of prominent Conservatives in conjunction with friends of the late President, Gen. Alfaro, who was lynched by a mob in Quito on Jan. 28, 1912.
    It had also been decided by several Colombian Conservatives to overthrow to-day the President of that Republic. Carlos E. Restrepo, owing to their disagreeing with his liberal policy.

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