Show THE DISORDER IN URUGUAY from uruguay in ID south america state that serious rioting is taking place in montevideo it is said that the rioters belong to a club organ iced for political purposes pur posea the members of this organization call themselves the junta they calculated on aid from the soldiers in the event of a revolution this assistance did not materialize on the contrary fifty three of the junta party were shot dead by the military there were about revolutionists in the streets on the night of the dinst A panic seized them when they saw so many of their own party killed and the determined ter mined opposition of the soldiery the object of the revolutionists was the murder of senor obee president of uruguay por for this purpose twenty were employed to commit the crime they were commanded by a desperado named abatto abatte the police discovered the plot in time to warn the president pour four of the prominent leaders of the junta were arrested the remnants rem nanto of the band have fled bed to the country and are keep ing up a kind of guerrilla warfare the police and troops are clo closely sely pursuing them and the revolution for the present is a failure uruguay is a republic the president is elected for a term of four years he is assisted in his executive functions by a council of five ministers the congress is composed corn posed of two houses bouses consisting of eighteen senators and forty six representatives the latter are chosen for terms of three years and the former for six uruguay declared its independence of brazil in august 1825 1625 but the constitution of the republic was not adopted until july 1830 it might be b said that it owes its independence to great britain montevideo its principal city has over inhabitants it commands the entire commercial trade of the country |