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Theosophist's End Firecrackers popped, sirens screamed in El Salvador last week as hated Theosophist-Dictator. Maximiliano Hernández Martinez resigned the Presidency, fled to Guatemala. Said Martinez (who has slain his thousands): "The curtain has fallen. I have played my last chess game. I shall devote my life to agriculture and spiritual activity in Theosophy...
Thurston saw Martinez the day after the revolt, told him that the United Nations would judge him by his moderation. The dreaded Dictator did not reply. A few days later, the mother and sister of an arrested rebel begged the Ambassador to save his life. Thurston refused (with perfect correctness), adding that Martinez had assured him that there would be no executions. Screamed the sister: "Right now in the graveyard, men are being shot...
...Martinez pooh-poohed. Said he of the school strikes: "No children like going to school." But the military, impressed by the civilian stir, made as if to climb on the bandwagon. Martinez, impressed in turn, granted a partial amnesty. After 44 death sentences and many quiet executions, Salvadorians were not appeased...
...Dead. The revolt, largely military, failed because its officer leaders did not arm civilians. Now the civilians, aghast at the blood bath which followed, were taking .belated part. The country seethed with hatred for Martinez. Rich and poor all loathed and feared him. The people were on strike. They refused to buy Government lottery tickets, go to Government movie theaters. Druggists, doctors, lawyers, justices of the peace, hundreds of Government employes declined to work. Railroad workers struck. The schools, the National University were closed; both students and staff stayed away. Priests supported the movement. A mass for the souls...
This week Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez conferred with his anxious cabinet. Twelve years, five months after he seized power, the Dictator agreed to "deposit the Presidency" in the hands of others...