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Soon these officers began to reproach Col. Grove with "leanings toward Communism." Next day he personally handed out to the troops manifestoes which Chile's regular Communists approved with parades and mass meetings. When his brother officers again protested, Col. Grove roared: "If I can't get my ideas across to generals and colonels I'll talk to the sergeants. Dammit, I'll talk to privates...
Again "Up Davila!" Dapper Don Carlos Davila began the week down but not out. He had resigned as Provisional President from the original revolutionary Cabinet when forced out by Col. Marmaduke Grove who became the new Head of the State (TIME, June 20). Lying low as a leopard, Don Carlos did not contradict rumors that he would let Col. Grove send him to Moscow as Chilean Ambassador. In Moscow his job would be to barter Chilean nitrates for Soviet petroleum. But instead of leaving for Moscow, Don Carlos circulated among army officers of his acquaintance...
...Marmaduke Grove (Gro-vay) is part Irish. His show of Irish temper to 100% Chilean officers cost him Power. Aristocrats, they were shocked to their military marrow by his notion of 'talking to privates." Promptly they began to plot against "Red" Grove. In 48 hours soldiers under General Augustin Moreno were marching on the Presidential Palace...
...fool but a practical soldier of for tune, Col. Grove had had machine guns mounted on the Palace roof and had mobilized the carabineers. They faced the soldiers. General Moreno left to brave Col. Bravo the work of telling Col. Grove, "You must surrender by 11:30 p. m. or we bombard the Palace...
...Grove & Davila. Jaunty and glib, Colonel Marmaduke Grove has figured in several Chilean revolutions, attempted one in 1930, using for purposes of getting into Chile from Argentina the airplane Friendship in which Passenger Amelia Earhart first crossed the Atlantic. Captured by troops loyal to Dictator Ibanez, the Colonel was exiled to Easter Island. There he pumped the Chilean Governor of this colony so full of revolutionary ideas that Governor & Colonel set out in a small boat to Tahiti, later made their way to France. In July 1931, after Dictator Ibanez was ousted, Colonel Grove returned to Chile, has been intriguing...