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President Juan Esteban Montero calmed his citizenry and suppressed a threatening revolution last week by switching Cabinets, declaring martial law for 60 days. That seemed to pacify the people of Chile, but not even Juan Esteban Montero could cope with her volcanoes. Volcanoes Tinguiririca, Quisapu. Cordillera, Descabezado, Cerro Azul all erupted at once. Rolling clouds of ashes blew East across Argentina, settled on Buenos Aires 500 miles away. All night the earth rumbled, the sky flashed, nobody went to bed.
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