Santiago, Nov. 12.
Averting a possible civil war growing out of the recent election, Sr. Gustave Ross, Finance Minister, today abandoned all claims to the President to succeed Sr. Arturo Alessandri Palma.
Sr. Ross yielded in favour of Sr. Pedro Aguiree Cerda, the candidate jointly sponsored by Communist, Socialist and Radical parties. Sr Cerda is a member of the Radical party, while Sr. Ross is a Liberal.
Sr. Cerda was declared elected in the elections recently, but followers of Sr. Ross protested that the count-jing had been illegal and that Sr. Creda's followers had used unfair means of securing votes—United Press,
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