PEACE IN PORTUGAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 115, 7 February 1908, Page 7

PEACE IN PORTUGAL.

OLIVE BRANCH MINISTRY. FRANCO'S DECREES TO BE REPEALED. THE DESPOT RETIRES. ' BY TELEGRAPH— PBKSB ASSOCIATION—COryEIGIJT. (Rec. Feb. G, 11.12 p.m.) 1 Lisbon, February 6.' Tho Ferrcira Government/intends .to, .convoke the Cortes, and to repeal most of the decrees issued by' tlie Fraiico dictatorship, including that affecting tho liberty of the Press. Parliament, the municipalities, and the country welcome the Government as a Ministry of appeasement'. " "iv - s **~ MINISTRY OF WAR. London, February 5. General Sebastian Telles , hasreplaced General Nunes as Portuguese Minister for War. ■ The "Spectator" says that; Senhor'Franco has definitely retired from polities.;;; : ■; PORTUGUESE AND THL MONARCHY. Si. EFFECT OF' THa';CRIME?,' : '' ■ Lisbon, February 5. Admiral Ferreira do Amaral, the Portuguese. Premier, interviewed, said this Portuguese were devotedly attached' to the tboriarchy, and even if a, revolution had.beon, possible, Saturday's crime would, prevent its realisation. One of the three inert killed' as assassins of the King of •' Portugal • was 5 'iimoceht.-' V* *-

IN TH,E t .COMMONS. s ' : RESOLUTION'" OF SYMPATHY. " '-"'Uoridoh, February 5.'" Tho Prime Minister, v Sir H. CampbellBannerman, moved, in the Houso ;of Commons, an address expressing horror and "indignation at the mad,; revolting crime, jjrhich ended in the death of thb-rKinfe'anil Crbwn Prince of Portugal, and sympathy with tho suffering family and people. He eulogised tho manly, friendly,.kindly.King-.and.bis._SQl!,-. so full of youthful hope and promise, and roferrcd to tho calm courage of-a -noble woman. Mr. Akers-Douglas, a former Homo Secretary, 'seconded theYadoption the address,! and.the motion was carried without debate.'