PORTUGAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 7

PORTUGAL.

THE ELECTIONS: RIOTS IN LISBON. , , A DISTURBED CAPITAL! BY TELEGRAPH* —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ' : , Paris, April 8. The. paper; " Lo Matinstatesy'that sTx persons were killed outright' diu-iiig . tlio Lisbon riots'and 1 four succumbed .to their wounds * subsequently. i Jour . hundred received minor injuries. - • , A A PRO-FRANCO PLOT. y The Monarchist: victory nt tho elections! announced in the, last cablegram from Lisbon, tends to '.assure stability. .It;.;will be''noted, however, . that .'of .'the six Republicans. four were returned'in the capital, i: : A Beater's message,, dated Lisbon, February 20,' states: "'The , 'Correio'.do, Porto' declares that the Government lias ■ discovered a proFranco plot in tho Palace, and that Counts ArnosO and Tarawa;. and Major Jose Lobo, the' three ringleaders,! will be prosecuted . with the utmost severity 'of tho law. Major Lobo 'is alleged to have .-'guaranteed' to Senhor Franco that, in the. eVent of 1 a revolution, lie had only to hasten to Lisbon, where with three, guns lie would ,bo able to jerush any popular rising that inig|it'occur."' ''"-v A subsequent message from Lisbon, dated February 23, states:'"King Manuel yesterday roceived at tho Palace a\ deputation representing tho: families of the sailors who took .'part in the recent rovolt in the Portuguese navy. The deputation consisted'Of men, women,' and child, and the scene at the Palace was deeply affecting. . .King Manuel kjsscd several of. the children,--conversed with various members of the deputation, and finallyI',made'a1 ',made'a speech,,in which lie said:—"l trust that tho entire country will assist mo in tho difficult path I am • forced''to • follow. : I shall • always endeavour to administer justice with mercy."