STORIES OF PLOTS. THE PORTUGUESE ASSASSINATIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1908, Page 7

STORIES OF PLOTS. THE PORTUGUESE ASSASSINATIONS.

A SPOILT PLAN. SEIZURE OF ARMS AND BOMBS. By TjltgTaph.—Presa Accociitlon.— Copyright LONDON, 10th February. The Lisbon correspondent of The Times states that enquiry reveals that a raid and tho arrest of a number of Republicans, with the seizure of arms and bombß, was made three days before the assassinations, and that this prevented the execution of a plot to destroy the police stations, and take advantage of the resulting panic to make a pretenca of setting up a republic. It was hoped to enlist the sympathies of soldiers and sailors. The failure of the plot led a small section of militant Republicans to plan tho assassination. It was intended by these plotters, whose numbers did nfat reach a score, to murder Senhor Franco, the Dictator, and all the Royal family. Senhor Franco's escape was due to his walking instead of driving. • Th<) late Dictator was a man conspicuous for his integrity, but ho had not gauged the seriousness of the situation until tho formation of the new Government forced him out of the country. The public are now pacified, and the general sentiment is calm and loyal. Whatever coolness there was towards the late King Carlos, tho sympathy of the masses is ...ow with the new King Manuel. MEMORIAL SERVICE IN DUBLIN. LONDON, 10th February. Tho Earl of Aberdeen, Viceroy of Ireland, attended a memorial service in the Chapel 'Royal at Dublin. SYMPATHETIC CROWDS IN LISBON AN IMPOSING SERVICE. BODIES LYING (N STATE, LISBON, 10th February. Tht crowds thronging the streets of Lisbon are- sympathetic. The service- held in the Sao Vincente Cathedral on Saturday was a mo&t imposing one. The bodies will lie in state until they are transferred to the Pantheon to-day. The coffins, which are made of costly wood, in the form of ironbound coffers, aro locked in accordance with tradition. The populaco yesterday passed in an endless procession, viewing the Royal remains.