GENERAL DA COSTA
PORTUGUESE DICTATOR
INSPIRATION AND MODEL
HAIG AND MUSSOLINI.
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.) (Received 9th June, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Bth June. The "Daily Mail's" Oporto correspondent has interviewed General Manuel Gomes da Costa, the dictator, who commanded the Portuguese Army in wartime. General da Costa said that he had decided on proclaiming a dictatorship after years of deliberation, in which he saw the utter chaos which resulted from unstable political parties. No man dared to govern. It was a case of everyone for himself. This state of affairs had been impoverishing and corrupting Portugal. He meant to attain the goal of the reform of the country at all costs. He intended to model his dictatorship on the lines of Signor Mussolini. He would never forget Sir Douglas Haig's words, when the British Com-mander-in-Chief said good-bye to him in Flanders: "Some day we may hear of you doing something for Portugal within itself. I recommend you to do it, as there seems sore need for help."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 136, 9 June 1926, Page 9
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169GENERAL DA COSTA Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 136, 9 June 1926, Page 9
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