PORTUGAL’S TROUBLE
the Madeira revolt JUNT A S DEFIANT STAND THREE SHIPS SEIZED lAu«t. and N.Z. Cable) Funchal ? April 8. Tho Military Junta declare* that it f s mobilising its reserves with the approval of the whole population m view' of the possibility of the Jasbon Government attempting to suppress the movement. Tt- guarantees food supplies, for th e maintenance of which three Portuguese steamers have been .se zed. These will trade with England the island’s usual produce market. All local authorities have l>ocn replaced by iho present Military Government, which demands the reestablishment of public- liberty a< laid down by the Republican Constitution, the abolition of censorship, and the return of free elections. Absolute freedom is guaranteed to foreign chipping.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2400, 9 April 1931, Page 5
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