PORTUGAL'S PROSPECTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 June 1912, Page 5

PORTUGAL'S PROSPECTS

MONARCHIST # SENTENCED. [p*B PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] '" LISBON, June 17.—Captain ■ Conceiro tried in absentia, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, for leading a Monarchist invasion in October. Seventeen others were also sentenced. .MORE ’TROUBLE BREWING. AN OMINOUS SIGN. . PARIS, June 4. 'The foreign press correspondents o Lisbon have forwarded a round robin to the Government complaining strongly of the rigorous censorship to which their despatches are being subjected. The presence of a number of special writers in the Portuguese capital is ie garded as an ominous sign—a sign that serious developments arc expected. . MONARCHIST STAGE ARMY. Numerous Loyalist risings have taken place in Northern Portugal since the establishment of the Republic, but little success has attended them. The Lisbon correspondent of the Daily News wrote some months ago:— The latest news of the Monarchist conspirators is that they have received a contribution of another million pounds and are reorganising their forces. “El Mundo” states that their present strength is 100 officers, about 600 men, and 120 priests. They arc well armed, but it is not known Whether they have artillery. The soldiers are paid Is 9d a day, corporals 2s 3d, sergeants 3s 2d, officers 4s 2d, plus a good bonus according to their grade. Amongst the Royalist force is the flower of the Portuguese aristocracy, both followers of the dethroned Manuel and the pretender Dom Miguel, between whom complete union, now exists. The Government have naturally, taken all the necessary measures, although convinced that the Monarchists have not the least chance of success.