PORTUGAL.
AIR OFFICERS IN REVOLT
TROUBLE SUPPRESS]^
'SY CABLE—PEESB ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT. Received June 10, 11.45 a.m. LISBON, June 9. Twenty-nine air officers who refused "^fco obey the decree of the Air Minister in appointing a new commandant of the" aerodrome at Armadora, have been "arrested. The airmen, who are all youths of good family, entrenched themselves in the aerodrome, which was thereupon surrounded by 4000 cavalry, after which the rebels surrendered. 1 There are rumours of dissatisfaction in the army, and the opinion is expressed "that a great display of force to sup"press this movement was made in order 'to show that the Government controls position.—Reuter.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 10 June 1924, Page 7
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105PORTUGAL. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 10 June 1924, Page 7
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