PORTUGAL
A MILITARY REVOLT
QUICKLY SUPPRESSED
GOVERNMENT’S PROMPT
MEASURES
(By EJeotvio Telegrwph.—Copyright.) LR*»'ter's Telegrams.)
LONDON, Julv 19,
A military revolt headed by a number of oliicers who were arrested after the outbreak on ISth April, and who escaped from the fortress of San Julian, broke out early this morning.
The < miser Vasco Da Gama declared for the revolutionaries.
The Government took prompt measures to suppress the revolt, the leader of which. Captain Baptista and four other officers, have already surrendered and been put in gaol. The submission of the Vasco Da Gama is expected momentarily. Other revolutionaries are encamped near Belem, hut the movement is considered already suppressed. A large force of troops as a precaution are guarding the President’s palace.
LISBON, July 18. The Vasco Da Gama surrendered to the Government.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 20 July 1925, Page 5
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