A SWISS REVOLUTION.
OUTBREAK IN TICINO. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.— Berne, September 11. It is reported that a revolution has broken out in Ticino, owing to the revision of the constitution, and that 2000 troops have been called out to quell the disturbance. September 12. The revolution at Ticino is spreading, and the rebels have killed the Directors of the Interior and captured other councillors of State. The populace of the canton support the Provisional Government, because the State refused to submit the revision of the constitution to the popular vote.
Twelve of the Liberal leaders, disguised as commercial travellers, captured the arsenal at Ticino, while an armed mob seized the palace of the. Governor.
The Liberals' complaint is that the Ultramontanes govern the Canton though in a minority. The r.'sing has collapsed, and the troops were welcomed by the populace. The Government have agreed to refer the revision of the constitution to the popular vote.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8361, 15 September 1890, Page 5
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