REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10578, 6 October 1910, Page 4

REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

A REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED. [Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Pes Press Association.); Received October 5, at 8.20 p.m. London, October 5. . A wireless message has been received in Paris, reporting a revolution in Lisbon. It is'stated that warships have been bombarding the palace since two o'clock. ; The army and navy are siding with the revolutionists and have captured the palace. • Another report sav.s Kink Manuel is a prisoner. 1 Received October 5, at 11 p.m. London. October 5. The Portuguese Consulate in London has received no official confirmation of the revolution, but private advices lead the Consulate to believe the reports ai'e correct. Router's Santaudor coi vcspcfndient reports that the German steamer: Illyria received a . wireless message from -the,, steamer Capblinco. anchored in Lisbon] . harbor, stating that a revolution had broken out, and that the warships,were: bombarding the palace. _,... . i The revolutionaries hoisted a green and blue flag in place of the royal standard. 1 ' Telegraphic communication has been CUt. - , r ' The Times publishes a letter'from a well-informed Lisbon correspondent, iust received 1 , who states that King Manuel's lack of force in political affairs, accentuated by public suspicion oi his private life, have be-en rapidly.„loSr-. ing him .-the esteem of the Catholics, ( who hitherto have been loyal. , ■ Private-advices state that the ;recent attitude of the Conservatives aroused suspicion that they had entered into relations with the Republicans, and that many landed proprietors were, making provision to go a broad ■'in case or trouble. - i> ■ Capitalists were transferring their securities across the border. • -i r, » l The Court party is displaying | timidity, prompting the belief that they will not offer serious;resistance.! . v ; | The concerted absence'of the Progressistas; their allies,' whenrEingjvMaiuiel opened the Cortes on the. 23r.djSeptem-. her is believed to yliav§ -f ocussed the growing criticism of the King. Received October 6, at 9 a.m. ■ . London, October 5. -The moment the Foreign Office lieard th at * the '.wires had beencuttlfcy order-ed-the cruiser Newcastle, which was at Gibraltar, to go at" Ml speed to Lis■bon, ■ and also ordered the Minerva to- ■ watch British interests. The wires are still interrupted. .. Portuguese bonds are .'..•.nominally.-, quoted on the Stock Exchange, at 65, a,fallof three. In sympathy,:with -the political crisis, mining shares, especially in Mozambique and Beira, are weaker. ■ " It is .officially reported from Madrid, that two regiments of infantry and one of artillery bavo revolted at Lisbon, and were fighting desperately with the loyalists yesterday. • t The 'struggle is continuing to-day. ' " King Manuel was on , the evo of starting for.-the north, but remained in - Lisbon to receive Fonseca,, the .Presi-dent-Designate „of the Brazil. Republic. The club windows, and balconies of Lis-;-bon were 1 decorated:, in the Mj: visitor's honor. •■• . " : - ' [Marshal ' Hermes da Fonesca wa& elected on March 2nd last, and will assume office next November.] ; Received October 5, at 9.30 a.m. London, October 5. Reuter's Paris correspondent at "noon states that from a sure source he has learned that- Lisbon is being bombarded, and that King Manuel was holding out at the'palace as-night fell, against the rebels. The News Agency states that the Brazilian Legation has been that King Manuel has taken irefuge in the Brazilian cruiser Sago Paulo. Received October 6, at 11.15 a.m. London, October 5. It is officially stated that the Portuguese Government considered , that the King should leave-the palace; and it .is believed that he has gone to. Gmlra,where he met his mother. . - The bulk of the fleet have rebelled. Nothing has happened at Oporto. Further Government news is contradictory. Apparently tlireo regiments are fighting against: the artillery. It is also reported that: the King is aboard the San Paulo. Received October 6, at 11.35 ;a;m. London, October .5. The cruiser Newcastle has. reached the Tagus. Received' October 6, at. 1.25 p.m. London, October 5. The British Minister at Lisbon lias cabled to Sir E. Grey that the home garrison declared for the. Republicans ou Monday > night.- Fighting went on throughout Tuesday. A troop hitherto loyal joined the Republicans this morning. The Republic has been proclaimed and enthusiastically received.* .« The King-is reported to be at Mafra.