REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10579, 7 October 1910, Page 4

REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

THE KING ABDICATES

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(Per Pkess Association.)

MURMJJRINGS BEFORE THE STORM..

Received October 6, at 9.25 p.m. Lisbon, October 6. -j Disquiet prevailed in the city on Friday and Saturday owing to- violent strikes ni connection with seveial trade -associations. , . ; r '%Thev cork workers - sensed ; ; J;ne ; aoutli Sea' railway station; .and held it for several hours, threatening to break the lines and cut the telegiaph^ --To ,"other demonstrations; before .tlie Government offices' less*"'significance attached, owing to the success of the celebrations ot the 27th September, at -which 1 ; 100,000 'persons were, present. -The' army; then agreed to 'receive King Manuel with great cordiality. Bombarda's murder precipitated the trouble.. Wlule he was dying a large crowd assembled at tlie' Place Domperdor and I 'denounced the clergy. - King Manuel gave- a banquet to Senhor Fonseca, President ot Brazil, atthe Palace on Monday. ~ The revolution broke out at two in tlie morning. - - The revolutionaries on over- the navy owing to a .breacll of faith, in re- i gard to the sailors who 1 were punished | for an outbreak aboard the ironclad Vasco da Gama, although they had been promised a pardon. i Received October 6, at , 10.35 p.m. i ■ London, October 6i I Renter's Lisbon correspondent« has. I telegrajshed; that the despatches from 1 tlie ' military - attaches at the Spanish. Embassy, who motored' 1 : to: Fuentes... de Qnoro, and tlienec telegraphed :to the premier, show that 7000 peasants entered Lisbon on Monday, and were, joined by two regiments, one artillery and one infantry; The men from the cruisers Adamastor and Sao Rafael and the Alcantra naval barracks, assisted the insurgents, and were concentrated at the Rotunda lineida, where a large fair was in. progress. . Tliey turned the theatres 'and; tents into a military camp. Lisbon was awakened with 21 cannon shots. ; : V-' . ; ; . ' The populace poured into the streets, and found tho bugles sounding the as-; sembly. Tho-general cry was "To arms!" The police mobilised, and were thrown upon the -revolutionaries, but were repulsed with ; hand grenades. THE TROOPS MUTINY. ■ > The troops were called out, but their response'wa s not vigorous. Some sided ■ with.,tlie ;• revolutionists.; ; r; i. The Sixteenth Regiment of infantry split into Monarchist and Republican; and a fierce conflict" resulted in favor of the Republicans. A colonel and ir number of officers and men were killed, and the rest join-ed-the; victors.'. - _ - ' An ' artillery regiment, igiioring the officers, attacked tlie v barracks, ' and under their sergeants seised the arsenal and distributed arms to the populace; they then erected barricades and sent detachments to blow up tlio bridges and cut tho .telegraphs.' '.■■'■ The.loyalists meanwhile held the Dom Pedro Square, in the centre of the capital, awaiting the arrival of loyal provincial troops. ~.;. j

: "The United States, gunboat at Genoa may be ordered to proceed to Lisbon. Received October G, at 11.-lo p.m. Lisbon, October 6. ■ Throughout Tuesday night the artillery aiid rifles kopt up an incessant fire, but it; has -lessened now. - The :Duko of Orporto headed the ,moitht|d" ; artillery, but the insurgents repulsed them. . During ■ Tuesday various provincial joined the loyalists, almost cgiialising the forces. At eleven at night the insurgent-; made a detour, endeavoring to capture the barracks.

. The Municipal Guards, commanding the; centre of. the city, continued fighting in the darkness,-the electric light having failed. Meanwhile the Spanish Ambassador had an audience with King Manuel at the Necessidades Palace, and offered his services. King Manuel was very calm, aiid- replied : "Just now I want few persons near'mo." THE NEW GOVERNMENT. Received October 7, at 0.20 a.m. Lisbon, October 6. A Provisional Government has been formed, of which Senhor Thcophilo Brega is president ; Dr Alphonso Costa, Minister for Justice; Colonel Macliado. has the portfolio of Foreign Affairs: Senhor. Foils, undertakes Finance; Senhor Antonio Gomez, Public Works; Colonel Areto will.be Minister of War; Senhor Almuda, Minister of the Interior, and 1 Senhor. Aihargo Gomez, Minister of Marine.-.

Se'nhor Brega is a well-known savant, and' tile most visionary of the revolutionary, school, and an ■; authority oil -Portuguese folklore. The correspondent of tlio Times has just returned from Portugal, arid says if King Manuel lias escaped from h's entourage, he will show resolution, and ought to make a fight against the Republicans, who only dominate Lisbon. It will- be civil war in the capital against .the country as tho probable outcome. ' ■ The. Daily Express? Berlin correspondent says the main cause of the rebellion is jvirig Manuel's- fascination for a L'reneh -actress. King Manuel was indiscreet- in not concealing -his infatuation. He presented her with jewels of great value. . Madrid, October 6. The Radical Club was illuminated, and the Marseillaise was sung in celebration: of the Portuguese revolution. The police evicted the members' of the club, who paraded the streets and had to be dispersed. . Berlin, October 6. A ■ wireless 'message received hero states that at nightfall on Tuesday the Brazilian < warship Sao /Paulo sent a steam pinnace' to! the landing stage of the: palace. / After hesitating, King Manuel and his. mother agreed on flight, -and passed through the lines cf loyalists to the landing.

Received October 7, at 5.40 a.m. -• London, October 6. . The - estimates of the deaths ,in the fighting:-at Lisbon • are: -untrustworthy.,; No; source sets them down-at more than a hundred) and the wounded aro rather .more.- ... .- Received October 7, at 9 a.in. ,

■ Lisbon, October 6. ■ :. -A brief bombardment of : tlie Palace resulted m tlio lowering of tlio Rojal, Standard. . . v , When tlio insurgents stormed the--I Palace, - General Gorjao, commanding the 'Royalists, committed suicide. • The: warships' bombardment did con-.,-siderable damage to tJie ministries around the Praca do Commercia. The tower ot the church attached to the. Palace was demolished. ' A number of spectators rwere-killed 111 the lower town.: -All accounts state that many people have been killed and woimded: in-, the fighting. • i : At - eight' o?clock- On Wednesday morning the: remaining- loyalists, surrenderr ed and returned to .barracks, the 'popu- - lace' applauding. and cheering, shouting "Long - Live the: Republic!'' and hoisting Republican flags. : . The warships greeted the hoisted flags with salvoes'of artillery, and .tlie revolutionists raided,—buildings -flying the old flag,' treading, down the emblemsr of Monarchy and singing the Marseillaise. The Red Cioss Fne Bngado iemovcd< th!e' liiorgUeVaaid: the wound-,:, e3 to tlle'Vhospitals. - Eusebio Lcao, t'lio new civil Governor of Lisbon, in speech from the balcony ot the^To\vjj. i Hall/- f entrusted,the policing -to' tlio 'citizens, a'nd-said «'Respect v all public, pi'ess, property,- and' livo all, whoever you may bo. The Re-pubUcl-isVgenerbus iandtmagnanimous'.t'l, ':! - > 'A huge,- eiowd> cheeifed>iraiitically. *- The British Minister, in full uniform, , .went-to the Town Hall and interviewed the Repn Oilcans. wßeceived: October 7, at 1.20 p.m. v London, October 6. -- The Times and Daily Mail were a day ahead of the other papers with the news of the Portuguese revolution. There are conflicting reports as to Eing Manuel's whereabouts. Twemv-oiie people were wounded in encounters at Oporto. The Spanish warships have gone - to Lisbon. Received Octob.r 7. .-it 1.50 p.m. Loudon, October 6. i The revolution .was decided upon at <

eight o'clock, on Monday night on Admiral Hois' insistence not to defer, as tlie. cruiser Dom Carlos was under orders for sea. Fighting lasted thirtyoil o hours, daring which there were no acts of personal violence or looting. The banks were guarded by sailors. The Portuguese press asserts that the outbreak was initiated by the Sixteenth Regiment, aided by the artillery and the naval force and 5000 armed civilians. Spanish official telegrams declaro that the provincial troops arc marching on Lisbon to support the loyalists. The crowd attacked the residence of Luciano Castro," but the provisional -authorities soon quietened the disturbance: , - It is reported that the Eleventh Infantry, acclaimed the Republic. The Premier and the Minister of War have handed over the direction of affairs to the new authorities.