MILITARY REVOLT.
OUTBREAK IN LISBON. GOVERNMENT REMAINS FIRM. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Lisbon, July 19. A military revolt headed by numbers of officers who were arrested after the outbreak of April 18 and who escaped from the fortress of San Julio, broke out early this morning. The cruiser 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, but 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 has surrendered to the Government. REVOLUTIONARIES SURRENDER. SITUATION NOW NORMAL. Received July 20, 8.40 p.m. Lisbon, July 20. All the revolutionaries surrendered this morning after much shooting. Martial law has been established throughout the country. The Government has threatened to bombard the Vasco de Gania if it held out, after which the cruiser surrendered unconditionally in the afternoon. The situation is otherwise normal.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1925, Page 7
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