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PORTUGUESE UPHEAVAL. FORCE MARCHING ON LISBON. GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION. (Australian and N.Z. Press Assn.) . LISBON, May ?,0. Two regimen Is from Braga and Fvora are marching upon Lisbon. The despatch of Government troops lo check the march has proved impossible as Hie railway companies refuse lo arrange for I heir transport. The Government has resigned. Despatches from Lisbon stale That the insurgents called on Ihe President of the Republic to establish an extra Parliamentary Government and to summon the leaders of the political parties. Communication with the interior has been cut off. The general commanding Ihe insurgents, which include the Eighlh Army Divison, the Oporto Division and other units, has issued a proclamation which declares his Intention to march on Lisbon. The country is reported to be calm.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16810, 31 May 1926, Page 5
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