PORTUGAL'S REVOLT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 944, 11 October 1910, Page 5

PORTUGAL'S REVOLT.

A LIGHTNING TRANSITION.

COUNTRY SETTLED OWN AGAIN TO NORMAL LIFE.

PROVINCES ACCEPT THE REPUBLIC.

ByToleErapb—PressA6sooiation-oopyrigttt. | {{{;{{Useo.\Ootober 10, 10.50' p.m.) :"-,:. :. ; .\"--v'-i-AV';.• V- Lisbon, October 10. : i'Armed. parties on .Friday night, forced an entrance, into the Trinas: Convent in ;Lisboi.■•'■•■■'■'■ -'';■.. •.-■ .'"■. [ /'.-. '--. C '"'. . The. Sisters, of Charity pluckily resisted the .invaders and twelve .were slightly wounded';and sent' to the'hospital. .The remainder- were removed. ; •';'■;■'••'■'■■' V , The Papal Nuncio allowed his residence to. .be searched forearms.' ' Thei search' 'proved/fruitless.:' ''•'.,-. .:.-,. '.-..'i'.-. '; ; Lisbon'.on Saturday knight was againsti'thb.olergy and religious 'orders., Tnei- I streets;: were 'filled .;by singing .'and. sk6uting,;-riiobs...;\ ■:".:-..\.;' ! : : : '•;..-..'..{-. ;:-■:.' '■■;. The cavalry patrols,and sailors who. Were. guarding .the ;Merces at■ifro'ttv inside,; but on entering'' found nobody.;,;v'\"''\. ; ; ... :{■'/-'''.'..■: .'.}'.....{ '■'•; Slori.es-•: of' tunnels .into'■the.; oliuroh "caused a'fresh but fruitless search 'to be madei'-''{':';-. '{....•■' "•'{■.■'.'•- ' .;-{,." ;''{'■

...Tlie";Republicans attribute ithe. shots, ffoin the jmonastries to the. priests wish-, ihg, to' create .an impression., of: disorder; and-molestation. .'.-■-.-;. >;',;.. .'.-'. ', .Colonel 'Machado (Minister for; Foreign Affairs),: on being interviewed, commented onvthe.{priests', tiring at' the 'guards sta- - tioned •■■ at ; their' doors -to ■'protect - them; He ; *added that 'Portugal; ; with. 'lightning .suddenness,:.fhad reached;-, a'■■'.nbrmal-'/riai. tiohaUlife.':-': ';-'■;'-';:'."''^.."v{;'':-:;«■. ■':■-- : ;. : /'TheV:'Times". Lisbon correspondent states tbat;' tie {transition has. been- ;as smpotn ! as if:one Cabinet-were normally: : succeeding "■ another: '..' There':; is..• no; trace of-reactibnary resentment, and; almost the entire ■{populace • is.; wearing--'. Bepublican favoarrs.:.,{{."";:;.:/:..':'■ : .-:{''-{{:' v - %/ , \.-':-K'. :: '";s ; : .The;command -to; respect '.life'and pro-, perty citizeris;' are. ordered■.{to {{respect { tjio.: -police;-soldiery,-arid -v;;, { { Thero{are. no' movements {in;' the:.provinces,'-. as previously :; reported,. in. favour; of -~'y {..-..;■".;■'' .!::{:;:•; K The{banks;. and ; at',Lisbon ' and, ' Oporto ; are - open;; is- -■.;, ;{{{ \\■;■:■■'{... : ,The-'death's:',in the Lisbon .fighting' are, Estimated; at {under hxindred. :{r .?{: S{yrA^CHURCH:^RECK;ED. :^^ : :]£^ hatred;of - : ;^, RESTRMNT SHOWN!'-: :'%/.V;':'(ReoV.'.p^^ t::{;^{'•;:' { : : "'.'•.? Llsbon 1 i/.Thelaccountß of : the fighting-at..Qrielhas; Monastery; Convent, as-' originally;;received,' came ; ;yia. .Madrid,, but";' at«;.; notv :modified. v {':; {.{v y';'.{{ ; .': ri -.'',;{-'{{ . '{'Reuter's special;corresponderit.at Lisbon, ■states ;that';uidoubWy;Bh : ots;;were; fired, killing'two .'saUoM:A'Tlie{ppp.ulace{;niiigr4r.' fied. tKe shots;into..bombs,{and. imagiiied ,thStJaVlarge{ force; of -Munioipal .{Guards ■was-'inside''-the{ cqnyent.;'.•;-';.:. :. ! {r{ 'r ; ' l body ! iw'as.-found.i'^'. A'-, search;^was ; „ffieii !.' iatadeV for' supposed', tunnels ;;(corinectirig vwtb' : the{conv«itsi' {{,-{■.'{:{{■{;V{;-'{: l ;';t

4TKe fem^^^ wio"'' ; .were-',assisting{the:-,sbidiersl at "the cliuroh";'coimeoW;witli: _.tte,-,Qnellias;.'Mqni :'astery|-and.'' they^'vOTMke^. trie {-statues,; Crucifixes; moiisbed;":!f and -'.same 1 saored;':relics .'were ;;-;{C ,- '•'."/...'•'. ; '-' 7-:{:'."' :- -;v:'{'{V'' and'6^arted{singing a.moot.-Mass.'>V:Th6' officers {did-their best, to stop .the; ribaldry.

i '4-nav'al; petty; officer' seTerely'repriniantlfedfa : yonng ; 'soldier.wearing.:a Birett'a duri; lug/the.search,'and, compelled him.'to,doff

: '} ThV emphasises/;" 0&; ex-, ■plainihgfthe; strong /'feeling' against' the 'priesthood, I :'ihe.idesire; '-fof 'emancipation from olencaWomination. 'The resolution is/ 'chier to morei- than; aniniosi'ty. against'the, ;'d^as^'-and';the'''natiorial :i 'is' primarily aimed at the. Jesuits. ; The popu-.' all. .other, directions'-.showed remarkable:::restraint for' 'soserious';,a disnotwith-: standing;-the;/total-absence: of.;police ; and' -the;;.arming,pf(a large section/of 'the' pbp» : . iilationi)';>;'/':;-',.'>-■;■. -.'■' /.'''■'''.-v'?.'/ .'']::';.':'■.'■ ;/ ■;

ji^The,;Bntisli;icruiserj Newcastle has ! ie» turned;.' tp^Gibraitar.; % '•;• "/A .';/. .vl/. : ;';;■:" vA' -.(Telegrams,-■ from: Lisbon-Vindicate. ..th'at' the, '.Republic'-Has.been l generally accepted; throughput; Portugal; ..' v..'..-; ; ;\; : '' :;;;?';] ;.;The proclamation ,;of .a" Republic, -has .been .formally.notified-; to the Powers. ,' •'-■iv.All..'.tho.-Portt'guese- : .,ci)lpnies;.-iave.-,-.--'ad» heradA:;;;;..'' : ; ;;/>'. ":/' :^"v '' : -'^ ; -'v : "' : '., :•■' ;.;'A' number !of,;prisoners'.'at : Oporto -broke', Jioose-'ahd'.'fired 'on--their.-gu'ardsV.-who fpiitd. o'Twb; werei • killed-, and; sixteen wounded.*-:.,. /-■ j.:///.; ;:.' / ;..;;/:; ■' /.,.'.;'-../-a';. y-President; Bra'ga/.. will occupy'; a.portion of-one pi; the Lisbon .palaces.' . ,; ;"' : EXPTAst6'N: ! iMONKS AOT ! NMS. //;v;./v;,(Rec.; October. 10,■'■ 11.50 p.m.) .'' ~ k -'A Lisbon, October'lo.' ' . ;The expulsion'of' the monks- and 'nuns ■haa ; ciscan ',-orders..and the .Bishop 'of'Beja, "lave,"eiatered''Spain. -;:r : y. ;' : '.;. ; - - ; '. ■;;; ; v ; :-;'SOME/PLA^ '';;,'; : ; '1 .'.•..'. 1-ohdbn, ;OctobeT; 9. : ;.'. ; .br; : Alphohso ■'.Costa,-'''Mi'nister : for/Justice.in- ''the. .Provisional Government, ..cablingUp the London --"Times,"; states that , ; the .Portuguese Provisional Qpvernmeht has received, the. final,. adhesions"•of 'tlie'/military -in. the; provinces; ;';,; ;';;•■ ; The Government policy .'includes''■ the following planks:— -..;;~. : : ; ; i ./'■ •■. ;

"'Development of, lay education. . ' ■Strengthening;:df : the' 'country's defences.', .";',:,■', ,-■ :'. ':'':'..■''".■ '.'*:• .'N-- ; '. Promotion.;.of self-government.:'in the colonies.,;.'•■'.' . .-■.•!'. ■■ ' . . : : ;■;.- ' Financial 'reform by.' the establishment' of a, real equilibrium between the national -revenue;and expenditure..''' ■ : ".'Expulsion of tho monks, and nuns. '. ' Separation bfjChurch and State.* ' ./'•'■ ,: Members,-;of religious associations; have 'already'•.befen'ordered: to leave within 'twenty-four'hours.. ; ;';' c ; ; : .'," t'i_ A BLOODLESS REVOLUTION; LESS THAN SIXTY PERSONS KILLED. :-■" -.'. Paris, October 9. .The ,f Echo do Paris" reports that.President Bragtt has stated that the number of killed'in the,recent fighting does not ex--ceed sixty.; ' " ;_''.. ''!"' ,'■•'"':-" ' :; One admiral,-; six generals, eleven exMihisters, two. hundred university professor's, and fifty-seven associations of an educational, agricultural/ and commercial kind! initiated the conspiracy which overthrew,the monarohy. • ■'. :; THE BRITISH ATTITUDE. , NO OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF B,E----j . . PUBLICANS FOR THE PRESENT. i ■■;■',' " . Lisbon, October 9. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign ' Affairs, has instructed Sir F. H. Villiers,

British Minister'at Lisbon, to consider his position as for the present strictly unofficial. ■'. •- ■ .■■;-•'. ..-■•'.■. MARQUIS DE POMBAL ARRESTED. SHELTERS CLERICAL REFUGEES. '.',{'" .' -Lisbon, October 9. The Marquis dePoinbal has'been arrested/at Lisbon.for sheltering members of, the religious, orders and concealing arms.," ■{{'.';' ,-.{ .■The Marquis'is 'a descendant of.. the .Minister of the same-name who expelled the-Jesuits from the country in 1759. , :'■ The, Marquis .'is'a-descendant of the greatest statesman Portugal'has produced in modern times. • The great Marquis de Pombal: (Sebastio Jose de ; Carvalho e Mello), was born'in 1699, and died in 1782. '. After serving as Portuguese Minister in Lpndon anoViu Vienna,{ he was made Minister of Foreign' Affairs in 1750, and Premier in 1756. ; In 1751 he checked the Inquisition by all Swing no executions ' without; tbe. royal /permission; ho improved the ..navy, the police, and the finances, and he freed the Indians of the Brazils from slavery. In 1757 he expelled the-Jesuits from the: country. He, remained in office until .the death of King Joseph in 1777,, but the new; sovereign, Queen Maria, at once' accepted'.his resig-' nation,'and-persecuted.him, till his death. ; \''THE ROYAL FINANCES.' . : ; '.;AMPLE.FUNDS ON- HAND. , ~' -'. October 9. i It!.is '.reported that. King Manuel.. has ample funds.■•','. ■: ■ . -■Members of the Royal Family and manyof the nobility maoV large' investments abroad. ', Mndh- of' Queen Amelie'a fortune is in France^.'■; .'".-{.;'-.;'. ,-' . •','.■• PORTUGUESE REPUBLICANISM. ; ; A "MORNING POST" CRITIC.:'..-' -mail brought to hand van interesting article, in the>; London-, "Morning . Posf{ on ' the- Republican party "in Portugal.' The writer, Mr.. Heniry'Byron, said,' inter^.alia:-—"As:I have indicated, Portuguese Republicanism goes very much :hand m. hand with. Freemasonry; and for •this reason is .not.merely anticlerical but : anti-religious-.'and revolutionary. Next I would/note that.the Republicans; while outwardly .united,'especially, in their destructive, policy, {suffer from the,-some divisions;':as, tbe Monarchists..' Sonie are bent .'on a - Republic after -the model of Switzerland,; -oblivious of the. fact that it was the. Swiss who' made ■ their. Republic. what..it is,,'and not-tire-/Republic which gave; the Swiss their /high', qualities./ .The dreamers, who .favour - this plan- express disdain' of.,the.'French Republic, which they, nam©' undemocratic;-; but,.- consider- . ing, ; the 'blind felt by ;raost ■ Por'tugriese.for' : ,ever3'thiiig;' that'.', comes from .'.France, :'a {Republic in .Portugal would c*rtairily.;.be : but'a. parody' theFrenohr.;Some; of'their leaders,have; proclaimed an-' intention; of/preserving, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, but: given-the: .ideas of{the 'majority, the Republic would of necessity:'draw; away-:from England, :'ftnd.'lean', towards 'Fiance,'"to -which- it) Would' owe' ''support,. {:•:.{'{''. .-.' .v ,"In a notable book, 'Portugal' ContomporancV Gliveira Martins showed that constitutional - government had' ; be?h:'-' ail ;.crisnccessfnl; experiment;'and the Repul> licans. agree, tad {say • that,' a'i.Republic. ,is";therefore th,e, only, way "of salvation. On the contrary,"it is' more probable that •tbe ■ abuses bfthe', present .regime fwould increase, and. that a Portu'gueso, Republic, would ; . resemble: Nicaragua ... rather .-•-' than. .The Republicans pointj.to' t the eJconbmical and: honest .'administration -of ■' ,tho' Lisbon - Toivn Couiicilil but; forget that'the tutelage"exercised: by the' 1 Home -Office 1 has remedied the blunders;of their co-religionists, and that it is one-thing to 'rule' .-a . u . city:',, and, : another ''.to ' govern', a. '\w.'■'?/.■ ':;, : -.'.Uw, -j •■;,.'.'■ ; ;. :; ;"A' special ''gricvanco: of the. Republi-;:ca-ns'.is-,the Press. Law : bf : Joio 'Fraiicb, ••'yet'.'a perusal of their dailies ,shows tbat,' ■■jh spite, of Government- prosequtio'ns, 'they enjoy:: a license'.which 'we .should not v'twerato'ihere."-' Incitements' to'.'armed tf, ■volution;and -Scurrilous.'-'language.-',about "the-TCing .and'leven: the Queen;.we constantly appeariiig.in the pages of; tbeso; journals] and the: injury, they-db to the:cause; of order:.and progress, is immense: :; Taking, the Republican . press a9i a ; whole,".its',■ tone;-is'.subversive ..of all c-V:'.'-'-.;',:';,:::;. ...';

■ '.'Truth, Has compelled' me. to give an unfavourable picture of 'Portuguese•• Re.'pnblicanishv,. but I gladly' admit that the party, .includes-a.Large, number-of ; honest 'idealists;,aid'men of highcharacter,and. that. It possesses two make, for ; sucoesV-faith. and. energy..; .Among the ignorant masses—and' three-quarters, of the ■Lisbon Republicans may be so'describedthere is .a belief ; that the Republic 'will bring.a, reversal of, the. social order.' In-, deed, ,the;'.:good-; things in prospect; have made -the staunchly Republican. The Portuguese .'intellectuais''are mostly, .in the' .ether.camp." ';•;'. . . ..;,.