MACAO IN REVOLT.
RELIGIOUS ORDERS EXPELLED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. • ' Port Darwin, December 21. Hong-Kong files to hand contain tails of tb'e revolt at the Portuguese settlement of Macao, on the Oaiiton River, on November 30. Groups of sailors, under petty officers, landed from the Portuguese gunboat in the.river, and joined the soldiers of the .'garrison. Several hundred armed men then marched to Government Houseand ■ demanded that the ' Franciscan and Canossian nuns should be expelled^within twenty-four hours, 'and also detnanded tho. immediate suppression of 'the clerical newspaper entitled "Vida Nova," • which bitterly opposkl the decree of tho Portuguese R-epublicau Government. Tho Governor (Senior C. A. Marques) was perforce compelled to comply with the demand, and all the nuns and priests left for Hong-Kong. The news caused excitement at HongKong. Two British gunboats left for Macao.to protect British interests. The Governor immediately resigned and left for Lisbon. : Matters' are now quiet. The presence of the British gunboats had a soothing effect.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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159MACAO IN REVOLT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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