CIVIL WAR

Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1927, Page 2

CIVIL WAR

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PORTUGUESE RKYOLT. LONDON, Feb. 7

The ‘‘Daily Express’s” Lisbon correspondent states Colonel Jlcndesreis is leading the revolt in Lisbon. The rebels rapidly captured tbe strategitc position in the city. The success of the movement appears certain, as piaetieallv all the civilians are armed and collaborating with the revolutionaries. The enthusiasm of the revolt is due to discontent in the army and with the reforms instituted by Carmona s Government. vpheayaiTTnlportugal. LONDON, Feb. 8. The United Press Madrid correspon- , dent reports that more than one hun- \ drnl and fifty arrests, mostly of poll- f ticians and journalists, were made m Lisbon All of them were sent aboard two cruisers but as the crews refused to embark with them the arrested persons wore transferred to a fortress It is reported from Oporto that toiy women are among the killed, and fifty soldiers, and that 102 civilians have been wounded. The ‘Times’ ” Lisbon correspondent telegraphing via Afadrid. says: The Portuguese Ministry of War has moved its headquarters forty miles south of Oporto.” Several hundred arrests have been made in Lisbon, including the staff of the newspaper “Mundo” which pub- "v lished an uncensored number, and the 1 whole issue was confiscated.

THE OPORTO BATTLE. LONDON, Feb. S. A message from Madrid states that little is known of the events in Oporto, beyond' what is stated in official despatches. It appears that tbo revolutionaries include a Rifle Regiment, with six heavy guns, and six lightmachine guns. They also are composed partly of Republican Guards, as well as some ordinary infantry with guns. Captain Chaves is in command. Ho occupied, without firing a shot, the palace of the Civil Governor of Oporto, tbe gates o! which were open-_ cd bv the residents, in order to pre- -* vent nnv bloodshed. A Revolutionary Committee was immediately formed under the presidency of General Sousa Dias, who was in a militarv hospital, under arrest, by order of the Government, when the revolution broke out. The Revolution Committee peremptorily telegraphed to the Prime Alinister, in Lisbon, demanding the Ministry's resignation. The Premier’s reply was to send out troops, who took up a positon in the suburb of Gaia, from which they bombarded the rebels’ headquarters. The firing ceased as soon as possible, in order to spare the town from further loss. Besides the Governor s Palace, one theatre and one hotel were badly damaged by shell fire. The Goveminent troops then began a move- f merit for the gradual surrounding ot the malcontents, who, during the bombardment. bad replied vigorously to the fire of tbe Government troops. • 'Hie civil population seemed to be taken by surprise. They did not participate in the fighting. The details of the losses on either side are at present unknown.

LISBON BOAIBARDED. LONDON, Feb.'- <. \ message from tbo United Press correspondent at Lisbon says: “A cruiser i.s now firing on the town, and tlie streets arc echoing with the firing ot machine guns and artillery. The shops are closed, and tlie Government offices T have suspended operations.