TROUBLE IN PORTUGAL

Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1927, Page 3

TROUBLE IN PORTUGAL

REBELS SUBBENDER. GOVERN'D EXT XIAI XT.V IX ED. [Australian it X.Z. Cable Association. (Received this day at S a.in.) LOXDOX. Feb. 10. The first unoon.sored message Iron Lisbon since .Monday announces the rebels there unconditionally surrenderee yestereve. The Government, now fia> the upper hand countrywide. LISBON' BOMBARDED. MADRID, Feb. in. It is reported from the frontier that the warships in the Tagus, which roimtined loyal to the Government, heaviK- bombarded Losbon, causing much PORTUGUESE CIVIL WAR. i LISBON’. February 10. i The guns of the fortress Dugue dom- . inn ted revolutionists aboard the sloop Carvalho De Arauji. whose crew took refuge on the German steamer in the Tagus. There is an acute shortage of food. The Government is making an effort to restore the public services dislocated by the shortage. It has closed the offices of the General Federation or Labour and imprisoned the staff of the newspaper “ Batnlha,” which was implicated in the rising.

THE DESOLATION AT OPORTO. HEAVY BOMBARDMENT. PARIS. February 10. Communication between Oporto and Lisbon is only possible by aeroplane with a Government permit. Several trains loaded with troops are arriving at Lisbon whither more Loyalists are marching from Oporto. Graphic details of rebels’ surrender at Oporto, are given by eye-witnesses, who say the Government opened the final attack on Tuesday morning by shelling Oporto with twenty guns. Many terrified citizens fled, lising every available means of transport, including sailing and rowing boats. About one hundred were killed and three hundred wounded. After sixteen hours bombardment several of the finest buildings in the city were obliterated. The rebel leader. General Souza. r ,J~' finally surrendered, explaining he wished to save Oporto from complete destruction. Accordingly the Minister of War made a triumphant entry into the shattered town on horseback. He was eoldy received by the inhabitiauts who considered him responsible for the havoc wrought by the besiegers’ guns. The situation is normal this evening and trains are running. , LISBON*, Feb. 11. To-day Lisbort is a tragic spectacle. Fires are blazing in the city, gaping holes in buildings, bodies littered in the streets, piteous cries for help by the wounded, many of whom arc civilians and women. The casualty list will he heavy. The latest estimate from Oporto is 76 killed and 350 wounded; from Lisbon, 198 killed and 1000 wounded. One shell wined out a relicl machine gun company of ten men. Tt was a fight to the death in certain quarters of the city. It will he weeks before Portugal will resume normal life, as the revolt coincided with the strike of all civil servants and State employees, particularly rail way men, who were Replaced by sappers. Even now it is feared that the general body of workers may throw in their lot with the rebels, causing a general striko throughout the country and making the movement of troops and provisions most difficult. Revolutionary leaders are feeling that time is their ally, and are endeavouring to keep the Government troops distributed. The difficulties of General Cannonia have increased, for apparently loyal regiments might desert, especially if the Tehels • gained a local advantage.