REIGN OF TERROR

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 45, 23 October 1913, Page 5

REIGN OF TERROR

A REVOLT IN A MONARCHIST ORIGIN. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright]’ [United Press Association.] London, October 21. The Portuguese wires are interrupted. A Reuter’s censored message from Lisbon states that the Monarchists attacked the police and Republican Guards in an attempt to release political prisoners .at various points.. Over a hundred arrests were effected. The Government claims to have stifled the revolt. The Lisbon correspondent of the Daily Express states that a reign of terror continues. A whispered word in a cafe is enough to consign a suspect to an underground cell. Posted letters are opened. The Carbonari are concoting plots against the Republic for the purpose of demolishing them and receiving liberal payment as a result; Lisbon, October 22. A Government circular to the Powers states that the Monarchists attempted a subversive movement. Notwithstanding their strong preparations, they completely failed. The railway line was cut and a number of telegraph services were interrupted. Nobody connected with the army or the navy participated in the movement. The Government is acquainted with the details of the conspiracy, and it will mete out-due punishment to the ringleaders. Groups of armed men appeared in various centres during the night time and conflicts ensued. The Government was aware of the plot and was able to disperse the men, arrest the ringleaders, and restore order. The rebels destroyed two bridges. AN ATTEMPT THAT FAILED. Lisbon, October 22. The rising was fixed for three o’clock in the morning. Armed parties assembled in the neighbourhood of the barracks. One party attempted to scale the walls of the Military School, and obtain arms, but were frustrated. The revolt was directed by two committees, one civil and one military. The signal for a general outbreak was to be the murder of ministers, whereupon three columns organised in the suburbs were to have taken simultaneous action. Meanwhile Captain Continho, a French .refugee, was waiting on the frontier and bad deposited arms at various parts of the country preparatory to simultaneous risings there. The Government’s foreknowledge made the suppression of the rising easy. The police broke into a meeting in an embroidery workshop, and after a sharp struggle arrested all the conspirators, who were arranging for the rescue of prisoners from the civil prison. Reuter’s Lisbon correspondent states that several of those arrested 'hold high social positions, including army; and navy officers. t ; t" The chief quartermaster of the Quimares committed suicide with a revolver when arrested. The Monarchists’ leaders, including Moreira and Almeida, fled.