AN EXTRAVAGANT KING.
INDICTMENT OF DON CARLOS EXCITING SCENE IN PORTUGESE PARLIAMENT. MILITARY RESTORE ORDER. Received 29th, 11.6 p.m. Lisbon, November 29. During a discussion in the Portugese Chamber on the King's private debts, Dr. Afforea asked the Government to mortgage the Royal estates and then expel the King like a common criminal. A scene of great confusion followed. Dr. Braga, Republican leader, declared the King was a thief and a robber. The military were ordered to e'ear the Chamber.
A member appealed to the soldiers to proclaim a Republic. The strangers in the gallery cheered "Republic." The soldiers expelled the interrupts.
The House suspended Braga ai Costa for thirty days.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81897, 30 November 1906, Page 2
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111AN EXTRAVAGANT KING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81897, 30 November 1906, Page 2
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