THE LISBON TRAGEDY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 38, 4 February 1908, Page 2

THE LISBON TRAGEDY.

•—... - ♦ ,-j* MURDER OF PORTUGAL'S KING AND PRINCE. FUltTHJitt DETAILS. (JUEEN ASSUMES KEUENCY. INFANTA MANUEL PKOCLA'IMED JiINU. A TEIUUBLE PLOT. Lisbon, February 2. King Carlos was wounded in the shoulder. Tlie third bullet severed one or' tlie earotid arteries. Jlc died belore reaching the arsenal. The infanta Alanuel was wounded on the side of tlie jaw and iu the arm. Figuera, fired and killed one regicide The police killed the second. It is be

lieved that the third suicided in custody. The assassins bad concealed livechambered repeating carbines beneath their cloaks. When the news spread, the shops, theatres, and cafes immediately closed. Great grief and indignation were professed. It is believed that the assassins are foreigners, probably French and Spani ish anarchists. Paris, February 2. The Figaro's Lisbon correspondent states that King Carlos and the Crown Prince, returning from a villa at Vicosat, crossed the Tagus to Lisbon. Carriages and Court officials awaited them at the landing stage near the Praca uo Comercio.

When the Royalties were about lo enter the carriage several individuals who were crouching a few paces from the landing stage, at a sign from on« drew revolvers concealed under their cloaks and opened a fusilade. The King and Prince were struck by several bullets and fell. The assailants lied. The soldiers who were escorting the party fired and killed three—>some accounts say five. The newspaper Le Matin declares that the Infanta Manuel will be proclaimed King to-day. The newspaper Le Matin states:— The forts at Lisbon are full of political prisoners. Visits of inspection paid by the police to the people's liomes constantly reveal stores of arms and bombs. Some sergeants and subalterns of the army and navy are suspected. Sevoral Republican leaders have been arrested.

AN OFFICIAL REPORT. London, February 2. The following account of the assassination is given by the Portugese, Legation at London:—At "> o'clock on Saturday afternoon their Majesties were returning to the Villa Viciosa. While passing the Black Horse Square in an open earn riage, with the Crown Prince and the Infanta Manuel they were barbarously attacked with revolver and carbine shots. The King and the Crown Prince were killed. Three of the murderers were killed, and three arrested.

Lisbon is quiet. Order is maintained.

INFANTA MANUEL'S WOUNDS. KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND'S SYMPATHY. FOUR MONTHS' PUBLIC MOURNING. Lisbon, February 2. The Infanta Manuel's arm is in a sling. The injury is painless and there are no complications. King Edward and Queen Alexandra and tho Prince and Princess of Wales are poignantly grieved over the horrible crime and have telegraphed their sympathy to Queen Amelia through the Portugese Legation expressing ' their horror and detestation at the crime.

Four months' public mourning have been ordered in Portugal. AH of the! Government offices and places of amusement have been closed until the funeral. Queen Ataelie had a long conference with Senhor Franco, the Dictator, on Saturday evening. i There have been demonstrations of sympathy from all parts of Portugal. The peoplo are rallying to the support of the authorities.

PULPIT REFERENCES. London, February 2. Bishop Stepney, at St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday, deplored the loosing w Satanic forces beneath Society's structure, Father Vuuguan, in Farm street Church, said he was less surprised than shocked. No thoughtful man with his hand on Europe's pulse wan surprised at the commission of the most diabolical crimes. Canon Wilberforce, Dr. Clifford, and the Rev. R. J. Campbell expressed their horror in the pulpit at the ocurrence. THE KAISER TERRIBLY SHOCKED. Berlin, February 2. The Kaiser is terribly shocked over the news of the tragedy, THE EVENT FORETOLD. THE DICTATOR'S RESIDENCE ATTACKED,

Lisbon, February 2, Republicans and Asentient Progressionists in Lisbon said that great events would happen on Saturday. One of the dead murderers is a Frenchman whose belt was filled witli money, supposed to be tho price of the crime. Armed bands attacked Senhor Franco's residence

HOW THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED. KING KILLED FROM THE BACK OF HIS CARRIAGE. QUEEN THROWS BOUQUET AT ASSASSIN. THE REGICIDE SHOT DEAD. CROWN PRINCE NEXT ATTACKED. THE QUEEN BESIDE HERSELF WITH GRIEF. Received 3rd, 8.00 p.m. Lisbon, February 3. A silent crowd watched the Royalties alight at the Tugus ferry boat. The demeanor of the spectators displayed a certain air of distrust and fear, though a girl presented Queen Amelie with "a bouquet. King Carlos exchanged a few words with Senhor Franco and other Ministers.

. W hen the Royal carriage was passing the corner of the Rica do Arsenal a young fellow, almost a boy, dressed in rough sporting attire, with a revolver m his hand, rushed from the throng of spectators and jumped up behind the Uoyal carriage and fired, wounding the King o».the left side. 8 Queen Umelic and the Crown Princo uttered cftes of horror and dismay. the Queen rose in the carriage and tried to strike the assassin with a bouquet.

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i, m ?V'' 09 mted Ms Kand to his hj« then fel, bacK ha state of Several people dtushed forward and slung the regicide to the ground. He fired a third shot harmlessly. Someone probably ■, policeman, shot huu dead.

Meanwhile a tall blaok-bearded and monstached man, enveloped in a mantle who was standing near the Minister of the Interior, probably- the loader of: the regicides, drew „ carbine which was concealed in his cloak, and moved towards the carriage. He fired twice, hitting, the Crown I nnce in the face and chest, no was about to fire again when a policeman knocked up his arm. Next moment a military officer killed the assassin with his sword. The other regicides fired and wounded the Infanta Manuel slightly. Officers and the police emptied th" : - revolvers at the group of regicides, killing a third man.

The Infanta Alfonso drove up in a motor ear, revolver in hand, and es. eorted the Royal carriage to ibe marine arsenal.

The Queen was beside herself wilh grief and horror at the shock. She uttered piteous cries as she turned towards her dvine husband and son. Bnfh were carried to the medical hall of the arsenal and laid on mattresses. Doctors wore immediatelv summoned. The blood Btill gushed from the King's mouth and

LA .TEST :\ I, CABkE NEIi (By Cable.—press Association.—Copy- ? ri ght). nose. Tiio nredkal aid was, huwcioi, useless. i itailh was.,due'to two wounds, one in the right, infra region, and we other in the vertebrae column. iNeiuier bullet was extracted. THE CROWN PRINCE'S WOUNDS. AN HEROIC QUEEN. •THE KING'S LAST WORDS. Received 3rd, 10 p.m. Lisbon, February J. The Crown Priiiee only survived Ji\ e minutes. The bullets traversed his right cheek, emerging from the nape of the neck. The second struck the region of the sternum, and pierced his lung. While the doctors were washing the fa'cea of the King and the Prince, the Queen summoned one of the doctors to proceed to the where Queen Maria Pia, the aged mother of Kin? Carlos, arrived. The meeting of her with the Prince was most affecting. King Carlos' last words a s he fell back in his carriage were "The Queon.' 1 . He uttered the words in a tone of an* iety and alarm.

THE REGICIDES IDENTIFIED. THE LEADER A SCHOOLTEACHER. TWO ITALIAN ACCOMPLICES. Received 3rd, 10 p.m. Lisbon, February 3. The leader of the regicides baa been identified as Manuel Buioa, a man who was 30 years of age, an ex-sergeant of the Seventh Cavalry, and an ex-prim-ary schoolteacher. For the last eight years he was a private teacher in Lisbon. The other dead regicides are apparently Portuguese. One of the dead regicides was a Spaniard who was arrested recently in connection with the discovery of bombs but who was subsequently released. One of the arrested regicides is an Italian who waß engaged in the orchestra at the Lyric Theatre. Another young and well-dreasod man was so nervous that the warderß wero afraid to entrust a knife or fork to him at meals.

A third is a reporter who apparently is innocent.

INFANTA MANUEL TAKES THE • SUCCESSION OATH. HIS PROCLAMATION TO THE PORTUGUESE. THE PRESENT MINISTRY TO BE RETAINED. Received 3rd, 10 p.m. Lisbon, February 3. Tho Infanta Manuel took the succession oath on Sunday afternoon in the presence of the Ministers of the Coum«il. His proclamation to the people denounces the horrible and dastardly crime au unprecedented in history. He felt confident the nation shares his grief. He promises to maintan the Catholic religion and integrity of the Kingdom, and to observe and cause to be dbserved the political constitution. Also to dovote all his efforts to the welfare of his oountry and to deserve the love of the people. Ho declared it was his intention to retain the present Ministry.

THE QUEEN'S VIGIL. LOYALTY OF ARMY AND NATION STRENGTHENED. THE FUNERAL ON THE 10th. Received 3rd, 10 pm. Lisbon, February 3. Queen Amelie spent the night beside the dead. The crime has apparently strengthened the loyalty of the army and the nation. The bodies lie in state. The funcrnl ■will probably take place on the 10th. The mourning is very general. When at the arsenal Queen Amelie hastily sent for a priest to console with the dying.

KING EDWARD CANCELS HIS COURT SEASON. ALSO HIS PROJECTED TRIP, Received 3rd, 10 p.m. London, February 3. King Edward has cancelled his Court season and directed a month's mourming. He also cancelled his and the Queens visits to Copenhagen and Christiana. EHE KING'S ERROR. SPANISH PfiESS COMMENT. Received 3rd, 10 p.m. Madrid, February 3. While deploring the tragedy, the MaoV rid papers consider that the King's error in nerinitting Senhor Franco's absurd policy was a contributory civubs. THE POPE GREATLY DISTRESSED. "THE SAINTED QUEEN." A SPECIAI MEMORIAL SERVICE. Reooived 3rd, 10 p.m. Rome, February 3. The Pope is greatly distressed, and tKclaimtd: "Poor Amelie 1 Now she may really be called the sainted Queen!" He ordered a special service for the dead gt Sistine Chapel on Thursday,

A REPUBLIC REPORTED TO BE PROCLAIMED. NO CONFIRMATION OF THE REPORT. Reoeived 3rd, 10 p.m. Madrid, Februarv 3. Tho Madrid journal El Mundo states ttat a Republic has been proclaimed at Oporto. Neither confirmation nor aenial is obtainable in official political circles. UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY. CHURCH REFERENCES. Received 3rd, 10 p.m. London, February 3. The Archbishop of Westminster, in preaching at Chelsea, made sympathetic references and offered prayers for the souls of the dead Royalties. All Catholic Churches wore in sympathy with the Queen and her people, and especially so in Catholic countries.

Madrid, February 3. King Alfonso, who was at Scivillc, hurried to Madrid to console with the Countess de Paris.

I THE UUJiE OF. ORLEANS. A DESPATCH MAKES HIM ALTER HIS MIND. Received 3rd, 10 p.m. Rome, February 3. The Duke of Orleans, when he heard the news at Naples, proposed to leave immediately for Lisbon, but a despatch from Lisbon induced him to proceed to Egypt.

NEW ZEALAND'S SYMPATHY. A MESSAGE FORWARDED. Per Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Premier, on behalf of the people of New Zealand, has communicated through his Excellency the Governor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, an expression of sympathy with the people of Portugal in the misfortune which has overtaken their country through the assassination of the Kin" and Crown Prince. *

( BIOGRAPHICAL. : Carlos 1., King of Portugal, the third . Sovereign of Portugal of the line of Iraganza-Coburg, was tlie son of Kin" iMn I. and Maria Via, daughter of Kin* \ ittona Emnianuelc of Italy, being born September 28, 1883. When about twenty years of age he spent a considerable A , I \ ■ ? y & ' lm < he raa "''«'l 10 eans Comte de P aris; a J tho 'lea Hi of his father, October Ifl, 1 88 0 succeeded to the throne of Portugal !„' » year the British Government oun" it necessary to make formal remon- j miSr- 8 a rL Portuguese encroacht«oen the two countries were greatly strained for some time. The King's attitiide during this critical period was one ot conciliation, and his temperate, though ■Mm, speech on opening Hie Cortes in January, 1800, iTid much to strengthen the party of peace. Tn 1000-1 also his friendly attitude towards Great Britain was shown by cordial toasts at a ban- I quet to viie officers of the. British fleet ' at Lisbon, The King was a great patron '

'of 1 scidn.de wllifch, 1894, lie took a'Very active part in tua eelebratiou'iot the SOUth •anaiv'eWaVy of the birth ijt; Briiicoi Ihcnry the navigator, aud a year later he decorated the Portuguese poet Joao'de Dells with much uonor at Juisbon. m' took 'a' great persona) interest in deep-sea Boundinga and marine exploration ( and l published an acI count of Bom e ,qf bis own investigations, the results beinf- ehown at an oceanographib 'exhibition opened 'by him on April 12, 1897. THE RIGHT OF SUCCESSION. The Crown Prince of Portugal, Luiz Philippe, Duke of Braganza, born on March 21, 1887, has fallen with fcis father. Little has been published either of the Crown Prince or of his brother* Manuel, born on .November 15, 1889, on wnom the right of succession now devolves. There is a Pretender to the throne, Dom Miguel of Braganza, residing in Austria, ii was stated in June that the Portuguese Legitimists were approachng him with a view to replacing lite Braganza branch on the throne. It was alleged they had some support from the Kaiser.

DOM MIGUEL, (PRETENDER. The present Legitimist candidate, Dom Miguel de Braganza, is in actvc service in ih e Austrian army as Colonel of the ith Husnais, and resides at his castle of Liebenstein, near Aspang. The Stan, darri writes that he "has mixed little in policies hitherto, and is seldom seen in pu«fic elsewhere than on the golf links. As brother of the iVrch-Duchess Maria Theresa, and a soldier on active service, it is impossible for him to take an active part in the intrigues which undoubtedly have latterly been in progress, but ther 8 ' is little doubt that he has not only aot abandoned ah hope of recovering tho throne of his grandfather, but that ha secretly regards this as the goal of his hie, and is in frequent correspondence with the leaders of his party, bucli m Alexandre de Saldanha da Uama, Dom Miguel d'Almada, and Dr. Pinto Coelho. He nas only once revisited his native laud, and that was incognito, at the risk ox wclife, after the close of the Boanollerzegoviman campaign, wiien he spent three days in Portugal. His eldest son, w'ho was in the ffirxTn army, alßo ran the (same risk years ago, and paid for it L>y jiemg obliged to resign his coinmisJ ■- .witoJJiiMl Aj REPUBLIC IN THREE YEARS.

Up Matm some time ago published an interview with Senhor Machado, leader of the Portuguese Republican larty, who was represented as having said that if Monarchist regime was as Liberal in Portugal as it was in Ureat Britain there would be need for the establishment of a Republic. "Great Britain," continued ttailior Machado, -is just as Republican in feeling as France if not more so. A Republic is the only suitable form of government lor my country, as the Monarchist regime in Portugal is reactionary in tendency. For, some time past we have been witnesses! of the worst sort of reaction. iutisni and not liberty reigns in Portugal, and if this state of affairs continues the country will meet with some terrible disasters. Happily the Republican party, well disciplined as it is, is becoming more and more powerful, and its influence is spreading." Senhor Machado expressed the conviction that Kepublican ideas would one day prevail, and, without pretending to prophecy, he believed that he was correct in sayjruj that Portugal would be a republic in two or threo years. "If the opportunity offers," he concluded, "direct action will be taken, as we consider that a change in the system of government ought to be made by the nation."—, Reuter.

THE QUEEN AND THIS REPUBLICAN. The situation in Portugal is full of possibilities, commented an. English writer the other day, and there is but little doubt that the position of King Carlos is one ofjjrave difficulty. "A little story told me shows how the position of affaire has been reversed in Lisbon. Until a so ago the Queen of Portugal gas most popular with her husband's subjectsTand her appearances | iri public were warmly greeted." Not long ago she attended a bull-fight in state, but her entry into th e Royal box was ostentatiously disregarded. Shortly, after a noted Republican entered, and his appearance was greeted with resounding cheers. Even the bull-fighters carried out the programme of incivility to the Queen, and paid the honors usually reservea fcv the principal person present to the Republican, and not to the Queen."