UNREST IN PORTUGAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 90, 6 October 1911, Page 5

UNREST IN PORTUGAL

THE MONARCHIST MOVEMENT. AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright, London, October 3. The, Daily Telegraph Madrid correspondent reports that the strictest censorship is being observed in Portugal. Correspondents are only allowed to telegraph what the Government wishes. The Royalists have smuggled twelve thousand rifles and several cannon, which are hidden in the mountains. They have won over numerous gendarmes and Customs officials in the north of Portugal... Many officials of high rank are favorable to the monarchy, owing to the lack of discipline in the army. Much money has been collected in Brazil in aid of the movement. J

Spies informed the Government, enabling it to make arrests of sympathisers throughout Portugal. Including a thousand at Oporto, there arc at least six thousand monarchists now in gaol, including aristocrats, lawyers, officers and priests. A number of Royalists escaped to the mountains, and are organising a small army for guerilla warfare. Ex-King Manuel has returned to London hurriedly from the country.

The Royalists claim that the north of Portugal, except Oporto, is practically in the hands of the Monarchists, and that several towns have proclaimed King Manuel. On the other hand it is officially stated in Lisbon that all is quiet in the north.

OMINOUS SIGN'S. WHOLESALE ARRESTS. EXODUS OF LEADING FAMILIES. Received 5, 11 p.m. Madrid, October 5. The Spanish Ambassador at Lisbon reports that there is great unrest in Portugal. Lisbon telegrams report many arrests in Oporto, solely on the unsupported accusations of the police. The gaols arc overflowing, and an exodus of leading families has commenced. , ■" >