CRISIS IN PORTUGAL.
STRIKERS TO BE OOURT-MAR-TIALLED m BATCHES. HERDING OF POLITICAL PRISONERS. By CaWs—Press Asseciation—Oopyrijlt. Received 3, 1 a.m. Lisbon, February 2. The Chamber has approved the Government's Bill to try strikers by courtmartial in batches of 25, without preliminary enquiry or appeal, except to the Supreme Courtmartial. When the Bill was read, Senator Machade Santos exclaimed: "It is just like one of Joae Franco's decrees!"
The Chronicle's Lisbon correspondent states that hundreds of political prisoners are herded in dungeons 45 feet below the ground, and fed on mouldy bread and water unfit to drink. Typhoid is common.
The prisoners sentenced include many priests, barristers, land-owners and officers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 185, 3 February 1912, Page 5
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109CRISIS IN PORTUGAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 185, 3 February 1912, Page 5
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