A NEW REGIME.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1921, Page 5

A NEW REGIME.

REVOLT IN PORTUGAL. MINISTERS ASSASSINATED. OBJECT NOT DISCLOSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Lisbon, Oct. 20. A new Cabinet has been appointed, with Colonel Manuel Coelho as Premier. Four Ministers, Senhors Pranjo, Sentos, Maia and Silva, have been assassinated. The President of the Republic has accepted the new Ministry. The population is now quiet and has accepted the new regime. The sailors of the Republican Guard supported the revolution, which was quickly successful. There was so little fighting that, though all the Government offices, shops and banks in the capita] were closed when the commenced, it is still doubtful whether the rising has monarchist aims. Since the revolutionary coup at the end of May a Liberal Government has been in office. The murdered Ministers belonged to the Liberal Party, which was confirmed in power by the elections in July. The chief plank in its platform was a policy of economy. THE INITIAL OPERATIONS. Lisbon, Oct. 26. The revolution, which has been threatening for two months, broke out when the warships in the harbor gave the signal, which was replied to by the revolutionaries in Lisbon, commanded by Colonel Coelho, which occupied without resistance strategic points in the city. Senhor Granjo was arrested and shot in the arsenal. The city is now quiet.

BRITISH WARSHIPS DISPATCHED. London, Oct. 21. Official circles in London learn that looting of clubs occurred on a large scale in Lisbon. British business men and bankers asked for protection and, as the result, the warship Calypso is proceeding to Lisbon from the Mediterranean. The city is well policed by the Republican Guards. Order prevails, and the Government declares that the guards are providing special protection for the lives and property of foreigners. MONARCHISTS BLAMED. WHERE IS THE EX-KING? Received Oct. 23, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 22. Official information received in London states that a state of siege prevails in Lisbon. For the next fifteen days a nine o'clock curfew will be imposed. Although there is no evidence in the meagre reports from Lisbon that the revolutionary outbreak is due to monarchists, enquiry from ex-King Manoel’s home at Twickenham reveals that he has been absent since August, and his z whereabouts are unknown. The Lisbon civilian population did not participate in the revolution, in which they evinced little interest. ASSASSINS TO BE PUNISHED. Received Oct. 23, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 22. A British official despatch from Lisbon states the new Government has been constitutionally formed. It denounces the assassinations, the victims of which were given a State funeral Steps are being taken to punish the assassins, and to disarm ruffians, who somehow obtained weapons at the outbreak of the revolution.