THE PORTUGAL ASSASSINATIONS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9046, 4 February 1908, Page 5

THE PORTUGAL ASSASSINATIONS.

Received February 3, 8.25 a.m. LISBON, February 2. King Carlos was wounded in the shoulder, and a third bullet severed the carotid artery. He died he reached the Naval Arsenal. Prince Manuel was wounded at the side of the jaw and on the arm. Figuerra, the King's orderly, fired, killing one of the regicides. The pulice killed a second, and it is believed that the third committed suiy ' cide while in custody. The assailants had concealed fivechambered repeating carbines beneath their cloaks. On the news of the tragedy becoming known, theatres and .cafes were immediately closed, Great gr'ef and indignation were expressed. Queen Amelie assumes the Regency during Piince Manuel's minority. It is believed that the assassins were foreigners—French or Spanish anarchists. FRENCH VERSION OF THE TRAGEDY. j ROYAL PARTY RETURNING TO LISBON. SHOT ON THE LANDING STAGE. 1 Received February 3, 8.30 a.m. PARIS, February 2. The "Figaro's " Lisbon correspondent states that King Carlos and the Crown Prince were returning from Villa Vicosa. where his Majesty had a residence. Tlvsy crossed the Tagus • to Lisbon. Carriages' and court officials awaited • the party- at the landing stage near the Praxa.de Comercio. . • . : When the Royal party was" about to enter a carriage, several individuals who were crouching a few paces away on the landing stage, at a sign from one of them, drew revolvers . concealed beneath thehcloaks and opened a fusilade. The King and Prince were struck by several bullets, and fell. Their assailants fled, and the soldiers forming the escort fired, killing three of them —some accounts say five. The "Matin" states that Prince Manuel will be proclaimed King today. PORTUGUESE LEGATION REPORT. VARYING DEAILS. Received February 3, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, February 2. The Portuguese Legation in London states that at 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when returning from Villa Vicosa, their Majesties and the Crown Prince and Prince Manuel, while passing Black Horse Square, in an open carriage, were barbarously attacked with revolver and carbine shots. The King and Crown Prince were killed. Three of the murderers were killed, and three others were arrested. LISBON QUfET. ■» Receive] February 3, 8.30 a.m. LISBON, February 2. All is quiet in the city, and order is maintained. RECEPTION OF THE NEWS ABROAD. GENERAL HORROR AND SYMPATHY. Received February 3, 8.45 a.m. , LONDON, February 2. People were staitled and horror- ; struck by the news of the murder of the King and Crown Prince of Portugal. General sympathy is felt for the bereaved Queen and the relatives of the deceased. i _ LISBON FORTS FULL OF PRISONERS. STORES OF ARMS AND BOMBS. NAVAL AND MILITARY OFFICERS ARRESTED. Received February 3, 8.47 a.m. LISBON, February 2. The Lisbon forts are full of political prisoners. Domiciliary visits made by the police constantly reveal stores of arms and bombs. The Government declares that the plots were not directed against the Throne, but a number of sergeants and subalterns in the army and navy, who were connected with the Republican leaders, have been arrested. THE EVENT FORETOLD. ONE MURDERER A FRENCHMAN. DICTATOR'S RESIDENCE ATTACKED. Received February 3, 12.55 p.m. LISBON, February 3. Republicans and dissentient Progressionists in Lisbon foretold that great events were to happen on Saturday. One of the dead murderers is a Frenchman, whose belt was filled with money, supposed to be the price of the crime.

PUBLIC GRIEF AND INDIGNATION. KING CARLOS' LAST WORDS. PRINCE MANUEL TAKES SUCCESSION OATH. By Telegraph—Pres3 Associatioc —Copyright.

' An armed band attacked the residence of Senhor Franco, who has been dictator since Parliament was disinisped lasc year. PRINCE MANUEL. WOUNDED IN THE ARM. Received February 3, 12.42 p.m. LISBON, February 2. Prince Manuel's arm is in a sling. He is not suffering pain, and there are no complications. PUBLIC MOURNING ORDERED. CONFERENCE BETWEEN QUEEN AND DICTATOR. PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE AUTHORITIES. Received February 3, 12.42 p.m. LISBON, Februarys Four months' public mourning has been ordered in Portugal. All the Government offices and places of amusement will be closed until after the funeral. Queen Amelie had a long conference with Senhor Franco, the dictator, on Saturday evening. Demonstrations of sympathy have been made in all parts of Portugal, and the people are rallying to support the authorities. PULPIT UTTERANCES. LESS SURPRISED THAN SHOCKED. Received February 3, 12.42 p.m. LONDON, February 2. The Bishop of Stepney, referring to the murders in a sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral, said he deplored the loosing of satanic forces bsneath th,e structure of society. Father Vaughun, presiding at Farm Street Church, said he was less surprised than shocked. No thoughtful man, with his hand on Europe's pulse, could be surprised at the commission of the most diabolical crimes. Canon Wilberforce, Dr Clifford, and the Rev. R. J. Campbell also expressed horror in the pulpit. MESSAGES FROM THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. ' Received February 3, 12,42 p.m. LONDON, February 2. King Edward, Queen Alexandra, and the Prince and Princess of Wales felt poignant grief at the tidings, from Lisbon. They telegarphed expressing sympathy with Queen Amelie, and sent to the Portuguese Legation expressing horror and detestation of the crime. THE KAISER SHOCKED. Received February 3, 12.55 p.m. BERLIN, February 2. The Kaiser was terribly shocked on hearing the news of the assassination of the King of Portugal and the Crown Prince. HOW THE ASSASSINATIONS TOOK PLACE. SLAUGHTER OF REGICIDES. HEF.OIC CONDUCT OF THE " V JNFANTA. THE QUEEN'S PITEOUS DISTRESS. Received February 3,8.55 p.m. LISBON, February 3. A silent crowd watched the members of the royal family alight from the Tagus ferry boat. The demeanour of the spectators displayed a certain air of distrust and fear, though a girl presented Queen Amelie with a bouquet, and King Carlos exchanged a few wordswith Senhor Franco and other ministers. When the royal carriage was passing the office of the Ministry of France at the corner <f the Rica do Arsenal a young fel'ow—almost a boy—dressed in rough sporting , attire, and having a revolver in his hand rushed from the throng of spectators and jumped up behind the carriage and fired, wounding King Carlos in the loft side. Queen Amelie and the Crown Prince uttered cries of horror and dismay. The Queen rose in the carriage and tried to strike the assassin with a bouquet. He fired again, hitting the King in the back. King Carlos lifted a hand to his head, and then fell back in a state of collapse. Several Deople dashed forward and slung the regicide to the ground. ( He fired a third shot harmlessly. Some one, probably a policeman, 1 then shot him dead. Meanwhile a tall man with a black deard and moustache, and enveloped in a mantle, who was standing near the Minister for the Interior, and who apparently was the leader of the regicides, drew a carbine he had concealed beneath his cloak, and moved towards the carriage. He fired twic 3 , hitting the Crown Prince in the face and chest. He was about to fire again, when a policeman knocked up his arms, apd the next moment a military officer killed the assassin with a sword. Other regicides fired and wounded Prince Manuel slightly. The officers and police emptied heir revolvers at the group of regicides, killing a third man.

The Infanta Alfonso drove up in a motor car with a revolver in his hand, and escorted the Royal carriage' 1 to'-' the Marine* 'Arsenal. The Queen was beside herself with grief and the horror of the shock, and uttered piteous cries as she turned towards her dying husband and son. Both were carried to the medical hall at. the Naval Arsenal. They were laid on mattresses and doctors were summoned. Blood still gushed from the King's mouth and nose, and it was soon seen that medical aid would be useless. Death was due to two wounds, one in the right infrascapular region, and the other in the vertabral column. The both bullets are still lodged in the body. LAST WORDS OF KING CARLOS. IDENTIFICAATION- OF LEADER OF REGICIDES. MOURNING GENERAL. SUCCESSION OATH TAKEN BY PRINCE MANUEL. Received February 3, 10 p.m. LISBON, February 3. The Crown Prince only survived five minutes. The bullets traversed the right cheok, emerging at the nape of the neck. The second one struck the region of the sternum and pierced a lung. While the doctors were washing the faces of the King and Prince, the Queen summoned one of them to proceed to the weighing house, where she was attending Prince Manual. While his wounds were being dressed, Queen Marie Pia, mother of King Carlos, arrived, and the meeting between her and the Prince was most affecting. King Carlos' last words as he fell back in the carriage were, "The Queen," uttered in tones of anxiety and alarm. The leader of the regicides has been identified as Manuel Buica. He is thirty years of age, and was an exSergeant of the Seventh Cavalry. He was an ex-primary school-teacher, and during the last eight years had been a private teacher at Lisbon. The other dead regicides were apparently Portuguese. The mourning is very general. The Duke of Orleans heard the news at Naples, and proposed to leave immediately for Lisbon, bJt a later despatch induced him to procesd to Egypt. The Pope was greatly distressed, and exclaimed, "Poor Amelie; now she may really be called the saint." The Queen has oriered a special service for the dead at the Sistme Chapel on Thursday. Prince Manuel took the succession oath on Sunday afternoon in the presence of the Ministers of the Council and his Council of State. His proclamation to the people denounces the horrible dastardly crime as unprecedented, in history. He is confident that the nation shares his grief. He promises to maintain the Catholic religion, and the integrity of the kingdom, and will observe and cause to be observed the political constitution. He will devote all his efforts to the welfare of his country, and hopes to deserve the good wishes of his people. He declared his intention to retain the present Ministers. Queen Amelie spent the night heside the dead. The crime has apparently strengthened the loyalty of the army and the nation. ? The bodie3 lie in state and the funeral will probably take place on February 10th. OPINIONS OF MADRID PAPERS. ERRORS'OF KING AND PRIME MINISTER CONTRIBUTORY CAUSES. THE ACCUSED MEN. Received February 3, 10 p.m. MADRID, February 3. King Alfonso, who was at Seville, hurried to Madrid to condole with the Countess de Paris. A Reuter message from Madrid states that the "Journal el Mundo" states that a republic has be?n proclaimed at Oporto, but neither con-, firmation nor denial of this is obtainable in official or political circles. While deploring the tragedy the Madrid papers consider that the King's error and Senhor Franco's absurd policy were contributory causes. One of the dead regicides was a Spaniard, who was arrested recently in connection with the discovery of bombs, but was released. One of the arrested men is an Italian engaged in an orchestra Lyric Theatre. Another, a young and well-dressed man, is so nervous that the warders are afraid to entrust him with a knife and fork at his meals. A a reporter, is apparently When at the Naval Arsenal Queen Amelie hastily sent a priest to console with the dying. KING EDWARD'S VISITS CANCELLED. COURT GOES INTO MONTH'S MOURNING. Received February 3, 10 p.m. LONDON, February 3. King Edward has directed a month's mourning to be observed at Court. He has cancelled his visits to Copenhagen and Christiana. The Archbishop of Westminster, preaching at Chelsea, made sympathetic references to the deaths of j King Carlos and the Crown Prince. Prayers for the souls of the dead were offered at all the Catholic churches, especially in Catholic countries. NEW I 'ZEALAND'S EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY. WELLINGTON, February 3. The Premier, on behalf of the people of New Zealand, has com'municated, through His E?i#lltncy the Governor, to the Sercretary 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 King and Crown Prince. Myrtle Grove Cigarettes are obtainable from .all Masterton Tobaceouists*.