THE REVOLT IN PORTUGAL.
ITS INNER HISTORY. AN EX-PREMIER’S SURVEY. (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, February 11. Senor Costa, ex-Prcmier of Portugal, reveals the inner history of the revolution. Interviewed by the "Era Nouvelle,” he said the revolt broke out prematurely. It had been planned tooccur simultaneously in all the large towns, but an unexpected incident upset the plans. General Carmona went to Oporto to commemorate the first Republican revolt in 1891, a date held sacred by Republicans. The cynicism of this act on the part of the authorities led the students to prepare for the fray’'immediate]}”. They tclegraphc-l to Carmona, whom they describe! as an Operetta President, asking him to stop the burlesque comedy and give up power to a responsible constitutional Government. This let the cat out of the bag ami enabled Carmona to prepare to suppress the revolt.
Costa declares that Carmona’s Government has dissipated a deposit of three millions sterling in England an-] negotiated a loan of twelve millions on London, based on Portuguese tobacco imports, thus depriving Portugal of an important source of revenue. This exasperated the Portuguese people and fanned into flame the spirit of revolt. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 14 February 1927, Page 5
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195THE REVOLT IN PORTUGAL. Wairarapa Age, 14 February 1927, Page 5
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