PORTUGAL

New Zealand Tablet, 27 April 1911, Page 783

PORTUGAL

A RECOGNISED INDUSTRY. The special correspondent of the Times in Portugal says : . ‘ The art of bomb-making, now a. recognised mdustiv m Lisbon, was originally acquired' from’ certain Italian Anarchists, specially imported for the purpose. It is a terrorist trade,* anti-monarchical, anti-clerical, and. in a sense, international ; \ a disgrace to the Government tint encourages it, and u menace to civilisation.’ f|' GLOOMY PROSPECTS. C I The special correspondent of the Times, who'has been discussing the affairs of Portugal in a series of, articles, must have left that country after having made his investigations, or it he remains there mustt have taken care that the Dictators had no opportunity, of suppressing the communications he has addressed to his /paper ; §uch outspoken • criticism-- of their conduct ■ and.; policy they would never willingly permit to see the light. ;' ' The correspondent s view as to the nation’s future is not such as to give them comfort. It rests, he says, - in' the hands of the small minority which, by virtue of a certain amount of organisation brought to bear upon a completely disorganised society, succeeded in overthrowing the monarchy, ’.f But disorder has not been banished (says the ; Catholic: Times) .;l On the contrary it has become more widespread as the people have realised that the .assurances to the effect that'lithe remediable causes of discontent lay in the monarchy and the clergy were false. The members of the‘ AnTrcS clubs and secret societies have become more powerful and more domineering, and the armed forces cannot be relied on to maintain law and order, for in both the army and navy the greater part of the commanders and the men entertain principles which are dangerous to the Government and utterly at variance with loyalty to the State.