The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-05
.DURAO CHARGED
WITH LIBEL
Greqorio Jose Morato SWears
Out a Warrant for His
Arrest.

6 ed on charge OF cFlilllidl IIDel, or
the complaint of Gregorio Jose Mo-
ratio, and the hearing in the District
Court was continued until March IL
The alleged libel was recently pub
lished in A Liberdade, one of the Port
uguese papers of which Durao is the
editor. According TO the quotations
from the alleged libelous matter
which appear in the complaint, Morato
is accused of being one of the Repub-
llican-Anarchist plotters against the
life of the late King Carlos Of Port
ugal, and it is limited that he may
have been one of those chosen to ac-
tually commit the deed but got cold
feet and came TO Hawaii to get them
warm. The argument for these allie
cations against Morato in the alleged
libelous article is that the death of
the king and other events connected
with, and leading UP to it, came about
in exactly the way that Morato said
they would several months ago in
speeches and in communications to o
Luso, another Portuguese paper.
| Durao was recently the plaintiff in
a civil suit for damages against a for
mer editor and proprietor of Q Luso,
the case being tried in the Circuit
Court and resulting in a verdict in
his favor.
Some of the alleged 1ibelous matter
is as follows:
"His Majesty King D. Carlos has
been attacked in the columns of the
journal o Luso, articles signed and
written by Gregorio Jose Morato, ma
tive of the city of Lisbon.
"Scoundrel is one of the illustrious
immigrants that came without pass
port to Honolulu on the steamer Ku-
meric, and according to his own con-
fession said that he had gone from
Lisbon to the Island of Madeira and
j from there to Honolulu, where he ar
rived without any baggage.
"Gregorio Jose Morato is one of the
cola borators of the 0 Luso, in which
he has written fierce articles against
the Royal Portuguese family and in
/ one of his articles of the 4th of Jan
uary shows sufficient evidence that he
knew of the attempt against the Port
uguese Royal family"
| Another part of the article is quoted
as follows:
IT present this phraseology to the
public from said Morato, so that you
may know Morato in his calumnies
and Infamous writings, offers us
enough evidence, he was aware that
terrible tragedy was going to hap
pen against the King and the Royal
Prince of Portugal"
Still other portions are quoted as
follows:
/ 20 Portuguese colony, mediate con-
scientiously upon the attacks made by
Gregorio Jose Morato against the
Royal Portuguese family. Mediate
upon the certainty that he presents Of
the tragedy"
| His flight, as well as his attacks
against the Kings of Portugal, gives
us evidence that Morato belongs to
the same class of Republican-Anar-
chists.
Where are the reasons of his flight
from Portugal and of his attack? He
says he is a public employer, and the
| employees are generally those who are
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and have at
tempted against the person of the
King.
''All the facts show that scoundrel
at least is more or less accomplice in
the attempt and crime committed on
the 1st of February in the Praca do
Commerce.
Examine those articles written by
Gregorio Jose Morato on the 1st of
December and the 4th of January,
and you will agree that his spirit is
anarchic.
who knows if his fight from Lis
bon was because of falling to him the
fate of being one of those who were
to commit the crime?
who knows if it was for lack of
courage he slipped away?'
ION Sunday, the End day of Febru-
ary at one o'clock of the afternoon,
this GTegorio Jose Morato. IN corn
pany of one of his partners, passed
in front of the edifice of the st. An
tonio~ and A Patria buildings where
the Portuguese flags were at half
mast. This Morato when he saw the
flags took his hat off his head and
almost dragged it on the ground with
joy and contempt at seeing the flags
at half-mast. His actions We're to
approve the crime Joking and SCOT
fing of our sentiments. What does
this mean, countrymen?
"By these facts watch that Morato,
because his end evil be to go to the
dungeon"
Il present his supposed name to the
public not because it honors US, but
because the circumstances at present
so require"
Mr.. DURAO'S SIDE
Mr.. Durao came to the Advertiser
office with his side of the story last
night. He stated that he had always
shown himself to be a loyal champion
of Portugal and its constituted gov
eminent Throuuh the Advertiser he
defended the Portuguese against re
Elections upon them by the late Senator
Hoar of Massachusetts, who in con
sequence publicly admitted himself in
the wrong. Again he was a speaker at