The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-06
DURAO CHARGED
WITH LIBEL

Jose F. Durao was yesterday arrest
ed on charge Saicrinahl libel. oil
the complaint of Gregerio Jose Mo
ratio. and the hearing in the DistricI
Court was continued until March II.
The alleged libel was recently pub
lished in a Lberdade. one OF the Port
juguese 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-
lican-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 &C
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.
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civil suit for damages against a for
mer editor and proprietor OF o Luso,
| the case being tried in the Circuit
Court and resulting in a verdict in
/ his favor.
Some OF the alleged libelous 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
from there TO Honolulu. where he ar
rived without any baggage.
"Gregorio Jose Morato is one of the
collaborators of the o 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:
II 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 we'll 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 public employer, and the
employees are generally those who are
Republican-Anarchist 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 LIST of February in the Praca do
Commerce.
Examine those articles written by
Gregorio Jose Morato on the LIST of
December and the 4th of January.
and you will agree that his spirit is
anarchic.
Who knows if his flight 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- |
airy. at one o'clock of the afternoon, |
this Gregorio Jose Morato. in COM |
pany of one of his partners. passed /
in front of the edifice of the St An
tonic 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 l
joy and contempt at seeing the flags
at half-mast. His actions were to
approve the crime. Joking and SCOT
fng of our sentiments. What does
this mean, countrymen?
BY these facts watch that Morato.
because his end will 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 loyal champion
of Portugal and its constituted gov
eminent Through 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
the Orpheum mass meeting to repel the
reflections of a local Cir
cult Judge on his nationality. On De-
cember I, 1907, he contributed to the
Advertiser a loyal article on the
political troubles harassing the Inflated
king.
Morato Tenlyino in n Tuso m that