The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-06
Especial from United Press,

Your correspondent was informed tonight on the best authority that the escape of the boy monarch was one of ths most carefully planned and neatly executed coups of the revolu- l ton. The really clever men who exc cuted Tuesdays remarkable coup kwould rather be known as 1iberators than renegades. For that reason it was decided that Manuel living in exile and a victim of his own excess
 es, was made preferable to Manuel q nartyred victim to the cause of an- ! archy. Leaders of the revolution tonight know exactly where the young eX- King is located but are purposely aid 1 ing in the spread of conflicting stor- l ies of his whereabouts in order to prevent his possible capture by over enthusiastic and minimizing revolu- tionists.
 The Braga government is ruling l with great f1rmness in suppressing dis | order. In a conference with his lead 1 CTS tonight, PreSident-elect Braga de- ] clared that Every drop of blood shed
 unnecessarily, whether of revolution
 ist or royalist, will stain the record The one fear of the new govern
 ment is intervention by a foreign power, especially Great Britain. For
 nal announcement will be made to-
 morrow by Minister of Foreign Af- l fairs Bernadino Machado that all
 existing treaties negotiated by the
 
 1 by the republic. The success of the revo1utionists in the capital has prac- | tica11yswon the city over to the new | governm ent but to date the troops in
 many provinces are reported loyal to | the monarchy. In order to prevent Manuel or any of his followers from summ oning aid from the outlying dis l tricts, every telegraph wire from the 1 city was either cut or taken over by the revolutionists. As a result news of the revolutionary successes in Lis bon has not reached the provinces. The leaders of the movement believe that when the report of the successes to the provinces and to the troops in outlying districts many of these will
 come over to the Republican side. A com bination of circumstances l rather than the detailed plans of the
 revolutionists precipitated Tuesdays coup.
 revelutiontsts had been complete. The excesses of King Manuel and his re- cent public intrigue with Gaby Des- lys, the dancer, urged on the crisis.
 Then came the assassination of Doc
 tor Bombardasy and finally on Satur-
 day the revolutionists learned that sem bled in the harbor at Lisbon, was to be scattered to outlaying stations
 on account of well known Republican sentiment among officers and sailors. As soon as it was learned of the plan to scatter the fleet, leaders of the
 revolution decided to strike within OIs however, set upon Tuesday as the date but following the assassination of Bombardas, an excited Crowd on
 Tuesday morning threw a priest into the Tagus river. The police charged the mob and g. regimen of soldiers which was passing the scene joined Both sides fired and as the sounds of the first shots were heard by the officers and men of the fleet in the harbor, the Republican flag was run up to the mastheads of several of the vessels by mutinous officers and in a
 moment several small boats were lowered from the batt1eship and the Inutineus sailors, scram bling over, board, rushed ashore and Joined the the police. The latter, outnumbered.
 broke ranks and ran through the streets with the sailors and soldiers in pursuit, firing as they ran.
 heads of the police but a few of the latter were hit. The sound of the on every hand Republicans rushed into the streets with arms and hand grenades which they had kept con cea1ed in their homes for weeks.
 Within half an hour the entire city was in an uproar and the Republicans were ra1lying around their leaders. Simultaneously the news was taken to the palace and the troops who re- mained loyal to the King rallied there for a defense, assisted by a number of police. About half the soldiers sta
  outbreak and most of the fatalities the first few hours of fighting occur red among loyal officers who attempt ed to check the mutiny in their regi- ments.
 Within an hour after the first out break on the banks of the Tagus more fleet had landed and joined the rebels Those who remained on board manned the big guns of the fleet and awaited the word of the Republican leaders on fn he ardr If fhe,I palace and ministry buildings. It was shortly after 1 o'clock Tuesday morn the Tagus and the fighting started, and it was daybreak before the streets about the palace could be cleared of the revolutionists and with the first battleships began. Practically every artillery regiment stationed at Lisbon went over to the revolutionists and a number of field pieces were put into action against the palace.
 On the other hand the defenders of the palace and the Kings household were all infantrymen, and probably this fact is responsible for the lack of bloodshed within the palace.
 The battle, raaed uninterrupted for 31 hours. Shortly after daylight this with walls falling about them and shells ploughing through unstable walls ing about them without even medical attention, realized the hopelessness of the situation and surrendered b the revo1utionists to escape extermina ton. The Portuguese flag over the palace was struck and the slaughter of loyal soldiers ceased.
 At the news that the palace had fallen, the populace went wild with joy and the people swarmed to the plaza and joined in singing the Mar seillaise'', stopping occasionally to cheer the Republic and cry for the downfall of Monarchy, and the King. A few minutes later the defenders of the ministry buildings surrendered and the revolutionists were in complete 1 control of the situation.
 At first it was supposed King Man ueI had been captured with the down | fa1I of he naIace but later annoI1nce-