The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-04
REPUBLIC now
FACES A CRISIS
Troops, Flushed With Victory,
Are Presenting Demands for
Their Spoil.

LISBON, November 2.-The new gov
eminent faces crisis owing to the at.
titude of the military forces which
aided in the overthrow of the mon.
archy, and it is predicted that the new
cabinet win have to yield to the de.
mands of the military to prevent an.
other revolution.
A revolt is threatened Onless the gov.
eminent grants the demands of the
| troops for pensions and for many. pro.
motions which are claimed to have been
promised.
1t is expected that the govern.
ment viii yield to the demands Of
the troops. The latter are in a threat.
ening attitude and able to enforce their
! demands,
Troops Unruly.
LISBON, October 24.-The republican.
government is somewhat uneasy ovor
the attitude of the regiments which
made THE revolution possible. Not only
insubordinate, the soldiers. flushed with,
victory, are showing extreme independ.
ence. The government S real reason for
according leave of absence for four
months TO the soldiers who took part
| in the uprising, with full pay, is tho
desire to break up the regiments ten.
porarily and remove the danger of mill
tary rebellion.
The majority of the soldiers, how.
ever, have refused to accept the. offer,
saying that they would not be duped bv
the deceptive liberality on the part of
tine cabinet. The minister of war visited
tbair In he MI ,,1oo1aI tI,a
of patience aud forbearance during the
trying moment of the republic.
The attitude of the military, which
includes the First Artillery and Six
teenth Infantry, in addition to a bat
talon of marines, is being adopted by
the militant civil revolutionists. who are
/ impatient to gather the fruits of their
triumph.
On the other hand, monarchist office
holders who have sworn allegiance to
the republic, insist upon retaining their
positions.
The minister.of justice is framing a
| bill looking to the separation of the
church and state. The republican press
declares that the presence of Monsignor
Masella, whom Monsignor Tonti, the
pRpal nuncio, left on guard at the nunci-
AZURE when he departed for Rome, is a
parallel case to that of Monsignor Mon
tagnini, ex-secretary of the papal nunci-
AZURE at Paris, who was expelled from
France, and insists that, like Mon
tagnini, Monsignor Masella should be
expelled.
The foreign debt of Portugal is esti-
mated at $260,000,0OO. 1t is said that
the Brazilian government has recog-
nized the republic.
The secularization of the schools in
volve the replacement of religious in
| struction therein by systematic teach.
ing of individual and civic morality.
This is strongly favored by the reform
ers heading the government, who claim
that the greatest peril to the young re-
public would be passed if they succeed
ed in educating the children so that
| they would apply the same honesty to
political as to private life. 1t has been
decided to suppress the faculty of the
ology at the Univer' ity of Coimbra and
to abolish the taking of oaths by the
students and professors.
PARIS, October 90. - Monsignor
Tonti, the papal nuncio at Lisbon, ar
rived here today. leaving this evening
| for Rome. In the course of an inter
view, the papal nuncio said that he
feared that the provisional government
would decree the separation of the
church and state before the election of
a constituent assembly. Although resto
ration of the monarchy was impossible,
he thought the new government is not
so solid as appears.
~ have firm hope" said the nun
clio, "that the troubled hours will be
succeeded by revival of strong Cath
olicism.