Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-05

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Iinsurrectionists.
L. s. Warship Near.
The United States has no idea at
present of sending American warships
to Portugal. The navy department
will not dispatch any craft in that d.
rection unless asked by the state de-
! partment officials who believe it will
| be necessary to use American war YES
sells. The protected cruiser Des MoineS
is now at Gibraltar and could be used
in case the American minister at Lis
bon or the state department officials
on their own initiative should deem
it wise to have an American ship in
that vicinity.
Inspired by BraziI's Example.
London, Oct. 5.-The Portuguese
consulate is without official informa-
consulate said candidly news of the
revolution was not unexpected. For
a long time, he said, the republicans
have been dissatisfied with the con-
dition of affairs, mainly because they
had concluded from the progress
made by Brazil, that progress could
be made in Portugal only under a
republican form of government.
The Portuguese minister today
had a long conference with Foreign
Secretary Gray.
Reports Conflict.
Paris, Oct. 5.-Reports concerning
King Manuel of Portugal conflict. One
says he is a prisoner in the palace. an
1fI q ha e
fish warship and third that he was
aboard the Brazilian battleship carry
ing President-elect Fonseca of Brazil
Like Scenes fin Brazil.
The Brazilian president must have
witnessed scenes similar to those of
1899 in Brazil, when the Portuguese
empire in that country was over
thrown, the imperial family forced to
leave Brazil and a provisional govern
ment under Fonseca, father of the
present president-elect, was estab.
lished.
Reception Significant.
Fonseca received a great ovation
when he arrived at Lisbon. A regiment
of infantry escorted him to Belem pal
ace, from the balcony of which he ad
dressed a great crowd, felicitating the
Portuguese people as "the source from
which sprung my fatherland and the
Brazilian nation" The crowd cried
Long live the republic of Brazil"
Sunday last Manuel officially visited
Fonseca on the Brazilian battleship
Sac Paulo.
Caused by AssassfnafiOn
It is believed the immediate cause
assassination in the capital of Profes-
sor Bombarda, republican deputy and
chief of the liberal league, by a lieu
tenant of the army. So intense was
the feeling against the throne that this
incident, comparatively trivial in itself,
was sufficient to start the outbreak.
Stronger since AsSussInatIon.
The republican movement, which
found inspiration in the assassina-
tion of King Carlos and Crown
Prince Luiz Philippi, Feb. I, 1908,
has grown in strength steadily and
the elections of last August added
materially to the republican mem
bership in the chamber, where the
republican quota was trebled during
the last three years. In districts
where the republicans failed of car
rying the elections their vote show
ed a marked increase.
DOdges the Issue.
When the new cortes assembled
the government saw the danger of
the liberal cabinet being overthrown
and on Sept. &c parliament was ad-
journed until Dec. IL in order to
keep absolute power in the hands
of the cabinet and tide over a trou-
blesome period, but more particular
ly because the government realized
that it's majority was the small to
withstand attack from coalition
forces. The whole liberal press, in
cluding the liberal element, ap-
pIauded the governments action in
expelling the friars and confscating
the converts and monasteries and
other valuable properties.
Was Doing His Best.
DR.. Alpoib, leader of the Dissident
Rogerists, and former minister of
justice and worship, who told the
king if he enforced reforms, both
political and financial, on the same
lines as had Premer Canalejas of
Spain, the monarchy was doomed
and a republic assured. He declar-
ed his majesty answered that he
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