The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-05
And Portugal a Seething Bed
Of Revolution Today
PALACE HAS BEEN TAKEN
It Is Reported That England Has Been
Appealed to for Assistance, and
Intervention May Save the
Portuguese Throne.

London, Oct 5.---Intervention by Eng
land is likely . save the throne Of King
Manuel of Portugal, where there is a
revolution. It was reported to-day that
Marquis de Several, the Portuguese min
lister, has appealed to the foreign office
for assistance Central News dispatches
say that there has been continuous fight
ing in Lisbon since. the first shot of the
revolution was fired, and that bloody
conflicts are now raging. Hundreds have
fallen and though the reyolutionists are
APPARENTLY in the upper hand the fierce
ness of the fighting indicates that many
are loyal to the king Mobs are attack
ing the homes Of the government leaders
and the police are afraid TO act In the
royalist quarters of the city the barri-
cade fighting is desperate Most of the
revolutionists are armed with rifles. A
climax to the bloody spectacle was when
airships opened fire on the palace.
Londony Oct. 5-An Evening News
dispatch from Lisbon to-day says that
King Manuel and President-elect De-
fonsca of Brazil have taken refuge
aboard the Brazilian warship Sac Paulo,
The first news Of the revolution was
printed here this morning by the Daily
Mail That dispatch said that King
Manuel was prisoner, that street
fighting had occurred and that war
ships were bombarding the capitol.
A Portuguese merchant in London
says that he received news Of plot in
Lisbon on Monday. The price Of Portu-
erese bonds dropped heavily on the
stock exchanges here Monday.
The announcement of the death of
Professor Bombarda, the Republican
deputy and anti-cIerical, who was shot
bv the army lieutenant, Rebello, at Lis
bon, Monday, may possibly have started
a revolution. Bombarda was a dlstin-
guished educator. His assailant, accord
ing to some reports, was a madman.
A recognized authority in Portuguese
affairs, in an interview here, affected
no surprise at the news Of a rising.
He said tnat the republican party was
thoroughly organized, and that every
thing had been prepared for blood
less revolution.
Two prominent republicans, senors
Lima and Relvas, were sent TO London
last August to assure the British au-
thorities that the approaching establish
ment Of a republic would make no diff
ference in the friendly relations between
Portugal and Great Britain, as the al
lance was one Of peoples, not dynasties.
Royal Standards Lowered
Santander, Spain, Oct. "a wireless
message to-day from a German steam
or off Lisbon says tnat the palace has
been bombarded by warships in the
Tagus following yesterdays revolution
airy outbreak, and that it has been cap
tured by the reyolutionists. The royal
standard was lowered from the public
buildings to-day No reference was
made in the message to the safety Of
ihe king or the queen mother.
News Received In Paris.
Paris Oct. 5.-The Echo de Paris
prints a wireless dispatch from its cor
respondent, dated st. Marie de Lamar,
Cape Blanco, 9;20 p. M, saying:
"A revolution has broken out in Port
ugal A great part of the army and
all the navy have gone on the side of
the republicans. All ingress to the city
has been forbidden. It is impossible,
therefore, to procure and forward de-
tails"
British Cruisers Sent to Lisbon.
Gibraltar, Oct 5-The British cruiser
Newcastle, left for Lisbon last night
under rush orders, and the cruiser Min
erva, went to-day.