Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
.SPBIN'S PREMIER SAYS
ALL QUIET At MADRID
Spanish Radical Club Sings Mar
SeIIaiSe and Clashes with
Police; One Arrest

MADRID, Oct. 5.-Premier Canale-
jas tonight made public the following
accounts of events in Lisbon, which
he had just received:
About 1880 a. m. Tuesday the pop
ulation of Lisbon were awakened by
the booming of cannon. Everybody
rushed into the streets or opened win
dows to see what was happening. The
streets rapidly filled with people, rush
ing hither and thither, while the bu-
giles sounded the assembly
Here and there rifles cracked and
shouts of rallying cries were heard.
The revolution had broken out and
the twenty-one guns was the signal
for the mobilization of the police. They
threw themselves gallantly upon the
insurgents, but were received with a
fusillade of small bombs. Seeing that
they were powerless, the police sum-
moned the troops, but the soldiers
soon split into two bands, one going
over to the side of the revolutionists,
the other remaining faithful to dis
cipline and monarchy.
"A fierce engagement soon devel-
oped. officers and soldiers dropped
dead or wounded in large numbers.
Artillerymen served the guns with
desperate energy. The revolutionists
succeeded in seizing the barracks con-
tiguous to the royal palace where King
Manuel was staying. The king was
informed of what had occurred and
left the building, accompanied by four
confidential attendants, who took him
to a place of safety.
"The battle continued to rage in the
streets. The revolutionists had thrown
up barricades and sent detachments to
hold bridges and telegraph lines. Dur
ing the day detachments Of troops
from provincial garrisons arrived in
Lisbon and Joined the soldiers who had
remained loyal, so that the rival forces
practically were equal"
Premier Canalejas, in giving out this
statement, said:
81 believe Queen Amelie has not left
the palace at Cintra, and l know that
in the other Portuguese provinces the
seditious movement has received little
support"
At midnight the government received
further advices confirming that the
revolutionary movement originating in
Lisbon had gained no ground in the
provinces.
The Radical club tonight illuminated
it's building in celebration of the ris-
ing. It's members sang the Mersel-
laise, while the public collected under
the windows. The police entered the
club and turned out everybody. The
clubmen then marched to Puerto del
Sol, where the police again dispersed
them. One of the men was arrested.
Beyond this incident, all is quiet in
both Madrid and the provinces.
Details of the lighting in Lisbon in
dicate that two regiments, one of which
was artillery, in conjunction with citi-
zens and thousands of peasants, who
arrived from the country the night be-
fore, maintained a bloody battle on
Tuesday with a loyalist regiment.
They soon were joined by another
regiment and the numbers of the re-
volutionists were swelled hour by hour
Members of the cabinet went to
Necessidades place and implored the
king to flee for safety, for they were
unable to answer for his life.
The first step Of the revolutionist
troops was to dynamite the railroad
bridges and thus prevent the arrival of
loyalist Troops.