The sun., 1910-10-08
New Regime Makes Ready
to Fight Reactionary
Movements.
AN ANTI-CLERiCAL POLICY
King and Queens Escaped IN
Fishing Boats- Courage Of
lnfanta Alfonso.
sp.stai cGsl.SDespasA., s-rx..sw.

one found Il Aarcffo belioyeahatah
had just passed through q rsgolution
resulting In the subvsFsionsoe along &C.
tablshed regime and tho expuisinn OF
the reigning sovereign. There wasSper-
feet order everywhere.
Onss preoonceived ides Of mobEiddsn
capital in nowise accords withtho aspscs
OF Lisbon to-day. Public life 10 going
on almost a. usual. Cheers which grees
the occasional passing Of a troop OF sol.
diers beaded by n band playing the bro.
publican hymn and the universal display
OF khs republican colors. red and green,
are practically the only outward evi.
dences Of the momentous change.
! Almost every man. woman and child
wears a red and green oockade or red and
green ribbons knotted like soldiers'
fpaulets. Even the horses and mules
are decorated with republican enblems
Nobody mentions King Manuel or tho
monarchy. either in pity or condemnation.
They are topics which have ceased to in
teest the people and even the where.
abouts % the King seems 10 be unknown.
The royal palaces Of Aiuda and Necessi-
sculpulously guard the valuables therein.
The palaces ~ill probably be converted
into museums
The destruction by the bombardmsnt
and street fighting u much less than
might be expected. The guns of the war.
ships were evidently laid too high to do
much damage. whether deliberately or
from lack of skill h unknown. There
has been no serious nshtins since Tuesday
morning. sithoueh there WIS potne sktr-
mishing on Thursday night A large
number Of military and naval ofhcers
swore allegiance 20 the republic to-day
en- massA
The greatest excitement since the out
break was in connection with the procla-
nation of the republic on Wednesday when
the people thronged the streets. delirious
with enthusiasm and cheering the leaders.
warshIps and soldiers. 50 far az can he
learned! no excesses were committed or
revenge taken on political opponents.
Admiral Refs leader Of the revolution
committed suicide on Tuesday in the he.
lief that the plans had miscarried and that
the republican cause was lost His body
and that of Prof Bombarda whose murder
hy a military officer precipitated the re-
volt have since been lying in state in the
municipal chamber awaiting interment
in the national pantheon.
Alarm was caused last night by a report
that lovai troops from Torres Novas were
marching ~ attack the capital Measures
uf defence. were rapidly taken and the
streets were cleared II seems that
senior AIsve1o. Foreign Minister in the
depo-sd Cabinet. sent his son 10 Torres
Novas 10 bring troops. but they refused
"a come The son was arrested but the
father escaped to Spain
II - rppuriei that the lnfante Alfonso,
after fighting h"roIcallv IA tho streets at
the head ~ the rovalist troops. was cap
turcd bv the victorious republicans. but
was r.l"a-,-I by order uf the leaders and
directed 80 Join his royal relatives at
Mafra. which place. h" reached withpt
mols-tation
senior Costa. Minister ~ Justice. an
nominees that the Governments policy IN
To introduce pure progressive admin
iStration within tn" republic and 10 con-
snlidate on a moral and practical basis
the good relations of Portugal with foreign
nations
The Government IL il added. will throw
wide open 10 everybody the door Of edu-
cation. IL will assure the national defence
on land and sea. administer the colonies
on the basis ~ decentralization and self
establish a system Of Justice
that will insure essential liberty 90 all.
abolish the police magistrates. invest-
gate regarding the expulsion of monks anu
nuns. close the Roman Catholic schools.
compel the civil registration OF births.
deaths and marriages, separate Church
and State. and strengthen the nations
credit and finance.
LONDON. Oct. sA despatch 10 the
Daily Mail from Lisbon says that all tbs
Ministers except Franco.
the former Prime Minister. are prisoners
On warships Republican troops arc still
on the Avenida da Libsr-
dad- They also occupy all other strt-
tegic points with a view 90 possible att1cSs
and will hold them until the regiments
In the provinces have given their adhs--
ance TO the republic.
Foreign Minister Machado says ta.
army and navy and people in every pa.
of the country are joining the republic
silva. who commanded the insurgen.s
in the Alcantara district saws that "
h~ monarchy had POs-es-ed a general
u even average ability the revolution
rould have been nipPed in the bud. as
Ave of the seven regiments forming the
garrison were loyal when the rising hegan.
The Portuguese Minister of Justice.
i-nhoT Costa, ;elesrapha 10 the Times
hat the Cover nmPnt received the hnal
Adhesions ~ the military divisions IN the
provinces on Friday. lie adds that the
revolutionary period is definitely at an
and and that an era Of progressive gov
eminent and moral regeneration haa
begun.
In the course Of q long supplementary