Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-05
Republican Banner Raised;
Warships Smelling Palace

Republican Banner Raised;
Warships Smelling Palace
PARIS October AN official COM
munication. issued today, says:
1T is confirmed by information, pri-
vate but sure, that an important revo-
luton has broken out in Lisbon; that
bombardment of the city has commenced
and that Tuesday night King Manuel
was still in the royal palace. resisting
the revolutionists.''
The Echo de Paris prints wireless dis
patch from a correspondent, dated ST.
Marie de- la Mer, Cape Blanco. 9:20 pm,
saying:
"A revolution has broken out in Por-
tugal. great part of the army and all
the navy have gone on the side of the
republicans.
AT O'Clock this afternoon a bonn
bardment of the royal palace COM
menced.
"All ingress to the city has been for
hidden. 1t is impossible, therefore, to
procure and forward Details
Navy and Army Desert.
Portugal since yesterday has been iso-
lated from the rest of the world. Circuit
Gus reports declare that the country Is
In the throes of violent revolution.
All the Portuguese navy and q part of
the army are reported to have deserted
the monarchy and to have cast their lots
with the revolutionists.
The Portuguese warships shelled the
royal palace. while land forces, after
desperate fighting in the streets, dragged
down the royal standard and raised the
banner of the republic.
King Manuel was reported to be a
prisoner in the palace
Though a revolution. peaceful or ac-
complished with violence, was not unex-
Immediate cause was the assassination, in
the capital. of Prof. Bombarda. repub-
lican deputy and chief Of the liberal
league, by lieutenant Of the army. So
throne that this incident. comparatively
trivial in, itself, was sufficient to start
the outbreak.
Portugal. following the example of
Spain, has been imbued I'm regent years
With strong anti-clerical sentiment.
The governmental program included a
revision of the status Of the religious
orders.
Fonseca Witness Of Scenes.
President ELECT Fonseca Of Brazil re-
GENTLY arrived at Lisbon. Last night
\ grand banquet was to have been
given him by King Manuel. Accord
lngly. the Brazilian president must
have been a witness OF scenes similar
10 those of 1880 in Brazil. when the
Portuguese empire in that country was
overthrown. the imperial family COM
PEELED to leave Brazil, and a provisional
government, under Fonseca, father of
the present president-elect. was estab-
lished.
Evidences of the activity of those
who aimed at the throne have been
found frequently OF late. On Septem-
Der 20 the police raided a bomb factory
and arrested ten persons. This action
Of widespread anti-monarchial plot
nth ramifications throughout the king
lom.
El impartial. an Official organ. at that
pared to mercilessly crush a revolt.
Following the discovery Of the bomb
factories there have been arrests made
tally among medical students who were
with branches in the Lisbon Medical
School and the University OF Coimbra.
Situation Further Complicated.
The governments action against the
;lericals also complicated the situation.
Following the expulsion Of the Jesuits
from the monastery Aldea Ponte. many
Spanish priests. known as ''Mariannos,'
who had settled in various parts Of the
country, establishing converts and mon
isteries. were ordered out of the kingdom
md their establishments closed by au-
thor1ty OF the law OF 1902, which per-
nitted the establishment of religious or
iers only for charitable and educational
THE Portuguese unrest which, haA
rradually increased since the discovery
II plots to overthrow the monarchy
ind set up military Dictatorship or q
republic, was aggravated by serious
.oopers. More than 10000 men stopped
work at Barreiro and rfoting followed.
rhe strikers seized railroad trains and
threw out Of the freight cars and
,urned thousands Of bales Of cork.
Municipal guards, regiments of in
antry and cavalry were dispatched to
sarreiro. A collision between the
strikers and the soldiers ensued. Fifty
The grievance of the cork cutters
vas the expectation of uncut cork,
which. the workmen claimed. should
,e treated in Portugal The coopers
iemanded a cessation of the importa-
ION of foreign readymade barrels.
The government recognized that
he strikes were taking revolutionary
urn. To appease the strikers it dis
continued inc cApoitati uncut
.ork and placed prohibitive duties upon
,oreign barrels imported.
Foreign Protests Made.
This caused diplomatic protests on the
part of the United States and Great Brit
hin. to which countries uncut cork has
een exported, and from France and Ger
many, whose merchants had bought enor-
nous quantities of wine In Portugal.
which could not be exported because OF
lack of barrels.
The republican movement, which found
inspiration i'm the assassination of King
Carlos and the Crown Prince Luiz Phil
ppe, February I, 1903. grew In strength
gteadily The elections OF last August
,dded materially TO the republican men,
,ership in the chamber. where the re-
publican quota had been trebled during
. he last three years
In districts where the republicans tailed