The Prescott daily news., 1910-10-06
REVOLUTION RISES AGAINST BUY KING MANUEL OF PORTUGAL IS FUGi.
 TIVE ON BOARD A
 WARSHlP. RUYAL C0LORS LOWERED Army and Navy Desert kine-Up- heaval Comes Suddenly Follow ing Assassination of Repub-
 lican Leader.
ROYAL. C0LORS LOWERED


 cation says: Tt is confirmed by in- formation, private but sure, that an important revolution has broken out Ill Lisbon, that bombardment of the city has commenced. On Tuesday night King Manuel was still in the royal palace, resisting the revolution ists."
 It was stated at the Brazilian lega- tion here that King Manuel had since taken refuge on the Brazilian battle | ship Sac Paulo.
 Portugal, for several hours, has been | isolated from the rest of the world | and circuitous reports declare that the country is in the throes of a vio- lent revolution All of the Portuguese navy and part of the army are re- ported to have deserted the mon- archy and to have cast their lot with the revolutionists
 Warships Shell the Palace.
 The Portuguese warships shelled the royal palace, while land forces, after desperate fighting in the streets, dragged down the royal standard and raised the blue and green banner of the republic
 King Manuel was then believed to be prisoner in the palace.
 Though revolution, peaceful or accomplished with violence. was not expected, it is generally believed the immediate cause was the assassina- tion in the capital of Professor Bonn barda, the Republican deputy and chief of the Liberal league, by 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 out break
 Portugal, following the example of Spain, has been imbued in recent years with strong anti-clerical sentl ment and the governmental program included a revision of the statutes Of the religious orders.
 Brazilian President in Lisbon. President-elect Fonseca of Brazil re gently arrived at Lisbon, and grand banquet was to have been given him by King Manuel. Accordingly, the Brazilian president must have been a witness of scenes similar to those of 1889 in Brazil when the Portuguese empire was overthrown. 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 fac- tory and arrested ten persons. This action was said to have followed the discovery of a widespread anti-mon- archical plot with ramitications throughout the kingdom.
 Fl Imparcial, an official organ, de- clared that the government was pre- pared to mercilessly crush the revolt. Following the discovery of the bomb factories there have been arrests made daily among medical students who were members of a secret revolution ary society with beanches in the Lis bon Medical school and the Uniyer- sity of Coimbra.
 New Party Grew Rapidly.
 The Republican movement, which found inspiration fin the assassination of King Carlos and the Grown Prince Luis Philippe on February 1, 1908, has been growing in strength steadily, and the elections of last August added materially to the Republican member ship in the chamber, where the Re publican quota had been trebled dur ing the last three years.