Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-30
AT POINT OF BAY0NET,
DEMANDS ARE ENFORCED
Increased Pay and Suppression of
Newspaper Are Promised.
AUTHORITIES ARE P0wERLEss
Rebels Continue In Control-Gov-
ernor of Colony Reported to Have
Resigned-Foreigners Said
to Be Safe.

MACAO, lSidHu OL MdSdo' NoNS~A
3O.-The. Portuguese troops Of the local
garrison and the Grey Of the Portuguese
9unboat Patria revolted last night. TAX
ing possession Of the city. they proceeded
to enforce certain changes in the admin
istration Of the affairs of this dependency
Of Portugal.
The rebels continued in control today.
the governor AMI military officers being
powerless.
The revolt began with the landing Of
the sailors of the Patria. who marched
to the public square. There they fired
three volleys as a signal to the troops.
who at once forced an entrance to the
armory and, arming themselves. Joined
the seamen.
Nuns Flee to Hongkong.
Several hundred strong, the rebels pro-
ceeded to Santa Clara convent. from
which they drove out the nuns, ordering
them to leave the island. The nuns fled
to Hongkong.
From the convent the rebels marched to
mounted a cannon. An interview with
the governor was requested. When Of
flcers at the government house intervened
they were silenced at the point of the
bayonet.
The governor was compelled to hear the
demands, which were the expulsion of the
RELIGIOUS orders, increased pay for the
army and navy, suppression of the news
paper Vida Nova and the righting of al
legged wrongs suffered by the soldiers and
sailors.
Under threat the government granted
every demand.
No casualties are reported, but the mill
tary officers say they have lost all con-
troll of the troops. The security Of life
and property is not guaranteed.
When the rebels arrived at the gov
ernors palace the governors aid protested
against their entrance. A bayonet was
placed at his throat. He was threatened
with instant death If he gave an alarm.
Chinese Troops Ready.
HONGKONG, November 3O.-The Portu-
guese garrison and naval force at Macao
have revolted. demanding the expulsion
of the nuns and an increase of pay. The
house was threatened. gun
being trained upon it.
rh.re is intense anxiety here. Foreign
consuls are making urgent inquiries re-
garding the security OF the citizens OF
their countries and their properties IN
Macao.
The Chinese viceroy has been warned
to have troops in readiness for action.
The British authorities had not sent a
10 hn
zens of Macao are arriving here.
Later advices from Macao state that
foreigners there are safe. The Chinese
shops are closed. The nuns and children
of foreigners are coming to Hongkong.
1t is stated that the governor, after be-
ing forced to comply with the demands OF
the rebels, resigned.
Macao Wanted Nuns to Stay.
Macao was settled by Portuguese mer-
chants in the latter part of the sixteenth
century, and long was q fiourishing port.
After the cession Of Hongkong to the
British the trade Of Macao declined rap
idly.
The city was subsequently ceded to
Portugal by China. Gradually the Portu-
ruese extended their rule over the whole
island of Macao. China objected to this
extension of territory. Insisting that the
only concession ever made to Portugal
was limited to the city of Macao. China
has frequently clashed with the Lisbon
over their respective terri
torial rights. Continued diplomatic ne
9otiations have failed to definitely adjust
the matter.
The city is now divided into two wards,
one inhabited by Chinese and the other
mostly by Portuguese, each. having Its
own administration.
When the Portuguese. monarchy was
oyerthrown the Portuguese of Macao
petitioned the provisional government Of
Lisbon to permit the religious orders to
remain undisturbed on the island.