The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-28
London Times Story of Portuguese Revolution

| his maNims Napoleon reflects upon i the great issues accomplished by men whose sole alternative is death. | There Is something in the issue of l this revolution in Portugal that | brings vividly to mind the great soldiers contention. In military Comrutatian fl was but a handful of sailors and soldiers that risked their lives in Consummating the anti-dynastiC rebellion, yet so stead | fast was their purpose and so way ering the opposition ranged against | them that in iS hours they had | rra acticaliy won over the country l 10 their side and oblijerated an
 other Throne from Europe.
 Republican Preparations.
 This much is certain-the repub- i lican forces were organized, while those of the royalists were not. These observers who had during the rec nt elections watched the trend | of events had observed that not onlv had the republicans doubled their strength in the representation
 returned. but that they had intro iuccd their influence into centers
 where II had never hforc been sus- nected. It Is not. however, believed hat the upheaval was contemplated 1 inst al present II was discussed more CT less openly as 2 probability l but the winning o,r" of those forces i that made revolution possible was l noJ thought to have advanced far | ~noUgh. But when once the finder | is laid all sparks are dangerous. and sparks of various intensity were waited across Lisbon The visit of 'he Brazilian president on board
 he battle ship San Paulo stirred l deeply the imagination of the capi- al. The assass ssiuation of Dr. Bom- harda fired this imagination already
 stirred. Ii is possible that the incl | lent was accidental. but fl was an incident fortunate for the revolution aries, as it was accepted by the mass
 es as a political crime and in this l inrcrpretation led to street disord
 CTS. minly directed aeainst the 1 clergy. By Saturday night the cap | tta1 was thorough'y aroused On 1 his night King Manael entertained 1 Tho Bri&liar president to a state | hanruet at the Necessidades palace | r. is remarkable that this was the | last occasion upon which the king l 1 following night the civilian leaders of tha republican movement were meeting the military faculty in the Iccnspiracr. + is said that the ma
 ioritv of tNc seniors thought the
 moment premature for desperate
 measures. bur they were vehementlv
 outvoted by the sailors. who repre- l senfed that. with the navy behind them. the Conspirators were per | fectlv secure. and that the fruits
 If revolution were ripe for pluck ! ing.
 Counsels of War.
 Without pre- ending 10 know the l inner history of these secret meet | ines it is possible 10 suggest that
 though tho less heroic counsels pre- vailed with the elders. yet there was sufficient fire among the jun iors to cast all prudence 10 the winds and seize a moment when public animosity was deeply stirred against the throne. Be that as il nay. som thing happened in the ] barracks of the 18th regiment on Monday night. Nalgre an effort on he part of some of the officers to prevent it. this regiment raised the rcd and green standard of revolt and invited gathering of civilians 10 arm themselves and join in the march To the artillery barracks. At ha'f-past l on Tuesday morning the gates of the 1Gth regiments bar racks were thrown open, and what had been a serious military misde- meanor became an open revolt, the
 public being invited in and armed. Amid a scene of great enthusiasm thc if'h ry.,'',.', march"f to the
 barracks of the 1st regiment of | artillery. Curiously enough they were directed by junior officers | from the sister service.
 In the days before Lisbon was a
 town that portion cf the ioreshore If the Taeus which is nov marked
 as Ciudad BaiXa was a long re-en-
 rant behind the dominating knoll | CastellO de Sac Jorge. This re- entrant is now known as the Aveni ia da Liberdade, and is the most | handsomely wooded boulevard in the
 entire town, inclining upwards to 9 cluster of knolls north of the town. This re-entrant, with it's wide oven stre:t 1T nearly a mile W,l~ believed by rOyalists and revolutions aries alike to he the strategic cen
 ter of the town. The revolted troops were now joined by parties
 of sailors and uniformed bodies of | hurriedly armed citizens. They seized, barricaded, and intrenched
 the Praca Marduez Pombal, the knoll at the northern end of the boulevard. It commands a fair vis-
 ia of the town and is incidentally the White City" of Lisbon. Round abouts and swing-boats. however.
 came in handily to improvise barri cades, Here, with six field guns
 and perhaps 800 men. the stalwarts
 of the revolution took up their post 70 wreck the monarchy. It is when discussing this period of the three days that the meaning of Napo- Icons maxim sings through the mind 1t is impossible to state the eX-