The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-10-13

-Speciai.-Reports re-
celNcu here today from Lisbon
and Opporto, in Portugal, state
that the inSurrection there is i'm
full swing
The revolutionists threw of all
disguise. The moment fnr
the blow had come. From the
tumuttuouS marches through the
streets and the breaking of win
doWS the first blow was struck
when soldiers were sent to dis
perSe the mob. \ pitched battle
enSued.
According to the reports re-
ceived In this city, many of
which are vague and contradict
tory, most of the police and SOL
diery deserted the royal stan
dard Immediately after ascer-
tanning the real strength and
feeling of the revolutionists
In the meantime the streets were
filled with frenZied men and the roads
leading into the city were choked
with hurrying throngs eager to join
the revolutionary movement. The
mobS were armed and menacing The
blue and green banners of the Repub-
lcans commenced to bob up above
the mobs in many quarters Every
time a revolutionary flag was raised
aloft a cheer would go up and some
fresh enterprise suggested.
The army of the insurrectionists was
apparently well led and the plans were
we'll made. Many OF the men were
equipped with modern firearms and as
the stories from Lisbon and Opporto
and other cities were pieced into a
connected narrative it was made more
and more evident that the master
hand of the Paris agency, which had
financed the Spanish revolution,
played part in the Lisbon uprising.
Surround Barracks.
Detachments of the revolutionists
surrounded the barracks, the Royal
Palace and the customs houses and
naval quays almost simultaneously.
Terms were dictated and it is reported
that King Manuel was told that he
must abdicate his throne or suffer the
risk of remaining in turbulent re-
public.
Another and later report stated
that King Manuel had fed from
the capital, and is now n fugi-
tive. This report declared that
the King and a few loyal retain
ers fled from the palace as soon
as the bOmbardment started.
One section of this report said
that the King had boarded a ship
in the harbOr, another that me
had fled into the interior with the
hope of making his way across
the frontier into Spain and even
tualIy into France.
TFample Flag Under Foot.
Warships turned their guns on the
city of Lisbon, and sailors who had
been shouting, Long live the KING
but short time before hauled down
the Portuguese flag and trampled it
under foot, then cheered Justify while
the flag of the insurrectionists was
hauled to the peak. The ships, which
had betrayed the Braganza Govern
ment, then drew off from the city.
The decks were cleared for action
and within half an hour a rain of
shells from the fleets guns was pour
ed on every building that floated the
royal standard.
9Ql 10 I9punQl 9n qlIM 5uUSuIV
ships guns came the rattle OF mus
kerry in the streets, while the yells
of the mob and shrieks of the vic
Tins swelled the general din.
Women, according TO these re-
ports, fought side by side with the
men, and the dead bodies Of many
of them were afterward found strung
through the streets.
The rebels cut all the telegraph and
| telephone wires leading out of the
/ capital They took possession Of trains
| and wireless stations. Their plot was
/ carried to a successful conclusion in
! every detail. They took over the KEYS
of the 1ails, liberated the occupants
and filled them with royalist prisoners
Fortify Their Homes.
| Royalist and Tory families have for