Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
SUDDEN REVOLUTION In PORTUGAL

tinguished member of the republican
party. He was in London during the re-
volt In Portugal. and being interviewed
expressed the opinion that the proclama-
ton or republic In Portuga, would have
Worldwide effect. more Immediately I'm
Spain. Brazil would be assured OF an
ally. and the federation OF the Iberian
peninsula. he believes, would lead to q
Latin federation with southern and Cen
trial American republics. which have the
same language as Spain-perhaps a fed
GRAFTON OF all nations"
Senior Lima is manifestly an advanced
republican and his views will appear
somewhat strained to many. especially
In the United States. A federation OF
all nations is, indeed. a conception OF such
proportions that il may not he swallowed
at once.
But We are reminded that SenhoN Lima
has been appointed to represent the new
Portugal at Paris as ambassador and 1t
Is reassurfng that prior to the revolution
he summed UP the situation in the fol-
lowing manner:
There is no difference In parties in
Portugal when they come to power. The
methods are the same. II Is said that
wolves do not devour each other. Ii Is
not the case in Portugal with party chiefs.
who devour each other and between
whom there exists ferocious Jealousy.
two progressist parties. and two franquist
parties. between which exists irremediable
division. Within two years the king has
been obliged to have recourse TO six gov
ernments.''
To those unfamiliar with Portuguese
politics and the unrest in Portugal. which
has extended over many years, il may be
sufncient to say that the revolution was
precipitated by the killing of repub-
lican by an officer. For a fact. this Incl
dent was mere pretext. The unrest
passed from the chronic to the acute
stage by the strikes OF cork cutters and
coopers at Barreiro. where twenty thou
sand men stopped work. There was riot
ing. and when the soldiery was sent there
were many injured. To appease the
strikers the expectation OF uncut cork
was prohibited and prohibitive duties
were placed upon imported foreign bar
rels. The United States and England. to
which countries uncut cork has been ex-
ported. protested Also France and Ger
many protested because their merchants
having bought great quantities OF wine
In Portugal could not export IL because
Of lack OF barrels. This was an eco
nomical side Of the revolution.
Il i
The political side is long one and
dates back for years. From September
% parliament was adj
MakeShift journed until December
r. l., I'm order to tide over
0APeuleuts' a troublesome period.
The kings creation of additional peers
was regarded as q reactionary move. AL
fonso Costa is reported to have said In q
journal:
I'VE will kill the least number of per-
sons possible. but at the psychological
moment a republic will be proclaimed
quickly and effectively. Six trusted repub-
lican soldiers will guard the king against
violence and all the ministers will be
imprisoned"
As Senior Costa said. 1t was done. and
the republic as IL was ordered and cut
out In advance was established.
lie Temps. commenting upon these
events, points out that for months the
monarchy had struggled against insur-
mountable difficulties. 1.-The savage MUIR
der Of King Carlos and the crown prince
placed upon the throne a child incapable
OF individual initiative and Judgment
the plaything of men and events i'm the
royal drama-who could not purify the
corrupt political atmosphere. This condi-
ton could not endure. Incapable min
listers struggled through financial scam
dals. with the old monarchial frame
work cracking and falling. This col
lapse was the republican opportunity
lie Debats considers the real cause OF
the revolution was anarchy. which has
been destroying the nation for more than
a generation. Never was a country SO
deplorably governed. Ministers changed.
n
division Of the spoiis. 1t was the same
rotation I'm Office and corruption as
destroyed Greece"
Those behind the scenes assign other
the murdered king. they maintain, was
more sinned against than SHINING. Carlos.
with his minister Franco, Loyalty at
tempted to eliminate the grafters. THE
king relinquished a large portion of his
civil list to the state. The minister re-
allied in his brief administration econ
omies of the value of s15O00,000 per an
num- The grafters. who resemble the
Haitians, because there is a strong strain
Of their blood I'm their veins, killed Don
Carlos King Manuel chose Admiral Fer
reira D. Amiral as adviser. The admiral
was honest, but vain and gullible. and
became an easy victim 10 the grafters.
The monarchy thus is responsible for
the many scandals that aroused popular
fury. Among these was the sugar con-
cession monopoly. the Union Vinicola con-
cession, the tobacco concession. The
shameful details of the latter were ex-
posed by Count Burnay, who said: Every
one connected with the government In
the parliament, and even judiciary, was
consumed with a desire to ill his belly
at the tobacco company's expense"
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One Of the first serious questions which
now confronts new Portugal is that
Of Portugars colonies.
Colonial And this question comes
p,, up suddenly by the dec
AAv"A0n' laration OF the governor
general of Laurence MARQUEE Portuguese
East Africa). who. on learning Of the
proclamation of the republic of Portugal
said he would tender his resignation.
A dispatch from Berlin announces that
when Portugal was I'm great political and
financial difficulties i'm 1S97-1S3s the GEL
man and British governments discussed
the eventuality of Portugal being able
to keep a secure hold upon her colonies.
1t was the plan of the late Cecil Rhodes
that the Portuguese colonies should be
divided between Great Britain and Ger
many. Mr.. Rhodes talked with Emperor
william. who was willing. 1t was even
that a secret convention was
signed. Both governments denied the
soft impeachment, but the well informed
insist that such an arrangement was
made. Assuming that there was a con-
vention. there is small probability at the
present time of any united action between
Great Britain and Germany.
The latest dispatches from Lisbon an
nounce that while order i'm a measure
has been restored. and the adhesion to