Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-27

S~-~-~~~-~~-,->.--@ they all admit that at this period all was regarded by the insurgents as lost beyond redemption. The fugitive reb- el officers did not stop their motor cars till they had reached Spain. and nothing surprised them more than when they were told next day that the republicans had succeeded.
 Mysterious Order obeyed.
 But at this critical moment two off- cers rode up to the chief of the roy alist battery and commanded him in the name of the general staff to retire. How such an order came to be given Is one of the many mysteries of this extraordinary day. But Paiva Cou- eiro could rot dlsobey 1t, and he fell back His retreat, effected slowly and in perfect order, was watched in per feet silence by the. shattered reVolu- tionists in the rotunda. These gentle men could hardly believe their eyes. They must have felt like Cromwell when he saw the Scotch troops desert their impregnable positions at Dun bar.
 His retreat was followed by great confusion in the royalist infantry regi- ment which supported him. That con fusion was increased by hand grenades thrown among those faithful troops by the Carbonarios.
 On returning to Queluz Couceiro sent his. now useless battery into the barracks and kastened to Cintra in order to see the king He had a strong personal affection for the young monarch. and he intended to lay his sword al Dom Manuers feet. begging him at the same time to place himself at the head of the troops which still remained faithful. 10 decide on a strenuous resistance, to concentrate force which would be sufficient to suffocate the revolutionary move ment.
 In cintra Couceire was told that the king had gone to Mafra. At Msfra he was told that Dom Manuel had left for Ericeira. The brave captain gallop ed desperately to the latter place. On reaching 1t his first question was "Onde esta Rei?" (''Where is the king?'D By way of answer some fish, srmen pointed out to sea where a, ship was disappearing on the azure. lorizon. The king" they said. has gone"
 For the first time that day the brave captain lost his temper and gave vent 10 his angry disappointment in one, memorable and violent word, not out of place in the mouth of a seasoned soldier, but too strong for reproduc- tion in these columns.
 Paiva Couceiro then returned to his house, discarded his official uniform for civil attire and sent his resigna- ton to the minister of war. It was a courageous act, for he has no pri- vate means and has been living on his pay. It also meant apparently an end to his rapid rise in the only career for which he cared. But this act of self-sacTifice and of moral dignity has given Couceiro more prestige than his victories in Mozambique and his suo- cessful governorship of Angola
 Refuses Promotion.
 The republicans knew his value, co that they not only refused to accept his resignation. but immediately pub nshed a decree promoting him to the artillery general staG. He was the only royalist whom the victorious re- pu5licans thus honored. but he persist ed iu his refusal to serve the new re- gime. Private friends brought the greatest possible pressure to bear on him. and evidently he could by word have procured his advancement to places of great importance and of large emoluments. That he resisted these almost irresistible appeals to his van lty, his ambition and his natural long Ing for an assured and highly remu- neratiye position shows him to be a more than ordinary man But he could not, by accepting office under the re- public, condone the disgraceful murder Of officers by privstes which had cer- tainly stained the victory of the revo- iutionists. He could not excuse the