The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-07-07


way in which the common soldier had
been corrupted by secret society men.
Goes to Teaching.
At first he taught English in a pri-
vate school at Lisbon while still al
lowing his name to appear on the army
lists. After some months observation
of political development in Lisbon he
became convinced that the country
was drifting toward a precipice. that
the INSTRUMENTATION in the army and
In all departments of state would
quickly lead to chaos, from which Port
ugal would only emerge without any of
her oversee possessions, from which
she might never emerge as an indie
pendent nation. He therefore proposed
to the government that it should re-
sign In favor of another provisional
government of imperial character, but
military in it's nature. This second gov
eminent was to take a national plebis-
cite as to the form of regime which the
country wanted. Whatever the result
of that referendum might be, Couceiro
promised to approve of it, and to serve
the government which the people
chose.
That Couceiro should have seriously
presented such a proposition to Pres
ident Braga shows how lofty and at
the same time naive was his character.
The provisional government refused of
course to %abdicate, %whereupon Cou-
ceiro declared that ~henceforth he would
devote his life to ejecting that govern
ment by force. that he would 60 abroad
and spend all his time plotting the
overthrow of President Braga, Alfonso
Costa & Co. He would, however. re-
main In Lisbon "a hours SO as to give
the republicans an opportunity to ar
rest him.
Beginning Of the Revolt.
This time limit passed without the
government making any move, where
upon Couciero went to vigo and set
on foot the great royalist plot which
threatens at present the existence Of
the new regime. This step caused an
immense sensation in Portugal and
though the republic proposes to re-
gard the captains preparations with
Indifference, it has shown its intense
fear of him by bringing pressure on
the Spanish authorities to move him
from place to place, and by protesting
continually and loudly through it's rep
resentatives in Madrid at the captains
presence near the frontier. In con-
sequence of this Captain Couceiro has
been moved from at least two places,
Vigo and Santiago.
In moving him the Spanish authori-
les act with great ceremony and SYM
patty 30 that Couceiro's wanderings
semble the progress of an exiled mon
arch rather than the fittings of a con-
spirator moved O by the police.
Santiago de Compostela was the last
place from which Conceiro was dis
lodged. The Portuguese authorities
had considered it too near the from
tier. But the Spanish government has
now allowed the captain to establish
his headquarters at Orense, which is
situated on the Mimic only 40 miles
from Portugal Santiago Is nearly 1907,
and 1t will probably be somewhere be-
tween Orense and Tuy that the from
tier river will be eventually crossed.
Paiva de Couceiro has issued two or
three p~roclamations which have been
distributed everywhere throughout
Portugal. In these he points out
that he does not care whether Portu-
gal is a republic OF a monarchy. He
wants It to let him know which form
of government 1t wishes. At the pres
moment 1t Is unable to make its
wishes known, all anti-republican news
papers and organizations having been
suppressed and all conservative propa-
ganda having been prevented the cleo
ton. Most Of Couceiro's supporters
are. however. Manuelists.
In another proclamation Couceiro
makes the very singular statement
that Spain Is anxious to intervene In
Portugal and that Germany Is strong
~ encouraging her to do SO in the
hope that some Of the Portuguese col
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