Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06


way In which the common soldier had
been corrupted by secret society men.
Goes to Teaching.
AT first he taught English in a pri-
waite 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 characterization 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 rs an indie
pendent nation. He therefore proposed
to the government that 1t should re-
sign In favor Of another provisional
government Of imperial character, but
military In Its 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 1t, 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
nn,,reo e. ahHtonka ,ryHa~o,nn1 Co,,
ceiro declared that henceforth he would
devote his life to ejecting that govern
ment by force, that he would go 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 IN 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
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though the republic proposes to re-
gard the captains preparations with
Indifference, 1t 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 its 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
pathy so that Couceiro's w~anderings
semble the progress of an exiled mon
! arch rather than the fittings of a con
spirator moved on by the police.
/ Santiago de Compostela was the last
8 place from which Conceiro was dis
lodged. The Portuguese authorities
had considered 1t too near the from
{ tier. But the Spanish government has
3 now allowed the captain to establish
) his headquarters at Orense, which IL
! situated on the Mimic only 40 miles
from Portugal Santiago is nearly 1901
and it will probably be somewhere be
tween Orense and Tuy that the from
t tier river will be eventually crossed.
Paiva de Couceiro has issued two o.
e three proclamations which have beef
q distributed everywhere Throughout
Portugal. In these he points on
i that he does not care whether Portu
gal is a republic or a monarchy. H,
8 wants It to let him know which form
d OF government 1t wishes. At the pres
d emit moment 1t is unable to make 1T
wishes known, all anti-republican news
8 paperr and organizations having beel
e suppressed and all conservative propa
ganda having been prevented the cleo
tion. Most Of Couceiro's supporter
are, however, Manuelists.
q In another proclamation Couceir
d makes the very singular statemen
that Spain Is anxious to intervene Il
II Portugal and that Germany is strong
ly encouraging her to do &c in tn
hope that some OF the Portuguese co
onies may fall to the Fatherland.