Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-12

C1ey all ADMIT thai AZ THIS pef1o0 NJ
was regarded by the insurgents a. lost
beyond redemption. The fugitive reb.
81 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 ON.
cers rode up to the chief of the roy.
alist battery and commanded him In
the name of the general stan to retire.
How such an order came to be given
Is one Of the many mysteries Of this
extraordinary day. But Paiya Cou.
GIRO could not disobey 1t. and he fell
back His retreat, effected slowly and
In perfect order, was watched in per
feet silence by the shattered reyolu-
tioniEts 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 hs now useless battery into the
barracks and FASTENED 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 at Dom Manuel's feet. begging
him az the same time to place himself
at the head Of the troops which still
remaned faithful, to decide on a
STRENUOUS resistance. to concentrate
a force which would be sufficient to
sufocate the revolutionary move
ment
In cintra Couceire was told that the
king had gone to MARIA. At MARIA he
was told that Dom Manuel had left for
EriceIra. The brave captain gallop-
ed desp erately to the latter place. On
reaching 1t his first question was
"Onde esta o Rel?" ("Where is the
king 20 BY way Of answer some ash
ermen pointed out to sea where a
ship was disappearing on the azure
horizon, THE king" they said. "has
gone
For <he frst time that day the brave
captain lost his temper and gave vent
to his angry disappointment In one
memorable and violent word, not out
of place in the mouth of seasoned
soldier. but too strong for reproduc-
ton III these columns.
Pa1ya Couceiro then returned to his
ihouse discarded his omcial uniform
for civil attire and sent his resigna-
ton To- the minister Of war. 1t was
a courageous act, for he has no pri-
yate means and has been living on his
pay. ct also meant apparently an end
to- his rapid rise in the only career
for which he cared. But this act Of
.selfsacrifce and OF moral dignity has
given Couceiro more prestige than his
victories in Mozambique and his sue
cesstul governorship Of Angola.
Refuses Promotion.
The republicans knew his value. SO
that they not only refused to accept
his resignation. but Immediately pub
lished a decree promoting him to the
artillery general STAFF. He was the
only royalist whom the victorious re-
publlcans thus honored, but he persist
ed In 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
emolunents. That he resisted these
almost Irresistible appeals to his van
ity, his ambition and his natural long
ing Tor an assured and highly remu-
nerative 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 privates which had GER
tainly stained the victory OF the revo-
lutionists. He could not excuse the