Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

of the revolution and which lasted
more than half an hour. Had it con
tinued a few moments longer the rev.
olution would have failed. AS a mat
ter Of fact, all the officers of the regu-
lar army who had Joined the insur-
gents fed, leaving only Machado San
tos, a non-commissioned marine Off
Ger, in command of a disorganized
mass of men wildly searching for
somebody to surrender to.
This is not exaggerated, though it
may seem to be so. I~nnumerable &C.
counts of the revolution have since
been published by republicans, and
they all admit that at this period all
was regarded by the insurgents as lost
beyond redemption. The fugitive reb-
ell 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,
GERS 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-
GIRO could o disobey it, and he fell
back. His retreat, effected slowly and
in perfect order, was watched in per-
feet silence by tho shattered revolu-
tionists in the rotunda. These gentle
men could hardly believe their eyes.
His retreat was followed by great
confusion in the royalist infantry regi-
ment which supported him. That con-
fusion was increased by hand grenadcs
thrown among those faithful troops by
the C~arbonarios.
Paiva Couceiro then returned to his
house, discarded his official uniform
for civil attire and SEN his resigna-
ton to the minister of war. 1t was
a courageou act, for he has no pri-
vate means and has been living on his
pay. 1t also meant apparently an end
to his rapid rise in the only career
for which he cared. But this act of
s~elf-sacrifice and of moral dignity has
given Couceiro more prestige than his
victories in Mozambique and his sue
cessful 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-
publicans 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 a word
have procured his advancement to
places of great Importance and of large
emoluments. That he resisted these
almost irresistible appeals to his van
ity, his ambition and his natural long
ing for 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
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