El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18
PORTUGAL IN
THA0ES Of
REI0LT
Several Thousand Well
Armed Natives Threaten
Overthrow Of Government
MANY PORTUGUESE
PORTS ARE SEIZED

Lisbon, Portugal, May 1S--The gov
eminent is greatly disturbed over re-
volts which have broken out at TimOr
CNalay Archi3elago). Macao. CChina),
Goa Portuguese India). and Bihe (Af-
rics)- The most important outbreaks
are at TimOr and Macao. According 10
official kilograms all the natives OF
TmOr are in complete revolution
against constituted authority They
number several thousand, and being OF
the Malay family, are described as very
fierce and Warlike. Many OF them,
however, are educated and both read
and write Portuguese.
Thousands Well Armed.
They are well armed with rifles and
have field guns which were captured
from the Portuguese troops. Their
chief stronghold is at Manufae, situated
in the heart Of the mountains, some OF
which range as high as 5000 feet in
altitude. They have, however, de-
scended towards the coast and ap-
preached near TO the capital Oily.
which at last accounts they were at
lacking. The Portuguese have already
lost a considerable number OF men and
a number OF civilians who were assist
ing the regular troops were also killed.
The government has ordered forward
an expedition Of about 500 men with
IA field guns
Dutch Protecting
The Dutch government has sent sew
eraI notes to Portugal, protesting at
the revolt on the ground that II is ex-
tending to Dutch territory The Dutch
are inclined to blame the Portuguese
for the outbreak which they say re-
suits from the fact that the authorities
have doubled the taxes which the ma
tiTes are unable to pay. It is under
stood that Holland has made another
proposal to purchase the Portuguese
part Of TimOr, but it is entirely proba-
bic that Portugal will refuse the offer.
Portuguese Ports Seized.
The situation at Goa, In India Is
scarcely any better The natives OF
Salary have carried their rebellion 10
practically all the Portuguese territory.
They have seized several Portuguese
forts. As the troops were unable to
resist the rebels, the natives had an
opportunity to pillage and murder free
". Entire villages are described as
smoking ruins Hundreds of people
have been killed or have disappeared
Women and girls have been seized in
the villages, taken to the mountains
and turned into domestics or slaves. The
government Is sending punitive eX-
petition Of 200 men with six quick fir
ing guns, pointing-Out at the same time
that il is impossible to send more be-
cause Of the necessity of fitting out
the expedition to Timor- Another diff
ffculty in the way OF sending out ex-
pensive expeditions is the heavy drag
upon the treasury Of the republic,
whose condition does not permit Of any
considerable expenditure
struggle Of Parties Acute
With the colonial situation unsatis-
factory the internal political situation
here is rapidly giving rise to many
fears and people are openly talking Of
the possibility of a coup d'etat" The
conservative party, under the leader
ship Of DR.. Antonio Jose d'Almeida. has
declared open war on the government
which is controlled and supported by
the democratic party, headed by Dr.
AlphonzO Costa This struggle of par
ties is so acUte that the government is
continuing with great difficulty, and
by the constitution parliament can
not be dissolved The coup d'etat'' is
being arranged by the leaders of the
democratic party. Their idea is. with
the assistance Of the government. TO
enter parliament by force and expel
DR.. Almeida and his followers. replac-
ing them by democrats who shall be
LOYAL TO the government. The demo-
Gratis believe that this could be ac-
complished with little If any blood