Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-18
PORTUGAL IS
Disturbed over
REPEATED REVOLT.
BY Associated ProSS.

BY Associated Press.
LISBON, Portugal, May 1S.-The
government is greatly disturbed over
revolts which have broken out at
Timor MALAY Archipelago), Macao
(China), Goa Portuguese India), and
Bihe (Africa). The most important
outbreaks are at Timor and Cacao.
According to official kilograms all the
natives of Timor are in complete rev.
olution against constituted authority.
they number several thousand, and
being of the Malay family, are de-
scribed as very fierce and warlike.
Many of them, however, are educated
and both read and write Portuguese.
They are we'll armed with rifles
and have field guns which were ca
tured from the Portuguese troops.
Their chief stronghold is at Manufae,
situated in the heart of the noun
tains, some of which range as high
as 5000 feet in altitude. They have,
however. descended towards the
coast and approached near to the cap
ital, billy, which at last accounts
they were attacking. The Portuguese
have already lost considerable num-
Der of men and anumber of civilians
who were assisting the regular troops
| were also kill The government
has ordered forward an expedition Of
about 500 ment with fourteen field
guns.
The Dutch government has sent
several notes to England, protesting
at the revolt on the ground that it is
extending to Dutch territory. The
Dutch are inclined to blame the Por.
tuguese for the outbreak which they
say results from the fact that the
authorities have doubled the taxes
which the natives are unable to pay.
a. is understood that Holland has
made another proposal to purchase
the Portuguese part of Timor, but it
is entirely probable that Portugal will
refuse the ouer.
The situation at Goa in India
scarcely any better The natives OF
Salary have carried their rebellion
to practically all the Portuguese forts
AS the troops were unable to resist
the rebels, the natives had an oppor-
tunity to pilage and murder freely.
Entire Villages are described as
shaking 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 richest are held for ransom. The
government is sending a punitive ex-
petition of 200 men with six quick
hrlng guns, pointing out at the same
time that it is impossible to send
more because of the necessity of fit
ting out the expedition to Timor. An
other difficulty in the way of sending
out expensive expeditions is the hea-
Wy drag upon the treasury of the Re-
public whose condition does not per
NIT of any considerable expenditure.
With the colonial situation unsatis-
factory, the internal political situa-
ton here is rapidly giving rise to
many fears and people are openly
talking of the possibility of coup
detat." The conservative party, un-
der the leadership Of DR.. Antonio Jose
dAlmeida has declared open war on
the government, which is controlled
and supported by the democratic par
ty headed by DR.. Alpnonzo Costa.
This struggle of parties is so acute
that the government is continuing
with great difficulty, and by the con.
stitution parliament cannot be dis
solved. The coup d'etat" is being
arranged by leaders of the democrat
lc party. Their idea is, with the as.
slstance of the government, to enter
parliament by force and expel DR..
Almeida and his followers, .eplacir
them by democrats who shall be Low.
al to the government. The democrats
believe that this could be accomplish
ed with little if any bloodshed
Should this move be carried out, it is
recognized that DR.. Costa would be
practically the dictator of Portugal.
as 1t slikely that the President of
the Republic, Dr. Manuel d'Arriaga,
who is an intimate friend of DR.. Al
media, would be Immediately deposed
and DR.. Costa or some representative
OF Sosta chosen president.
political prisoners is being heatedly
discussed in the newspapers. This is
due to the disclosure that the inmates
of 1imerio fortress, the central prison
of Lisbon, have been often placed in
dungeons with little air or light, as
means of forcing them to reveal their
| supposed secrets. Although these
dungeons are wet and damp, prison
ers are only allowed a light shirt and
trousers. Their food was, bread and
water. 1t is charged, moreover, when
they refused to disclose their secrets,
they were beaten with sticks made
from rawhide which leave terrible
wounds. These revelations, which
came out through newspaper inter-
views with some of the prisoners,
have caused a great sensation and
have induced the government to pro.
mise to begin an inquiry and to put
an end to any cruel treatment.
The British and Portuguese gov
ernments are now in negotiations for
| the protection If tho norf If ;ohor