Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-30
MANY STARTLING
DETAILS R6CITED
NAVAL ENGINEER MAKES CoN-
FEsSiON ABOUT MONARCHY
UPRISING IN PORTUGAL,
MANY MARINES Arrested
Minister OF the Navy Received Note
Telling of Uprising That Would
Follow.

LISBON. Nov. 29.- Several inter
estins phases Of the monarchist up
rising in Portugal during the night
of october 20 have Just become
known through the confession OF o
naval engineer. The investigation
which followed resulted in the arrest
of 200 marines, eighteen sergeants
and many officers. The plot had Its
inception at the marine barracks
Freltas Rihelro, minister Of the
navy. received note i'm the evening
from a naval engineer who had been
involved in the monarchist insurrec-
ZION last April and who was confined
In the prison of the barracks. The
rpt, informed Ribeiro that a monar-
ohist conspiracy would culmlnate by
nm uprising within few hours. III
hero went Immediately to the bar
racks, ON the pretense ot inspecting
Them As he passed through the
lrIson wing he inquired whether there
we're any prisoners in the cells. The
name of the officer who had written
linn was mentioned The minister re
1uc,ted that the prisoner be brought
TO hin.
When they We're alone, the man
told Ribeiro that he believed in the
rrpuhic ana that he desired the mon
al,hist conspiracy to fail, He had
had nothing whatever to do with 1t
except that he had been approached.
supplicd with a list Of monarchists In
the barracks, and told to hold him
SELF ready to take part in the revolt,
which would take place that night. 1t
bad been assumed by the conspIrators
that the officer in question was
mOuarChist.
The officer produced the memor-
auda giving the names Of the ser
gcants who had sworn TO beray th'
republic. The minister ordered these
sorrcants to be brought before him,
oirlrned. and they were arrested to-
rethrr with Lieutenant TeiNcira, the
officer on duty who, 1t was afterward
learned hod cut the telephone wires
upon the arrival Of R.boiro. The ma
rucs were called under arms I'm pa
70 ho remained the rest Of the night
IN the barracks The sentrics were
am changed, sure men being placed
ON duty. Detachments OF marines
were kept under arms at the barracks
and the government was advised that
n rising would take place at various
FONTS in the capital and in the coun-
try during the night II was this in
formation which enabled the govern
mout to be prepared for the outbreaks
sud disorders which began at mid
hight
Joao de Azevedo Coutinho, the chief
Of the present monarchist conspiracy
and the confidential agent Of former
King Manuel arrived at the barracks
accompanied by n - gcaut, who AFT
'rwards shot himself. Producing a
key. Coutinho calmly tried to open
the door. but the lock would not Yield. |
and at this moment a sentry fired
three shots. Coutinho and his COM
panton jumped into their automobile, !
which drove away at fun speed The
rlot. so far as the marines were con-
Cerned, was an utter failure II ap.
pears that the regimen. of marines
WAS to have been the first to tplle /
arms against the republic and that
other regiments We're to follow The
engineer who had such an important
Part ia this affair remains a prisoner /
Tor the present, but he receives the |
l1mage Of the whole barracks and IT .
is understood will have the fullest |
tnrugnitiou frC mthc government fOr |