Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-03

/ Carlos, under which the people were
goaded to political @assassina tons,
and the later regime OF Manuel and
1 his avarieious mother were Arcadian,
says Curtis Brown under Lisbon
date line in the Washington Star.
Today the life and property OF
every man, woman and child in the
whole country are at the mercy Of a
hard, cruel, Yindictiye, ambitious
! man: ana, despite the fact that Por.
tugaI has passed through one reyolu.
ton and three counter revolutions in
the past three years. no statesman
with even a hint of the power neces-
sary TO challenge this political adyen-
turer has made an appearance.
II is sad commentary upon the
| moral degeneration OF this country,
this poverty Of strong men. This
| same weakness manifested itself in
each Of the three counter revolutions
and particularly in the most recent,
when hundreds Of suspects were ar.
rested without even q show of resist.
ance And it is responsible also for
the success of men like Costa The
inner history Of the rebellion OF 1910
has never yet been told and the writ
er has not the space to do so, but in
few words can be related enough to
give good idea Of the ridiculous sit.
uation.
Costa an AsItator. -.
Alfonso Costa has been for years
an agitator against the monarchy.
He was the leader in the public agita-
ton and the secret Vaccinations
that led up to the revolution that
sent Manuel out of Portugal and es-
tablished the present republic. But
an examination OF the real facts Of
the case does not reveal Costa and
his fellow conspirators In any heroic
light. The plotters thought they had
everything arranged in apple pie or
der and gave the signal which they
expected would bring the best part
Of the arify ONT 10 open revolt. In
stead, much to their astonishment,
not q single regular officer responded
and only about 500 of the $500 troops
in Lisbon marched out Of their bar.
racks This forelorn contingent took
up q position In the Avenida Liberia
dade, the fineDt street In Lisbon, close
TO the outskirts of the town, and, un.
der the command OF one Machada de
Santos. former clerk In the commits
sary department Of the army, and a
handful of n-commissioned officers,
they proceeded to barricade them
selves.
Meanwhile. the real leaders of the
revolt, including, Of course. Costa and
others Of the present government, re.
ceiging word that most Of the army
and all OF the regular officers had
remained loyal. decided that the
game was up and left the city of Lis.
bon in a hurry. While they were
speeding to the north, the revolution
airy "fiasco" was pursuing strong
course in Lisbon
Although the 500 troops barricaded
IN the Ayeni6a wanted to follow their
leaders in flight. they were hemmed
about by four times their number of
loyal troops. so they had no choice
hut to remain and fight. Fortunately
for them and for the success of the
revolutionary movement, their lead.
ers had selected a time when practi.
cally every responsible military Off
Ger was out Of Lisbon, and in their
absence the 20e0 outwardly loyal |
troops, without officers to lead them,
proved absurdly helpless against De
Santos and his 500.
King Manuel Leaves.
Another circumstance conspired to |
help the reyolutionaries. The largest
Of the Portuguese gunboats began
Smelling the Necessidades palace.
where Manuel was entertaining the OF.
ficers of a Brazilian dreadnought |
Without waiting to pack, Manuel /,
skipped, and news of his flight quick |
~ spread through the city. It was
this circumstance more than any other !
that demoralized the loyal troops and |
decided the day. 1t Is an almost laugh !
able commentary that one round of
shot from one Of the forts in Lisbon
would have sent the vasco De Cana
TO the muddy bottom of the Tagus in |
time, yet there was notl
an officer with moral courage enough J
to give such an order and see it car
ried out s~s il. ..-t-.. ...s-..--.
II Is not strange, then, that a people |
against whom it is possible to do these |
things should lack the stamina, the in |
itiatiEe and the moral and PHYSICAL
courage to break the yoke imposed by
Costa Yet Costa is a clever, man, a |
man strong enough to WELD immense
influence even among q strong people.
Now in the prime of life, for years he
has been one of the most successful |
lawyers in Portugal, with large in
come from his profession. For a long
time prior to the rebellion of 1908 he
preached armed resistance to the gov
eminent of King Carlos. He was
caught red-handed in the abortiye ris-
ing of Chat year and thrown into pri
son. Later, when released. he entered !
the chamber and constantly obstruct-
ed its work, making a specially of OPP !.
position to financial grants to the
royal family. Just before the rising
which resulted in the establishment |
CT the republic he was forcibly elected
from the chamber for this very rea-
son. A few days later the fires OF re-
volt broke out.
Promised Social Millennium.
= Costa drew up republican propagan-
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