Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-20

even Of ssdition, ewing q the prspos.
tsrously small pay OF both ollicsrs and
men and % the stagnation OF promo
ton. lndssA about the only hope 81
Advancement lay ina pronunciamen-
To- or military revolt.
Organizes Reveit In Army.
Az soon ~ ever Paes secured COM
mission in the army, he set to work ia
organise the military rising by means
OF which he has now attained the pres
idency OF the republic. Large sums Of
money were placed BY Germany at
his disposal to win over the poverty
stricken. debt-ridden officers and men,
whose pay, even tho 20 ridiculously
small, was always months. and some
times years. in arrears. Moreover, hia
task was facilitated by the fact that
the best and ablest officers and the
pick Of the troops were dispatched to
France 70 Join the other entente arm
iss In Axhting the Germans.
\ Moreover, PRECEDENT Machado, who
in monarchical times had been his
fellow professor at the University Of
Coimbra. may be said to have played
into his hands. For in the middle Of
October Machado betook himself, to-
gether with his premier. Antonio
d'Almeida, and his minister Of finance
and foreign affairs. Alfonso Costa, on
q prolonged state visit to Paris. Rome
and London, and to the various allied
fronts The party travelled in a leis-
urely manner. and in London, where
they had somewhat embarrassing
encounter with King Manuel and his
consort. they we're quite extensively en-
tertained. and enjoyed themselves
keenly.
Mashado Made PriseNsr.
There 10 an old French saying to the
effect that "Qui va a u chase, perd
sa place. Che who goes on the chase
loses his placs), and Prssident Ma
chado and his ministers returned to
Portugal TO md their government over
thrown. their houses at Lisbon wreck
ed and looted by the revolutionists,
warrants out for their arrest-they are
all now under lock and key-and Maj.
Sidonio Paas, the kaisers friend and
protese, in supreme control as chief
magistrate Of the republic.
The imprisoned former president,
concerning whose ultimate fate appre-
tensions are entertained, will be re-
memhered At Washington as the min
lister plenipotent,ary Of his country to
the United States, some fifteen or SIX
teen years ago, under the name OF tho
Marquis di santo Thyrso, title be-
slowed upon him. not by the Portu-
guese crown. but by the Vatican. He
was recalled, owing to his faux pas In
having made = premature announce.
ment of the death Of President Mckin-
ley. which resulted in the late King
Carlos sending messages Of condo
lence to tho United States government
Ave days prior to the actual demise Of
the American chief magistrate.
Unlike all tho other republican
statesmen in Portugal who are Tor the
most part politicians OF the carpetbas
order. dependent upon office and upon
graft for q living. Bernardino Aacha-
do is man Of great wealth-that 10 to
say, for Portuguese-hisf fortune be-
ing estimated at considerably over
: 100000 He received the greater
part Of his education in England, and
while his cousin and namssAke was
governor for a time Of the Portuguese
colony Of Goa, In india, his brother.
Gen. Machado, was Administrator Of
the Portuguese possessions In EAST
Africa. and creator Of the port Of
Beira. where no underworld to rule
according to English rather than Port
uguese methods Of colonial government.
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