Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-26
REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL COSTS
 BUT FEW LIVES
Shake Up in Government Accomplished With Few
 Casualties.
Correspondence Associated prcss.)

Paris, Jan 12-The casualties ir the recent revolution which upset the government in Portugal, exiled its president, landed one premier in jail and released a former one from GUS tOdy, did not exceed one hundred and twenty killed and six hundred wound ed, according to the latest advices coming from Lisbon. Considering the fact that the fighting lasted for near. ly three days, the number of troops involved on each side and the result obtained, the loss of life is regarded as small.
 The strategic position of the revoll. tionaries which had been splendidly chosen is responsible for the prompt and complete success of the move ment
 Major Sidonio Paes, the leader of the revolution, doctor of mathe- matics, commanding regiment of ar tillery, two regiments of cavalry and four infantry regiments, seized com. manding position on the hills just outside the city and overlooking the Avenue de la Rotunda, the most i'm portant thoroughfare in the city of Lisbon. They were soon joined by most of the other troops stationed around the capitol, and when he gave the signal for the firing of the first shot he had fair-sized army to op- pose to the supporters of the govern ment, whose forces comprised only sailors and the Republican and Fiscal guards.
 The fighting while it lasted was spirited, but the ships ill the harbor were unable to reply effectively to the bombardment of batteries com posed of more than 20 guns which the revolutionaries had scattered at vari- Ous vantage points on the hills and the guns of the vessels were soon silenced Realizing the futility Of further resistance, the forces of the government decided to surrender. The losses in the forces under Major Paes had been insignificant.
 On the third day of the movement, Major Paes was absolute master of the situation and entered Lisbon. arrest ing sDE. Alfonso Costa, the leader of the Democratic party and head of the cabinet.
 Commander Machado Santos, the founder of the Portuguese Republic, " who had been imprisoned year ago upon orders from Costa, had been al ready released,
 Upon President Belnardino Macha' dos refusal to resign he was arrested and later deported to Spain.
 Major Paes immediately formed his new government assuming the lead ership of the cabinet and tue portfolio of foreign affairs and war. He called Senor Santas Vegas to the ministry of finances and asked Senor Tom agnini Barbosa to take up the duties of minister of colonies, SenOr Arcota Brance is minister of marine, while the portfolios of instruction, justice and labor were entrusted to Senors Haglhaes, Pinto and Da Costa. re- spectfuly.
 The principal items of tAe program of the new government are the con- tinuation of the war to the fullest eX- tent of the country's resources and the maintenance of the army now fighting in France to as high a stan dard of efficiency as possible in num- ber and quality.
 The new government is merely a provisional one, and it will go before the people in a general election in February next, when it will call upon the people of Portugal to endorse its policy as outlined above.