The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-15
PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL
MURDER OF PAES PLOTTED BY
RABID ANTl-CLERICALS- WAS
TWICE CONDEMNED TO DEATH
FOR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE
CHURCH..

The Portuguese anticlericals have
gone a little further than they intend
ed in their hatred of the Church, and
by their murder, carefully planned, Of
Senior Sidonio Paes they have raised
storm of fury in Portugal against
the craft, which was also responsible
for the double regicide of 1908. The
president of this assemblage of MUIR
ders is the Mazzini of the Spanish
Peninsular. That Italian ruffian
founded the Young Europe" the
criminal associations of which spread
throughout the whole world. For
twenty years this man held all the
dossiers of the Carbonari and reorgan-
lied the Portuguese groups in Spain
and Portugal. He was also the author
of the revolution in 1910, the murder
of the king not having had all the
effect he proposed.
Paes Condemned Twice.
Sidonio Paes was condemned by the
lodges on two occasions, the first be-
ing in March, 1918, three months after
the triumph of order in Lisbon. The
second condemnation of the president,
who was such good Catholic, took
place November 80 at Madrid, when
Magazines Lima stated that the pop
ularity of Sidonio Paes was such that,
while he lived, it would be useless and
dangerous to attempt another revolu-
ton, and thus in consequence, it would
be necessary to kill the president first,
and cause the revolution afterwards.
The necessary orders were sent that
night to Lisbon, where the assassina-
ton was Immediately prepared. The
thing that eXasperated them was the
fact that the anticlerical revolution
arranged for the 18th of October last,
when 157 victims had been marked for
knife and bomb, ANONYMOUSLY failed
Not only did Sidonio Paes and his
Catholic government still stand, but
they came out of the ordeal strength
ened.
The Assassination.
Two assassins were placed at the
station, which was also surrounded by
anarchists and anti-clericals. The
| president was warned and was begged
| not to take the train at Rocio, but ne
replied that he would not hide or fly
| from his enemies. The governor o.
| Lisbon, Senior Miguel de Sousa Fer
nandez, to whom he spoke, said: Every
| well, l will try to die with YOU; ant
it was actually he who received the
body of the president in his arms az
he fell. The assassin would have beer
| lynched on the spot had he not hat
the presence of mind to call out
Save my life, 1 have revelations t.
make" But when taken prisoner, h
refused to make any revelations; the
other murderer was killed by the in
furiated populace.
Magazines Lima was on the poin
of fight, but was seized as he wa
fastening his valise, which was fount
to be full of discriminating papers
including letters from De Costa.
1t had been arranged that the pres
dent should be murdered as he cam
from the Church of the Incarnation
where he had been attending So
Iemn Requiem Mass for the victim
of the Augusta de castillo, ship Q
the Portuguese navy, but this wa
baked by the police, who kept tn
assassin, De Costa, we'll away fror
the president.
The Portuguese nation is more uni
ed than ever; they are now d.
termined to finish the revolution; an
: the Catholics have achieved a ne'
: strength. 1t was as if Sidonio Pae:
, the good Catholic, the great states
: man, had prophetic vision of thi
in his last moment, for his final words
. as he expired, were: Il die conten
my country is saved!"