Evening star., 1926-05-31
Comdr. Cabecadas Asked by
President to Act After
Bloodless Revolt.
PARLIAMENT WILL GO;
PUBLIC GLAD OF COUP
Laws Held Against National In.
terest to Be Repealed-Poli-
ticians Barred From Office.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LISBON. Portug gal May S1-Comdr
Cahecadas. one OF the most popular
men in the Portuguese navy. who, in
1910. contributed greatly to the estah-
lishment of the republic by lombard
ing the royal palace. is to take over
the responsibilities OF governmen NJ
until a new ministry is formed.
President Machado has requested
Cahecadas to act in this capacity until
the situation caused by the overthrow
Saturday Of the ministry headed by
Antonio Maria Da Silva is Strengthened
out. The downfall of Da Silva was
due to a revolutionary movement in
which Comdr. Cabecadas was one OF
the leaders
The coup which resulted in the
ousting of Da Silva started last week
and was carried out without the firing
of shot. The revolutionary commit
tee in a communication announced
that the movement was purely repub-
lican and that it was begun on the
basis of forming a democratic govern
ment and saving the country from
politicians who were running it.
Supported by Troops.
In addition to Comdr. Cabecadas.
Gen. Comes da Costa was one of the
prime movers in the revolt, which had
the support of the garrisons Of Lis
bon, Oporto and Braga. and the naval
school on the left bank Of the Tagus
and the infanty school outside Lis
bon.
President Machado. after the COM
mencement of the revolt. which began
at Braga. conferred with the revolu-
tionary leaders and agreed to the
formation of new extra parlia-
mentary government, the duties Of
which will be dissolution Of parlia.
ment and the eXpunging of laws
which are considered to be against
national interest. Comdr. Cabecadas
agreed to take over the government
temporarily and form a ministry Of
military men and civilians who do not
belong to any political party. 8,
The commander will have the post
of minister of marine in the new gov.
ernment Representatives of all di-
visions of the Portuguese army have
been summoned to Lisbon to discuss
the new ministry.
Saved 1910 Revolution.
Cabecadas last year started SINH
lar revolt. but the army failed to act
with him. In 1910, when the hopes
Of the Republicans were almost lost &.
Cabecadas bombarded the royal
palace and contributed largely TO the
victory of the dissidents and the es-
tablishment of the republic.
The coup of the revolutionists has
been received by the public with en-
thusiasm.
While the technical committees of
the preliminary disarmament confer.
ence are hard at work in Geneva en-
deavoring to evolve a program for
universal disarmament. military
movements are in control of the gov.
ernments in, many parts Of the globe.
Other Military Regimes.
In addition to Portugual there is
military rule in Poland. Rumania and
military movements are functioninE
in Italy. Spain, Turkey. Lithuania
and Latvia.
Shah Reza Khan Peslevi heads the
military government in Persia: the
red army controls Russia; Gen. WI
Pei Flu and Marshal Chang Tso.Lin,
hold the destinies of China in their
hands. French forces dominate Syria
and French and Spanish troops
Morocco.
There is military rule in Venezuela
and martial law in Brazil. Nicaragua
and Guatemala.
The state of emergency" in the
British Isles has been extended for
one month owing to the situation
growing out of the strike Of the coal
miners.