Evening star., 1926-06-03

Next comes Portugal with revoiu
, tion. the dismissal Of her pa rlia ment-
the Cortes-and the rise of a possible
; dictatorship. Anti-parlia menta ria nism
apreadins over Europe, in Portuga
Ares no shot and develops no rlots
although led by an uprisen army
Nearly all Portuguese revolutions nave
originated in the army. The fresi
dant. Gen. Berna rdino Machado, who
when he was a lieutena mt OF lnlan.f!
led a revolution which dethroned
king ia today, for the second time as
President. unsested and his reslgna
tion is filed and accepted. although
a accepted by no authority which mas
constitutional power SO 10 act.
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What are the moving causes OF the
nendins revolution and what are the
principles to he ma intsined. different
from those Of the government for'
merlv in power? There is but meager
information in the press dispatches
regarding the trend of events. Inc
highest authority on Portuguese poll
tics explains that the Democratic
party has been in power some IA OF
is wears and that the opposition feels
that 1t Is time for a change.
Further light Is shed by the state
ment that the tobacco monopoly
which has been farmed out to private
enterprises IL about to expire ana tne
ca binet proposed 10 make II govern
ment monopoly. TO this the opposi-
ton objected because Ii would give
more power to the government ana
thereby tend TO perpetuate the sr1p
nrnhfAhle
offices-to the distress Of the outs.
On the day before the resignation
Of President Machado. q telegram WAS
RECEIVED in oficial Washington from
Senior Cabecavas. announcing that
President Machado had appointed
him minister of marine and empow'
cred him to take charge of the other
ebinct ministers.
The previous cabinet had been
obliged to resign when the Cortes
refused to support Its tobacco m0nop-
oly policy. Senior Cabecavas there
upon, without ratification of the
Cortes. became provisional premier,
and when, the next day, President
Macha do vacated his own supreme Of
fee. Cabecavas automatically became
head Of the skeleton" government.
and inferentially dictator of Portugal.
Who is Cabecavas? Assurance Ii
given only that Cabecavas. like all the
rest, Is IAN honorable man" and a
patriot, and that there will be no riots
nor any violence in this coup detat.
The constitution OF Portugal de-
clares that the Cortes cannot be dis
miRsed without It's own consent-yet
the army has He'd for change OF
government and dissolved the Cortes.
and the army In led by patriote-"al
ALL honora BILE men" A new election
is called to be held at an early date.
and upon that election will depend
the life of the Cabecavas regime.
The Portuguese are very peaceable
folk and do not easily resort to vio-
lence, as was demonstrated when
their COLONY" the "Brazils." sepa-
rated from the mother country with :
out firing a shot. Today Brazil and
Portugal are on most cordial terms.
and two thirds of Brazil's big bust :
Peaceable? or course they are
only occasionally killing a king or
driving him out of the country when
the army finds 1t necessary.
There is no fear OF q royal upris-
ing to reseat King Manuel upon the
throne, whence he was Ousted Sep
tember 10, 1910. For many years
prior to that revolution Portugal had
been governed by two parties-the
Regenerados Cor Reactionaries) and
the Progressistes-alter in
power, 1t Is alleged, by agreement
between the leaders. The two par
ties combined, became known. fa-