Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22

News that Portugal's latest revolt
has been crushed by President Dictator
Carmona Is regarded by American OBJ
servers as marking just another phase
or the persistent unrest which is likely
to continue in the little country until
outside force puts an end to the chaos.
Revolutions are the rule In Portu-
gal. The latest revolt is the fourth in
the last IL months" says the Louis.
vile Courier-Journal. which explains:
THE clamor for q return to the con-
stitution is apparently little different
from that in Spain last Summer. The
people, or those opposed to the dicta-
torship. wanted their congress to elect
the president and premier. however
shiftless the political situation might
be. They are FESTIVE under the re-
straint of the military autocracy, or
at least other militarists believe they
can play at the same game as
Carmona.
These uprisings," according to the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, ARE Gus
tomarily bloodless. The country Is SO
Injured to them that they often pass
results are obscure. Portugal has not
balanced budget in years, always
expanding more than its income. It is
just possible that an extra bit of
change in the treasury lent touch Of
color to the occasion"
\ \ K'E
eft is dif1icult to ascertain the imme-
date causes of the disorder" states
the Indianapolis Star, although they
were probably due to the unrest occa-
stoned by a debased currency, as well
as to the efforts Of disgruntled poll
ticians to Dust the faction in power.
No European country has equaled the
deplorable record which Portugal has
made in the last 20 years. Eighteen
revolts since 1910 preceded the out
burst at Lisbon and Oporto, and 40
cabinets have had their brief existence
since the republic was established in
that year. If the republic is
to be rescued from chaos, it may be
necessary for the League of Nations
to busy itself with Portuguese affairs" "
"Portugal's principal assets" 1t Is
pointed out by the San Antonio Ex-
press, ARE in colonies, which include
lands in Asia and Africa. and part OF
Timor. an island north Of Australia
Should the home land remain at peace
for a few yearS-under constitutional
eoyernment-foreign capital could be
obtained to develop at least Angola
and Mozambique. Angola southwest
Africa) produces coffee. rubber, ivory,
copper, gold, diamonds and other COM
modities The trouble at
home AFFECTS the colonies only. by re-
tarding their development. =.
saws the Saginaw News-Cour1er, ARE
to the effect that the latest Portuguese
revolt Is suppressed, and they tell the
truth 80 far as they know 1t. But
Lisbon, the capital, where the greatest
volume of disturbance took place, is
under martial law, and the military
censorship established prevents any
thing like accurate details reaching
the outside world. 1t is certain, how
ever, that in this latest outbreak many
lives were lost. and that the casualty
list is large. Meanwhile, it can be be-
lieved that IL this revolt is sup
pressed it is only temporary form
Of suppression. For revolt in Portugal
is apparently continuing and continu-
GUS"
"The stability Of the government is
ALWAYS in question" according to the
pittsburgh Sun. "There is no telling
when it will be upset by a coup
d'etat." But that paper states that.
| 'to the credit Of the Portuguese, It
NAV be said that those actively par.
ticipating in the revolution constitute
a minority Of the population. The
shopkeepers and farmers have slight
relish for the fighting and not q great
deal of interest in the government.
except as 1t directly and forcibly at
| fects their affairs"
The worcester Gazette, recognizing
the end Of the revolt, which brought
on six days of fighting" yet asks If
Europe has mo nation to police revo-
lutionists," and then suggests that
'the trouble Is that IL one nation
started the polica work. all tbs others