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THE REVOLUTION IN

FORTUGAL

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY OCTOBER 31 TOID

FIGHT BY SEARCHLIGHT.

statlon and the Place Dom Fedra IV., allied" Towards the latter part of the right the Dim themativaswlth this 725 of the Royalist force Culo

GALLANT STAND.

The following is 'contiouson of betale. Cato, devoted her searchlight faits may The ba

gram from Mr. M. H. Dinohee, The Daily Chronicle special e rrespondent at Lisbon, part of which has been printed in our columns -

I was the only English spécial correspandent to the city during the Revolution, and both the late Goveit met and the Republican authorl. ties, oven at the very moment they were fighting for their tospective, exfences gava ms every facility for moving unhampered in the fighting ...sont, provided,I accepted tho`riak and relieved

them of responsibility.

the Tagus and to the Brazilian warship.

She ran her powaiful' sparchlights over iba Brax lian cruiser every two or three minutes Thad the circles of the search were pasrowed. The lights were depressed, and went sweeping round in leessoing circles will they pointed a radios of scarcely more than two hundred yards. Wherever the beams of light fell, there the machine guns servad projectiles, until the water round the cruiser faldly sucched" und' bubbled.

At nigh!(ail on Tuesday I found both sides

The end of ibis fantastic night battle, this hopeful and confident of succese. The Miz-fericas fighting with a non-existent enemy, -is'arʼatTM Forsigo Affairs assured me that the

came with the first streak of a dawa which was Monarchie's would triomph, and that therepres to herald the death of an ancient monarchy sion of the revolt was bit a- gadation of a few

and the birth of a daw Republic. bours.

FOUR LEADI 28.

I next sought the diretorate of five which controlled the destinies f the Republican pity. They had established temporay head quarters at thờ chemists shop of Senhor Fer-

zeiro, in the Rus Garrell, benerib she offices

of a Monarchist newspaper.

THE SECOND DAY.

At sunrise on the practically Impregnable rock fortress San Jorge, the warison oll, which bad watched with observant era the progren of events in the harbour, there was shows the whire flag of suronder.. It had gone over

The band of survivors made a last gallant- stand in the cause of the Monarchy.

These heroes wira chlify Municipal Guards with a sprickiing of Jafantry of the line and artillery mor.

Harrassed by machina-gun fire the men sought to break into the neighbouring houses so that they might carry on the fight under. cover,

But the houses worn atonily barred, and many of the soldiers fall while attempting to seek this haven of refuge.

A sharp descent leads into the Place Camions, and the Republicans fired down the Roa San Roque, ultimately supplementing the maxim with a field gun,

The Royalists, driven to hay, had to depend solely upon their rifles.

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To field gan did some wild shooting. Lamp posts and trees suffered greatly and even the shuiters of the houses did not escape,

to the Republicans. The castle of Almada, asap in the Royalist's ranks, antiquated, cattèllated structure of little mili The shop was closed, but my knock it thiotary value, on the south of the bay opposite the door and my possession of the password pro- city, followed suit. The forts which guard the mouth of the Tagas also jatod, hands, with thi Revolutionaries...

cared me lastant admission.

I found four men the shop eagerly debat. ing and listening to the "latest anwsfom the Tro¿' brought by trus'ol partisans.

"We will wint We must win! If not to day then tomorrow," they declared. And the uslikely has happened,

BITTERIES AT WORK.

Regimen's which up to Tuesday alght had remained staunch and bad fought us flinchingit, hegao, with the" dawn of Wedṣunday, to show sign of wavering.

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An honourable exception to this week were the Munidpal Guards, who throughout the struggle fought with splendid courage and encigs, and fell in heaps rather than sursandır or jɔloths Republicani.

I went through the investing lines, and creeping up the deserted Avenida do Liberdade, laned that the Royaliats had ́miaunted some` gusa on the heights to the west of the avaɛne,

So iba parition on Wednesday morning WAS and were bombarding the Insurgent postino thatthe Royalis troops defending Lisbon found from there. A second battery which bad bean | a triumphant Republièsa mavy in their rear aud placed on wome high ground near the lunatic | a hopeful Republican army in their front. stylum alio directed its fire. on iba rebai At first small detachments, than, whole position, but is the darkeci's it was impossible talions, refused to face the fire of the opposter 'to see where the stalls stuck or what damage farces, and hoisted the white flag.

(bay did.

Feturning to the hotel and meacting ooca more to the piat I was in timo tolies the deve lopment of a fresh phase of the naval side of the struggle.

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The serves of the qiews of the two "spubli can cralieri were, it was evident, in a jumpy conition.

They evidently feared a torpedo, att ch, and were taking no chaoces, having-sbelered, as closely as they dared to a couple of English shipt.

The two searchligh's which each cruiser car tied, swept every yard of the dark water of the bay, turned their lights on shore along the quaysijas, and iben; swinging, acansol the Brazilian warship mirrowly as if anticipiog dinger from that qiqrier But presently a - grim tragedy was 14 be enacted. Further out in the bay, and near the Cacinai there, close to this and about half a mile from my aleko;el, the Dam Culos rada at anchor.

OMINOUS SOUNDS.-

During the dayths bad given no alga of life, but suddenly a great commotion was observ able on board. The pose of wrangling, shruting men was borne.across the intervening waler. Lights moved hither and thither-toms event of importance was ev deatly happening But what?

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Speedily came the answer, muskat y was followed immediately by rather A valley of then a ralle of machins guas. The three English men and myself, who stood

on the root of the hotel-mute witnesses of the icage-exchanged loki. Eich ba 1 divined the othat's thoughts. The Republicsa panien of the crew had mulinied and were seeking to gain possextion of the ship, which had continued to fy the Royalist flag until sunset that day.

Any dotbs we bad on the subject were speeddy removed when the man-of-wat's for. wud souchlight was turned on the yearex dock, ligʻing up objects as if it were day Thors sto da group of officers and a few sailors Touad a machine guo.

THE GALLANT DEAD.

Bát half blinded by the intense light & w Could they its to shop? Then cams darkness

and a plust.

Once more the searchlight flashed out, but there was no need of fresh Repobl cau valleys, Every man of that little body was lying dead around the gas.

They had defended their fig to the last. All honour to their memory...........

FJNICOLAR DESTROYED,

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GUARDS SURRENDER,

At last the and came. No soldiers, however heroic, could stand this cruel punishment long. men hoisted the white flag and surrenderad.

A detachment of abdot a hundred Infantry-

· The Municipal Guards who emvived this interno bolted down the Ran Serpa Pinto, throwing their rifice away as they rad.

Asfar as capas estainnota single Municipa Guard surrendered with armilo his hand. When I inspected the flas of retreat afterwards the proportion of dead or wounded of the Municipal | Guards, compared with other Royalist troppy,

was about two to one,

The oad bad come. The cause for which they fought was lost, but it is only a fitlog` bubtributs to the gallant follows to say that they

fought bravely and died nobly,

Resistance was now at an dad. Everywhere in the city the rest of the troops had surrender. On the higher ground above the railwayed, and Lisbon passed into the the hands of the talon and on the still higher slopes on which Republicans

oro situated the Balancial Gardent and Obser- v tory, fighting was resumed as soon as the daylight on Wednesday allowed the combatants to make out each other's positions)

Jo ordinary tlines a fasicular rallway on ike

wheel pinion principle brings passengers from

the ave: us to the foot of the observatory.

From this commanding position the Royalistı daring a portion of Tuesday night bombarded the insurgents, who had posted themselves to the northwest at the top of the avenue, and also to the east in the billy, broken ground|| near the lunatic asylum. The funicular rall, way had been destroyed early in the strug; this side the Royallets were gle, 02 00 practically recurs from infantry allock,

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Half no hour later the Republic was formally proclaimed. Republican flags were hoisted everywhere and the new regims has saluted: by the Aset in the Tagus,

Mach bis baan heard of Dem Alfonso, pacie

of the fugitiva King, and of the part he played during these historiz days.

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Dom Alfonso is certainly the hops of the Royalist Party.in Portual. Ho is a' bold, fearless man, with indomitabis courage. Ho way at his villa`at Mosi Estoril, facing the Atlantic Ocun, when the news of the outbre, k reiched-hlm, carly on Tairday moralog,

Railway communication wircut off with the capital.

ALFONSO CALLS FOR HILÄ Realizing the saziousness of the situation, The jesuren bad also brought fuld gans Dim Alfano wrote but a telegrams for dispatch to bear on the Royalist position, and an artil-to England for the assistance and protection of

a warship forthe King. Jery doel went on for a couple of hours on Tuesd y night,

have Lad the best of it, probably because the 14 the encopater the Royalisis appear to

beigh of the Botanic Gardens dominate the opposite ridge.

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In the early morning the iniurgeats, who on the previous: night bad practically been

the encircling cordon, hemmed ie, made a spirited attempt to

break

When Alfaso's messenger reached the local telegraph office, two men sprang upon him and Lote the missive from his grasp. +

It was a desperate position, but Alfonso was a mao of resource. He wrote out a second moss- age, but in the mean ime learned that, although the shore-ood cable hid been cut, by good

chance a repairing ship was in the offing.

An Engilihman took Alfonio's meringe on inboard, the cable was fished up, communication was te-established and Alfons.'i merisgo flashed to Reglend' vín Gibraltar. *

fantry advanced down the Avenida Branncimp, Under cover of a beavy artillers fire the

from the direction of the Ziological Gardent.

Here there rested the left of the Royallit forces. The ground is rugged and broken and que favourable to defensive warfare. The assaulting infantry, who, to do them justice, fought with remaskáble braverý,as they climb, ed iks rugged slopes leading to the observatory moment the Royalist Commander developed a were swept away by machine gun fire. At this cottater attack, and soot forward am'xed force of

the Municipal Guards and infaniry to clear the stracts opening upon Avenida Draaccamp, It must have been at this very moment that the news of the navy's defection 19ich :d the Roy lists at this spot. The infantry fell back in some disorder, leaving the Municipal Guards to be caught like rats is a trap, und abot dowa by the insurgents,

RIFLES REVERSED, These, taking fresh courage, came on ader, and as they breasted the slopes near the Ecole Polytechnique the Royalist troops refused to

on them and reversed their r as token of surrender

› I now come to the final phase of the struggle which culminated in the collapse of the Moax-fire

chist cause.

In a sentrit was duststreachery witbla and trosion witkent. Tie mutlby on board the craiser Dog Catios, and its recession from the King's fircos' way a dinsztrous blow to the hopes of the Royalists. "

'NAVY'S VICTORY.. Long before daylight the Republican 'com- mander of the Dom Carlos had signalled in bin' filanda on shera the triumph of the mutiny by 'B log two rounds of black cartridge and bolst.

ing rød and green ligh's on the foremash.

"bo wretched Royalist commander, who was holding the Bxtanic Gardens, realized the trea- chey that had been done a id fell back, retreat ing in some disorder down the Rai Dom Pedro V.towards the Misericordia Hospital and the Church of Sap Requo.

On the way thither the remnant of the force was still further shinned by desexion,

Masy soldiers followed the example of their 1 çomrades in the Avenue Brazucamp, and went

| over to the Republicana.

On Wednesday afternoon, in response to this dramatic appeal an English cruiser steamed into the Togue, and cast atchar near the Re- publican ship Dom Carlos.

OPIUM IN CHINA.

China for fist year, Mr. W. P. Ker, Commer

In his annual report on the foreign trade of cial Altacie at Peking, writes with regard to opigai:➡

The fact that there was an increase in the import i ledian oplum may surprise some who have misunderstood the arrangement na das which the Indian Government agreed to effect an annual proportionata reduction in the amonat exported from lodia. The zaduction which took effect from January, 1938, was bised. on the average imports 'of ladlan oplum into China during the three year 1901-05-pamely, 51,000 a year, or about thres-fourths of the icial average export during the same period, vix, 62,000 cheilt (Paton and Benares, 48,000")" Malwa, 19,000). The arrangement is for thien year, with a conditional extension to ten years, and each year the maximum amount allowed. to be exported is diminished by ass-tooth of the amount assumed as China's former normal. supply, 16, by 5,100 chests. The starting -point from which the reduction is affected is mot 51,000 clasie, but 67,000 chests, so that thu aggregate volume of exparts of opium" from, 1 adla in limited to 61,000 chesse in ego8, 56 840 chests in 1993 and 91,730 chests in agro. Thus the number of chesis of Indian oplam shown. by the Chinese customs šiluma to have been imported into,China in 1969, viz., 43, 183 chests, is wall within the limit. The light lecrpise over the impact for a908 is easily accounted What remained of the disordered Royal for by the increasing.' scarcity of nativa opiam ist forces were ratlled with hero'c courags due to the enforcement of Obloess apti oplum by thely officers, and a fresh stand was made in legislation. The valuation in the customs the square in front of the CLurch of San Roque? statistics which is based on the quartely Bot it was most a brief, intßactus) sanjatates: aveinga cil, valon at each port, fails to ind.cate that could be ma is. The men refused to stand | the general tise which has lak 'n placa in the against the advancing Republicans, and their | market price of all kinds of splum,, and which At one o'clock on Wednesday morning a furibir diminished by csalilos and fresh | is still incrossing. Thus, at Amoy, the prica ous cannonading broke out aboard the Dom desertions, the remnant of the army sally of foreign opium rose from 5900 a chast sadly. Jarles. Tas ship's seatchiights swaplin wide hole is f

În 1:03:10 $1,600 in Juns and to $1,750-in. illumloating patches the whole extent ofthe bay.

It would be Idis to characterise the retest by years the price of foreign opium fan increated

March, 19:0. At "Nanking during the last two: and the foreshora on both sid

by Benny, 65 par contr CONE FIRENZOL BRIZ “ irged. They, upad along the Run Saa Requo, opuma bas trebled during the same period

doy | ullimvely reaching the Place Camone, which The amount of opium-puusta/down throngh twitbla 200 yards of the political Republican Tebing undir the cognisance of the Jespecial Maritimin Customs was almcitsxactly (Ke Samn Herr 150 foglires and ankers twin

The whole of the serviceable fi cet of Portugal

· 15 the Tajir wat new la possession of the Ispurgast, and the Rejable bad bean wan by the revolting navy.

Tha crew of the Dom Carlos. In ibu hear of victory became delirious with enthusitam or liquor, or praps a combination of both. They behaved like demented beings, and in a way were nearly emulating the deeds of the Russian Baltic, squadron when it met the 1. all fishing

Acet

The Foireating force was" alsó'capoted to a sherp Mexim guá Are from the pursning troops who found themselves masters of the Botanic Gardens and the adj sining'stičela.

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