Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1931, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, TROOPS FAGE FIGH BY FUNGHAL FORCE City Offers Only Landing Place for Portuguese Expedition. By the Associated Press. LISBON, April 7.—An expeditionary force headed today for Funchal, Ma- defra, where revolters have usurped the Portuguese authority, may have to fight bitterly in order to land on the island. p Debarkation anywhere but at Funchal will be of little use, since the city is shut off from tfe remainder of the is- land by a mountain wall 4,000 feet high. Deep ravines make progress to- ward the city impossible. ‘Warships Rush to Islands, Funchal itself is defended by strong matural fortifications and high-caliber American naval guns, left there by the Americans during the war. A strongly coalesced rebel force might be able to Tepel a much larger attacking force. Practically every seaworthy warship in the Portuguese Navy is being rushed to the island, 600 infantry and a con- tingent of light artillery being due there tomorrow. , The coastal gunboat Zaira set out for Funchal last night and the Vasco da Gama today. Naval airplanes are being taken along. During embarkation of troops yester- @ay the 5th Light Cavalry Regiment refusd to leave for service in Madeira, on the plea that they Were unwilling to fight their countrymen. They were ordered to return to their barracks, and their places were taken by the 7th Cav- alry. All Leaves Canceled. ‘To meet the emergency, authorities! have canceled all army leaves. The Lisbon garrison is known to be loyal, to the regime, but in some quarters doubts are expressed as to the garri- sons at Coimbra and Oporto. A government, communique announced insubordination of forces at_ Funchal and said that, since Col. Silva Leal, sent | there during the February bread riot- ing, had been made unable to_carry out his duties, Col. Fernando Borges | had been appointed special delegate | commandant and commander in chief | of the expeditionary force. Political de- portees were blamed for the rebellion. ‘The gunboat Tamega, doing duty at Munchal, has gone over to the rebels. | The government decided to take every | means to avoid unnecessary bloodshed | in putting down the revolt, it was de-| cided at a confererice at the war office today. Plans Will Demonstrate. The conference was held before the departure of the troop ship Kubanjo | for Funchal, and a complete plan of | campaign against the rebels was mapped | out. Four government hydroairplanes, it | was decided, would stage a demonstra- tion at Funchal and try to persuade the | rebel leaders to surrender. | The text of the official notification by | the rebel to the Lisbon government an- | nouneing their -assumption of power, | ‘was made public here, “The officers of the garrison and the members of the gunnery corps and light cavalry stationed here, indignant at un- warranted outrages ccmmitted by the government delegate, dismissed the au thorities and have withdrawn their confidence in the national government. | The government delegate, who is to be | blamed for the present situation, had, | without consulting -the army, been speaking in its name. | “We declare that we ehall only ac- | cept orders from a legally ' constituted government, pledged to restore and| guarantee public freedom.” The document was signed by Lieut.| Manuel Camoens, “for the rebels.” | Azores Revolt Reported. | Reports_circulating in Lisbon. today that a military revolt had broken out in the Azores were officially denied by the minister of the interior. Censor-| ship on press, commercial and private | cables between Lisbon and Angola con- tinued. It was generally interpreted to mean that the government entertains | some doubt regarding the loyalty of the African garrison. | ‘The ctest ercised over from Funchal. ‘The only message which came from Punchal tcday was from the British consul to the foreign minister. It said that complete order reigned there, that 21l shops were open and business ac- | tivity going on norma The rebellion, the m earried out ‘The Portuguese government today ordered the gunboat Ibo, which was | cruising in the waters off Los Palmas, to proceed to Funchal and awalt or- | ders from the commander in chief of the naval forces. censorship is being ex- all information coming sage said, was — Baldwin Locomotive Aide Killed. PHILADELPHIA, April 7 (P)—Wil- fiam J. Hagman, veteran consulting engineer of the Baldwin Locomotive | Works, fell 50 feet down an empty ele- vator shaft to his death yesterday at the Eddvstone plant of the company He was 6 Mr. Hag of the R way, Pa an also was vice president y Machine Co. of Ridg- Black Fog Shrouds Paris. 1S (#).—A blackish pall Paris this forenoor time into night. As ed to put on the | minor_ colli- asp! s zigzagged, omenon such | out the least violence. ||| Walnut Gatherer Using Tire Chain Halts Town Power LONDON TOWNSHIP, Ontario (NAN.A).—A walnut gatherer, throwing a truck tire chain into a tree to knock down nuts, missed his aim and the chain landed on high tension wires, short-circuit- ing them. The town was without elec- tricity for two hours. - Factory motors were stopped and elevator passengers were trapped between floors. Two 13,000-volt fuses were blown out. (Copyright. 1930. by North American Newspaper Alliance.) EUROPE'S LEADERS PLAN GONFERENGE Germany, France and Italy Likely to Be Represented at London Meeting. By the Associated Pres LONDON, April 7.—Discussions af- fecting the future of'Europe are ex- pected to take place in a projected visit of Chancellor Heinrich Bruening of Ger- many and the Reich’s foreign minister, Julius Curtius, to London, probably next month. The two Germans will come at the invitation of Arthur Henderson, British foreign secretary, who also has asked Aristide Briand, French forelgn min- ister. During a recent conference in Paris between Mr. Henderson and M. Briand, the British minister expressed regret that German representatives were not present, since there were several mat- ters he wished to discuss with them. The projected meeting here was then planned. Berlin dispatches today said Herren Bruening and Curtius were un- derstood to approve cordially the sug- gestion for a Franco-British-German conference on “all matters affecting the relations of these nations.” “It is presumed the projected Austro- German ~ customs union and matters pursuant to next year's disarmament conference will be discussed. ““Briand Will\ Attend. PARIS, April 7 (/).—Aristide Briand will attend the conference to European statesmen called by Foreign Minister Henderson to meet in London, it was said in official circles today. It was also stated the conference prob- ably will be held early in May and that it is expected to develop into a sort of preliminary session of the Council of the League of Nations. Doubt that Premier Mussolini would represen Italy at London was expressed here, but Foreign Minister Grandi wi counted upon to bé present. o More than $100,000 worth of shoe buttons were imported into Canada last year. 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If you are not taking advan- tage ‘of this regular service at this low rate, telephone National 5000 now and service will start ESTATE SALE (By Catalogue) REGISTERED of WOULD CANCEL GERMAN DEBT TO END DEPRESSION Rev! D. A. MacLean of C. U. Makes Statement Before Catholic As- sociation for Peace. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 7.—Rev. Donald A. MacLean of the Catholic University yesterday told the Catholic_Association for International Ptace he believed the only way out of the current egonomic crisis is to free Germany of her war the conference. Efforts of Catholic leaders to promote world peace was the prevailing topic at the conftrence “Pope Benedict never essayed the role of judge of the causes of the belliger- ents when he endeavored to shock the consclence of the world in the fratri- cidal struggle that was strewing the na- tions with corpses,” said Father Mac- Lean. “He maintained a perfect impartiality through it all and had no political aims in trying to promote peace. “He ventured to suggest that the Gos- pel does not advocate one moral law for individuals and another for nations. He declared against the national spirit that causes war, and since he believed that an armed peace was only a prelude to conflict, he always favored disarma- ment.” A Catholic pilgrimage to Rome, under | the auspices of the National Catholic | Welfare Council, to take part in the fortieth anniversary of Pope Leo's en- cyclical on- the condition of labor, was |announced. 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