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Show MH ID ill! PorhigiiPSP Soldiers and Sailors Sail-ors in island of Macao Take Possession. NUNS ARE URIYKX FROM CONVENTS AND COUNTRl Governor Compelled lo Expel Religious Orders and Increase In-crease Pay of Mutineers. MACAO. Island of Macau, China, Nov. .'(). The Portuguese troops of I he local garrison and the grew of tho Portuguese Por-tuguese gunboat Pallia revolted last night, and taking possession of the city, proceeded to in force certain changes in I he adntinistralion of tho affairs of this dependency of Portugal. The rebels continued in control to nay, the governor and military officers being powerless. The uprising began with the sailors j of the I'atria, who marched to the pub-j lie scpiare, fired three vollcvs as a signal sig-nal to I ho Iroon-s, who at once forced an entrance lo the armory, and arming themselves, .joined the seamen. Several hundred strong. Ihc rebels prneeeden lo Santa (.'lara convent, from which they drove out the nuns, ordering order-ing them to leave the island. The nuns lied to Hongkong. From the convent the rebels marched toward the government govern-ment house, before which thev mounted a cannon. An interview with the governor gov-ernor was requested and when the officers offi-cers at Ihc government house intervened inter-vened they were silenced at the point of a bflvoncl. The governor was compelled to hear the demands, which were l ho expulsion of the religious orders, increased pay for the army ami naw. the suppression suppres-sion of tho newspaper, Vida Nova, ami the righting of alleged wrongs sufferod by tho soldiers and sailors. Under threat the governor granted every demand. |