| Show I DEIGN OF TERROR I EXISTS IN LISBON Situation Not Improving There Being Be-ing Constant Rumors of Plots and Counter Plots Police Raid Restaurant In an Effort to Capture Conspirators and Are Met With a Storm of Bullets the Conspirators Escaping Llsh nWhllo outwardly everything every-thing seems calm and peaceful yet thero Is a steady Increase of nervousness nervous-ness and excitement among all classes of time population owing to tho constant con-stant rumors of plot and counterplot pnd tho persistent activity of the police po-lice who dally and nightly examine tho houses of suspects and make arrests ar-rests On the night of January 28 there was a bloody fight in a mall restaurant on the outskirts of Lisbon Suspecting tho presence of a crowd of conspirators the police surrounded and raided the restaurant The authorities au-thorities were right In the surmise and they found the plotters armed with revolvers Tho policemen were met by a volley I vol-ley of bullets and one of them was killed and four wounded The conspirators con-spirators managed to keep I the guardians guar-dians of law and order at bay until they made their escape Later tho same night a score of suspected agitators agi-tators were arrested and Imprisoned In one of the fortresses There Is almost a reign of terror among the republicans and dissident progressists and several of the leaders lead-ers of these parties Including Deputy Almeida Deputy Costa and Viscount Remelra have been thrown into prison Tho house of Senor Alpoln another of the dissident leaders is bndsr constant pollco surveillance An official note issued on Thursday denies that the government Intends to proclaim a stato of siege In Portugal Portu-gal and declares that a majority of public opinion suports Premier Franco The pollco on Thursday discovered a new store of arms and confiscated them Bernardino Machado one of the republican re-publican leaders has been summoned to testify before a police court regards Ing his alleged connection with recent republican plots against tho government govern-ment |
