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Show UO ROYALISTS READY TOmiCKLISBOl , LISBON (Via the Frontier), Sept. 10. Luz d'Almelda, chief of the Car-boualros, Car-boualros, a secret political society, who was sent by the government to the frontier to "make a thorough investigation in-vestigation of the royalist situation, reported today. Ho says the royalists now concentrated In the neighborhood of Orenz are preparing slowly to ad-snce. ad-snce. They number from 4.000 to 5,000, comprising Infantry, cavalry and artillers. They have about 40 pieces of artillery, for tho most part rapid fliers. They also have two aeroplnnos, which are constantly flying over the camps of tho soldiers of the republic, especially at Chavez, and tho troops and the Inhabitants are In constant fear that they mav drop bombs. The delay in tlio attack is duo to the monarchists' lack of funds, says the Carbonairioj chief, but they are oxpectlng the arrlvnl' from Brazil and England within ,'a few days the sum of 12,500.000. D'Almelda is of the opinion that unless something extraordinary happens, hap-pens, tho monarchist Invasion will lokc place wlihln a week. Tho monarchists mon-archists count on part of the republican republic-an troops going over to them, but this seems to be a miBtakc, for it appears all the republican troops ore loyal to the new regime. ' The whole country Is awaiting developments de-velopments with anxiety. A conspiracy conspir-acy has been discovered in the Llsbou 6tate prison. In tho last few days the sentrys have noted that visitors loMho S00 royalists Incarcerated In this prison Invariably carried packages. pack-ages. Yesterday a search was made and it was dlscovored that the prisoners prison-ers were armed with revolvers Tho guards have been considerably strengthened. |