Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1910 — REBELLION IN MACAO [ARTICLE]

REBELLION IN MACAO

Soldiers and Sailors Win Con* cessions by Force. • - * At Macao, Island of Macao, in China. the Portuguese troops at the local garrison and the crew of the Portuguese gur/tcat Patria revolted and, taking possession ot the city, proceeeded to enforce cerate charges in the administration of the affairs of this dependency of PcrtugaL The rebels drove all the nuns from the convent and -then marched to the government house, in front of which they mounted a connon. An in-erview with the governor was reques’ed and when the officers at the government house interfered they were silenced at the point of the bayonet. The gOvernmen- was compelled to hear the demands, which were for the expulsion of the religious orders, increased pay for the army and navy, suppression of the newspaper Vida Nova, and the righting of alleged wrongs suffered by the soldiers and sailors. Under threat, the government granted every demand. The rebels still cop-, trol the ci y.