15 DECEMBER 1917, Page 3

There was a revolution in Portugal last week, as the

result of which the Unionist Opposition overthrew the Democratic Ministry, whose leaders were on their way home from the Allied Conference in Paris. The Lisbon garrison took part in the rising and was opposed by a part of the Fleet. Several hundred persons were killed or injured in the street fighting. Major Sidonio Pees, the late Portuguese Minister to Berlin, headed the revolt. President Machado refused to resign, and, with the late Ministers, was Placed under arrest. The first manifesto of the triumphant insurgents pro- claimed their determination "to stand by the side of our ancient Ally, Great Britain, and all our other Allies."