19 FEBRUARY 1927, Page 2

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Carmona handled his troops with skill and energy, though there will evi- dently be a heavy bill to pay for the damage done to Oporto and Lisbon by the heavy guns and bombing aeroplanes. Although General Carmona dispensed with the Constitution, he has done many political things successfully which needed to be done. He prohibited the Army and the Navy from taking part in polities, he reduced taxation and he inaugurated a liberal policy in the treatment of the natives in the colonies.

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