The Portuguese Prime Minister, Senhor Weneeslau de Lima, resigned last
Saturday. This is the fourth Govern- ment which has fallen during the present reign. The Prime Minister informed the King that he could no longer tolerate the bitter hostility of the two chief political groups, which made the task of government impossible. Senhor Wenceslau de Lima's Government was a laudable experiment because,. like the Prime Minister whom he succeeded, he tried to break down the system of rotativism. The old gang were evidently too strong for him, and, unless the new Premier, Senhor Beira,o, succeeds where his two predecessors have failed, there will probably be a return to the immemorial practice by which the two chief parties take office by turns, arranging the result of the elections in advance and amicably sharing the spoils.
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