25 JANUARY 1919, Page 2

The failure of the Republican factions in Portugal to agree

among themselves has naturally led to a Monarehiat rising. On Sunday last the troops in the North, at Oporto, Braga, and Vizeu, rose under Senhor Oouceiro, the Royalist leader, who proclaimed Dom Memel as Ming once more. The Repub- lican Minister of War, who reached Oporto on Tuesday, failed

to influence the troops, and is said to have recognized the re- vived Monarchy. It remains to be seen whether the Repub- licans of Lisbon, who have just suppressed a small rising, are capable of overcoming the Royalists of Oporto. In any case the persistence of internal disorder in Portugal is most unfortunate for herself and for her Allies.