Watsase, Aug. 25.
Lisbon, Aug. 26, Poland, like Britain, is hard hit A military' coup d'etat, was unemployment and' by the lack attempted here at six o'clock this sufficient revenue to. meet ex-morning. penditure; bat instead of forming a Civilians armed with machine guns ational." emergency Government rifles seized the barracks of the Polish. statesmen are adopting a ird Regiment of the Artillery different and yet age-old method of without resistance, made prisoners solving their problems. of the officers, and induced the troops was announced to-day that tax to join the revolt. Loyal troops, collection in kind would be re-agring in ce-operation" with the introduced in this country to help police and the Republican Guard, the unemployed. later attacked the barracks, and the 'The wisdom of this scheme lies in rebels, who were led by' Colonel the fact that while many taxpayers Diaz,' surrendered after a short are too badly circumstanced to pay resistance, their taxes in hard cash, they are!
There is no disorder elsewhere in yet in a. position to. contribute Lisbon. Armoured cars and Re-kind, as they cannot sell their goods publican Guards armed with machine except at a considerable loss. 'Thus guns are now patrolling the streets. foal, sugar, grain and potatoes will The Government claims that it ow' into the Polish treasury distributed among the unemployed complete control of the situation, who cannot qualify for' the dole Aug. 27. fender the State's Insurance scheme. was officially announced at ove The decision to revive this torn. lovelock this morning that in yester-of tax collection was taken féay's short lived revolt. 40"persons meeting © specially convened to discuss the unemployment situation. ere kiled "and 260 others were other satisfactory solution of the The loyal troops captured 250 of problem could be found though many the rebels.—United Press, schemes "had been previously" dis-Seville, Aug. 26.
is estimated that taxes in arrears Seville was provided with consider excitement this afternoon when reach a total of 1,000,000,000 zlotys (roughly equivalent to £20,000,000,- fa mysterious aeroplane dropped from the skies and landed onthe 000). Stany taxpayers are too badly affected by. the existing economic outskirts of the city, depression to settle. their arrears.
The machine turned out to be Especially hard hit ave the farmers, Portuguese. It bore traces of gunfire contained two occupants, one who cannot fetch saleable prices for civilian airman and. the other a their goods and are therefore only too willing to pay their taxes ina.
The two men told a dramatic Nearly 900,000 persons are listed On the failure of the military onthe unemployed register and of coup tat in Lisbon this morning, they said, they boarded the aerer this total only about a quarter re plane and fled. When the officials Jeive the dole, which ranges from ft the aerodrome learned that they: bout 15 to 20 dotys a week (rough: ly from 7s. to 98). With the mew had not been authorised to fly. the scheme in hand many of the terrors machine and that, furthermore, they of the winter ahead will be mitigated were rebels, order's were immediately given to bring the plsae' down. for the unemployed who, strange. say, "will, be eating" "taxes."
Shells were fired and. although
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