London, Apr. 20.
Huse of Commors to-day regard~ Replying to questions in the ug the. present. situation Jdetra, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, stated that the bel forces continued to be in_o2- Jexpation of the Island and thet the British cruiser London remained in the port of Funchal for the proteeion" of British subjects and. pro-
Pere expeditionary force recently seat from Portugal, he continued, twas diverted to deal with the out freak in the Azores and it was now reported that the insurgents. there fad. surrendered unconditionally.
Portuguese, men-of-war, the For. lien Secretary proceeded, were leruising in the vicinity of Madeira enforce. the decree prohibiting te nae by foreign ship of the pots Jo the Toland except for the evacuee tion of foreign nationals.
"The importance which the British Government. attached to. the fgsarding of British interests. in Sadeira, Mr. Henderson declared, had been strongly impressed. upon the Portuguese Government by' Sit Francis Lindley, the British Ambassador in Lisbon, and_upon' the rebels by the British Coneul at Funchal. No British subjects, were reported to have been molested, nor had" any' British property been Jdamaged.—Wireless through Reuter. la, Azores, AY. 20. ended." When Gov-on the fon Saturday. they ler cantered no opposition. Three IGo.crnment "planes. fying over" the! island were even cheered by. the populace.
Political exiles on the Island of st. Michael, on leoraing of" the surrender of the rebels at Terceira, left in @ Portugese merchant ship.—Reuter.
Ponto Delgada, Azores, Apr. 22, A. miniature Portuguese armada, Jconsisting of the cruiser Vasco da! [Gama, "the gunboats Zaire. and Damao and the transports Pedro Gomez and Cabango, with two regiments. of infantry and three tea-Blanes; will proceed "to Ma-daira to-morrow tq act against the rebels.
The cruiser Carvalho Aranjo lett Lisbon to-day for Madeira. with troops, "The steamer Nyseca and four fishing vessels have also. been ordered to leave for the same de-
Inewspapers which state several people have been. killed by gunfire directed against' a crowd, "Four classes of reserves have been call jed to the colours and ofiecrs on furlough have been ordered to ree A.message'from Ponto Delgada, delayed by the censor, states the frst shots may be fired to-morrow morning between rebels in Made jand the armada under the Portuguese Minister of Marine, Admiral (Marcano Silva. The armada, which consists of one cruiser, two gunboats and two transports, has sailed Jatter coaling here during the past two days, "They took additional supplies for an expedition which ite be made up of two regiments lof infantry and three seaplanes, A final ultimatum will be pres iserited to the rebels from the cruis. steamers converted into -auxiliar Barges are being rowe for the purpose of landing' troops. dug trenches. in [Madeira and the outcome of a naval attack on. the formidable natural [fortress is problematical—Through Reuter.
Lisbon, Apr. 24.
The government has sued orders ailing to. the colours two classes of reservists and instructing and navy officers ough to rejoin their units immeely. Rumours are current that consignment of some 90,000 rifles rom England has slipped through the customs guard andiis now bee ing secretly distributed to the population in preparation for n gen eral rising.
AAs to the situation on the rebel idands it is reported that govern ment troops effected a landing on the' small island of, Porto. Santos, some 50. sea miles from "Madeira, The attempts to. land. them at Mac fdcira. directly "having proved too dificult, it was decided 10 use Porto [Santos as base for the coming often sive operations, Statements appease ing inthe press say that these military measures have so far cost the Portuguese Treasury some 10,000 Pound Sterling per day.—Trange JOcean Kuo Min.
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