. Review of reviews and world's work . stof the other re-forms promisedby the Progres-sives. An excit-ing campaign isexpected. Itseemed likely late last month that the dateof the election might be postponed bevondthe day originally set. Portugars ^^^ ^^ Constitution of Portugal,First Regular as drawn up by the first Parlia-ment, went into effect on August25. Immediately upon its proclamation theentire provisional government, headed byPresident Theophile Braga, which assumedpower at the time of the overthrow of themonarchy just one year ago this month, re-tired from office. The National Assembl


. Review of reviews and world's work . stof the other re-forms promisedby the Progres-sives. An excit-ing campaign isexpected. Itseemed likely late last month that the dateof the election might be postponed bevondthe day originally set. Portugars ^^^ ^^ Constitution of Portugal,First Regular as drawn up by the first Parlia-ment, went into effect on August25. Immediately upon its proclamation theentire provisional government, headed byPresident Theophile Braga, which assumedpower at the time of the overthrow of themonarchy just one year ago this month, re-tired from office. The National Assembly then elected Arriagafirst constitu-tional Presidentof Portugal. AMinistry wasformed, withSenor Joao Cha-gas, one of thebest known fig-ures for manyyears in thestruggle for arepublican formof government,as Premier andalso as Ministerof the Arriaga is in his seventieth year. He is anative of the Azores, a Doctor of Laws of theUniversity of Coimbra, and a brilliant jour-nalist and orator. He announces that he has. FRANCISCO MADERO, A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN MEXICO no program other than the most earnest ofendeavors to unite all parties in the supportof the government,—a task obviously verydifficult, if not impossible of Cabinet has declared that it will pursue amoderate policy, and will endea\-or to revisethe Church separation law so that none of theecclesiastical property or revenues will beconfiscated. A number of efforts to re\-ivethe monarchy, during recent weeks, ha\-e beentraced to activities of the supporters of ex-King Manoel. The republic, howe\er, ap-pears to be firmly in the saddle. End of theBritishStrike With the agreement of the mento abide by the decision of theCommission which the Britishgovernment appointed, late in August, thegreat strike in the British Isles men returned to their work pending a


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