All Ready For Civil War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 12, 1913:
Portuguese Factions, Well Armed, May Begin Fighting Any Night.
    LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 4.— The political situation in Portugal dally becomes more threatening. Rumors are current every night that one tide or the other intends to overturn the Government and to force either the proclamation of a dictatorship or the appointment of a Provisional Cabinet.
    The secret society of the Carbinarios is increasing in strength. It now numbers 30,000 members. The adherents of the two factions formed by the Democrats on one side and the Conservative groups composed of the Revolutionists, the Unionists, and the Independents, on the other, are fully armed with automatic rifles pistols, and stores of bombs.
    The Democrats, led by Dr. Affonso Costa, refuse to join in a coalition Government. As the Democrats number about half of the Deputies and Senators, the Conservatives do not possess a working majority in either House. The Portuguese Constitution does not permit of a dissolution of Parliament, and the President of the republic is seeking to allay the intense personal rivalries existing among the politicians.