The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-17
THE CRISIS IN PORTUGAL.
The Revolution, It Is BelieYed, Will Be
Postponed for a While.
THE KAISER'S ASSUMPTIYE SPEECH.
The Cruelty TO Russian Jews-America's Art
Display in Berlin-The Commercial
Treaty-Foreign Events.
Copyright by United Press.l


said in these dispatches last Wednesday even
ing of the gravity of the situation. The
essence Of the Portuguese trouble Is that the
people don't believe in the loyalty of the
throne TO the national interest They regard
King Charles as a tool Of Great
Britain, and while they esteem Queen
Amalie for her amiability and charity.
of which she has given touching evidence IN
taking care from her personal purse OF the
Operto insurgents, they count her as for
eigner with sympathies alien to Portugal. On
the other hand. the young royal couple, not
long married, and with most ample resources
in a private station, are, 1t is stated on good
authority, no less than that OF Comte de Paris,
weary Of their thorny crowns.
BOILING POT OF PLOTS.
The little kingdom is boiling pot of plots
and political ferment and Queen Amalle ls
anxious TO enjoy once more the pleasures OF
life in England, but she will not leave her
husband. and when they go they will go to-
gether. The abdication of King Charles
would leave only the trail four-year-o old King
of Spain as the reignipg representative OF the
Bourbons and Spanish accounts indicate
that the youngsters throne Is not by any
means secure.
General ID. Abran de Sousa, the ex-Premier
of Portugal, is stated TO have declared that he
could not affix his consent TO the new Anglo
Portuguese convention relating 70 Africa, or
recommend its adoption by the Cortes and
that in resigning he wished TO give the King
an opportunity TO form a ministry that could
support the measure. AS the COrtes Will not
meet until the 30th 1T is possible that Crisis
in the affairs Of Portugal Will be deferred
until the close of the month. General de
Sousa says that the evident purpose Of Great
Britain is to deprive Portugal OF all that IS
worth holding in Africa, and to contine her TO
the malaral coast, even there retaining right
of unrestricted traffic.
A STARTLING RUMoR.
A startling rumor is in circulation to-day
that the Princess Elizabeth, granddaughter
of Queen Victoria and wITe or the Grand
Duke Sergius of Russia, has refused to ac
company her husband to Moscow, OF winch
city he has been appointed governor, owing
TO her indignation at the treatment OF the
Jews 1t has been said that the persecution
was begun 50 suddenly and IN such
wholesale fashion in order that the
work of.expulsion might be thoroughly com
pleted before the arrival or SergluS ana his
wife, who it was apprehended would not con-
sent TO be parties to such barbarlty. III the
Princess Elizabeth has really protested, then
she is the third German princess IN the Rus
sian imperial family TO turn against the par
barous methods of Russia
Both parties in Ireland are at their wits end
".
been the basis of appeal for funds ere dlsap-
pearing like mist Most of them are going
back to their farms. and a good many 10
America The rumOrs of desertlOn from the
Parnellites' ranks this week are the trlnt, OF
desperation. The anti-Parnellltes feel that
until Parnell IS out OF the way the american
treasury box is closed and they are trying 10
hurry on his annihiliatlon. But he refuses TO
disappear and the rumOrs of deseruon are
denied by the alleged deserters.
THE KAISER ovgRRATEs HIMSELF.
The Kaiser had printed and circulated
along the sovereign Princes OF Germany
official copies of his speech at Dusseldorf. IN
which the words Il alone am master IN Ger
many" are omitted and an almost meaning
less sentence substituted. The members OF
the diplomatic corps have also been favored
with copies Of the amended address. Ihls IS
taken as showing that for the first time since
mounting the throne the Kaiser appreciates
and virtually admits that he has made pol
! itical biunder IN his rash assertion OF auto
cratic authority.
| IL is significant in this connection that
| Prince Bismarck has been personally congrat-
/ ulated on his election for Geestemunde by the
! Prime Ministers Of Lippe and Mecklenburg-
/ SchwOren. The Kaiser has also given II 20 be
! understood through one OF his seml-ot1cls
! mouth-pieces that his recent speeches must be
! taken with the qualification that while he de-
! sires peace he means 10 be prepared Tor war,
! and that he is watching the attitude
! OF Russia and France. Still more sig
! nifcant is the utterance attributed 70
| DebiOethcher and perhaps rejecting the
views of his master that the Rothschild quarrel
! may be only pretext on the part Of Russia
! for the communication of funds IN Russia
! preparatory TO warlike movement IN the d.
| rection of the Dobruds Cha. Certain IT IS that
! Russia now has a total Of nearly tonr nun
dred thousand men within easy reach OF that
| ROumanian province across which Is the road
| 20 StambOul and Bulgaria.
AMERICAN ART DISPLAY.
Americans have reason to be proud of the
| GermaA criticisms on their share in the Ber-
| lin International Art Exhibition. The Amerl-
can artists in Paris did not feel themselves
| bound by the French resolution 20 abstain
| from taking part and the display whlch they
| have made excites admiration and also sur
prise among those who have crude notions
about the development of Western art.
The British section takes the lead. the lead
| ing artists of London having made 1t mat
ter of personal interest 10 crafty the Empress
| Frederick and console her for the rebut re-
ceived in Paris. The Austro-Hungarlan De
! partment is we'll led by MunkacZY, and the
Spanish and Italian sections are very attrac-
tive. The Germans are smiling grlmly al the
| prominent French artists who, having refused
10 honor the Berlin exhibition, have sent their
pictures TO Moscow just IN time Tor the most
| barDarOus exhibition OF hu5slah lhtoleEhhce
witnessed in this century.
IL is said that the scenes OF suffering aad
misery among the Jews at Moscow have 50
disgusted the foreign visitors to the exhibi-
ton that they have nearly all gone home
again without waiting TO look at the pictures.
CRUELTY TO HEBREWS.
Statements from visitors TO Moscow add
every day TO the stories of cruelty. In some
instances young children were taken from
their parents because their names were not
written in their parents passport. Ihe
| wretched Jews were the pictures OF despair,
as they were led like criminals in chains
through the streets, the women and children,
however. being spared the indIgnity OF fet-
ters The prisons are crowded WITH Jews
awaiting deportation. and the prisoners
| would be starved but for the kindness OF
Christians and other Jews who bring them
bread.
Ii is significant that this persecution. said
! by Chief Rabbi Adler TO be the greatest since
the days of Esther, began on the first day OF the
Passover In every city Of Europe where
there is o synagogue those temples have been
thronged to-day with Jews praying for their
kindred, and the scenes Of lamentatlon and
prayers to Jehovah in the London syna-
gogues recall yividly the Jewish appeals in
| the Bible for deliyerance from the prosecutors
of old
NEW TREATY OF COMMERCE.
Much is expected in Germany from the new
treaty of commerce with Austria Hungary.