New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
SILKY THRONES.
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| riaga had been detained for a couple OF days on
board a man-of-war lying at anchor in the
Tagus the ministers became alarmed and per
! suaded the King to set him at liberty This
| attitude of the Crown and of the State in con-
| nection with the republican sentiments OF mill
| tary dignitaries of the rank OF Colonel Garcia
and of General COelho-men intrusted to a great
extent with the training 1i the officers and sol
diers of the Portuguese Arrry-has naturally
had the effect of encouraging anc.-dynastic tend
ences among the latter to such an extent that
the King no longer depend his troops for
| the defence of his throne. The measures which
i he is now adopting in the shape of wholesale
arrests. courts martial and the deportation OF
entire shiploads of officers and soldiers TO the
| most pestilential of the Portuguese penal col
| onies on the west and east coasts Of Africa
| came too late 10 accomplish any good They
merely serve to render those who remain behind
whether still in the army retired therefrom
more vindictive against the Grown, and more
| firm in their determination TO get rid of the
| King, so that at any moment We may hear OF
military pronunciamento at Lisbon, and OF
Don Carlos being placed board some out
ward bound vessel. fortunate. indeed if he es-
capes a more tragic fate.
Nor are the people Of Portugal one whit less
disaffected than the army. Both the aristocracv
legitimist pretender. Dom Miguel of Braganza
who occupies with regard to the throne OF. Por-
tusai' much the same position as that of Don
Carlos of Bourbon toward the crown of Spain.
Inc feelings of the nobility are perhaps hest
| SHOWN oy the fact that, while the King was in
England last year. the Portuguese House OF
LoIus almost succeeded in passing a law repeal
ms lhe Ia" OF exile against the pretender Dom
Miguel. the government with much difficulty Sc
curing at the last moment the defeat OF this
measure by a single vote. The episcopacy and
all the religious orders are opposed to the Kina,
because he has made an endeavor to s,,biAc,
tneIh 10 the laws of the land and likewise n
HscdI oDlSatons from which they had man
dSeo uAIH recently to escape The adoption Of
ms course with regard TO the clergy and to the
religious orders naturally has led to an aeita
uon analogous 20 that which has been created
III rance Dy the action OF the present Combes
administration In connection with the Church
ana as north of the Pyrenees. So also in Por-
tusai mas the cry of religious persecution been
raised. many of the principal mobiles AZ co,,--
ies'ShlhS their offices in the royal household in
eoAe' Oh their disapproval of the Kings policy
1He clergy and the religious orders are OF
course IKE the nobility. all in favor OF tn.
pretender, Dom Miguel who in the sar,,A wv,
as Don Carlos in Spain. promises in the e,-s7-
VI MS securing possession of the throne IN re-
'0 'He oiuIIIIle power. prerOgatives and in
nuehee 10 the Church and to the aristocracy.
oI winch they were deprived under the reier
of the late ing
hluaHy hopeless are the prospects of the King
iecel''hS any assistance from the niddIa ami
Io"er classes All the political life and vi,or NJ
O'luSdi' the intelligence the enlishtennnen+
De INDUSTRY and the commerce of the nation. are
centred In the principal cities and towns N.
lUl"t uS'rlcts being Of small account. politically
speaking for owing to the fact that the rail
IoduS' iew IN number. have been built for tn.
oeheht Of the urban population. and vftbo,,
any reference to the requirements and devsIou-
"IeiI' OF agriculture. the peasantry have re-
manned unanected by modern progress. being
steeped' on the contrary. In the Grass iznoran.,
VI 'hree centuries ago. and utterly Indifferent 10