New-York tribune., 1906-12-28
TO JAIL THE KING.
PortugaI's Fat Raler Threatened IN
Parliament scith Prison.

--,sn matters reach such pass in q monarchy
,hs+ the sovereign is denounced as 'the chief OF
sber gang as guilty OF the embezzlement OF pun
=, f,yndsp and as "a common criminal" in the
..onal legislature it is exaggeration TO assert
,b.t the throne IS in danger. These were the cpl
,be4s hurled fhe other day at King Carlos OF
poytucal during extremely stormy session Of
ps-lisnent in the course OF which II was asserted
,hst for far less than what King Charles had rem
ss-ed himself guilty Of ''the head of Louis XVI
s.u on the guiIotine." The leader Of the Repuhli-
zn party called upon the Premier. an honorable
man 10 insist that the King should mortgage his
nrivate property 90 pay his debts 20 the national
treasury and then 20 say 20 the monarch, Go
away from Portugal II you do not want the nation
~ pat you in prison like a common criminal" The
Republican leader wound up by proclaiming the
-epubic in the Chamber. which was thereupon,
somewhat late IN the day. cleared by the troops.
king Carlos, like his mother. the Queen Dowsger,
N exceedingly extrayagant and, although his wife
ss rich and closehsted like all the members of the
French House OF Orleans 10 which she belongs
vet he himself has ttle or no private fortune. The
consequence Is that he is nearly always IN debt
srd recently the fact brought TO light that he
hsH been drawing upon the national Treasury for
very large sums in excess OF hts civil list. These
nsyTlents made 70 him without the authority
az the legislature. or course. the proper way for
Parliament 20 have dealt with this matter would
have been 20 impeach the Minister Of Finance for
allowing the Treasury TO honor the Kings drafts
the opposition seems TO have become imbued with
the idea that the royal drafts we're made without
the consent and without the knowledge of the
minister, although this is difficult believe Then
too. tie relations between the Court and tho CabI-
net have been greatly strained for months
past and Il is by means unlikely that the ad-
ministrstlon has been slad OF the opportunity TO
set even with the King by allowing the impression
20 become current that he had obtained money from
the national eEchequer without its knowledge
QUEEN MOTHERS EXTRAVAGANCE.
NOt long ago the Queen mother made an appli-
cation, or. rather. demand upon the Prime Min
isler, not only for the settlement OF a number of
particularly pressing debts. but likewise for an in
onfase q her annual allowance from the state
The Premier rejected her request with vigor and
s spirit that excited her own resentment and like
wise that OF her son. the King She fs a woman
who has no knowledge whatever OF the value OF
money, and is on record as having suuandered
more on dress at Paris than ali the other queens
and expresses put together. During his lifetime
her brother. King Humbert, whose favorite sister
shs was, frequently came TO her rescue and patd
her debts but since his death she has been getting
deeper and deeper into the financial mire and
year sgo she was Subjected TO the public scancal
a having al her servants 20 strike. owing To
tire non-pRyEnent OF their wages. She Is extremely
Iuastsrful ana imperious IN her ways There is
nothing concilintory about her. and on one oc-
casiou. when her husband. the late King had
been toTced by a military pronuncIaJnento 90 con
sent 70 the Duke OF Saidanha becoming Premier
Fhe walked up 20 the old field marshal IN the
midst of some ceremony st court and IN the hear
Hg OF ell present expressed her bitter regret that
Fhe was only tho Queen Instead OF the King and
that II Was therefore beyond her power 70 have
lin shot OF. better stiI. hung mutineer and
coIspirafor.
Charges have also been made iE Parliament that
fe King had used undue influence 70 secure for
tie CoIEte de BGrnay, the farmer Of the national
tobacco monopoly, renewal OF his contract on
farms most advantageous to himself but Injurious
- the state. Il is claimed that the King was
leavliy In dept 20 the count, ana that he took
this means 10 Tid himself OF his liabilities