New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
RELATIONS OF RINGS
AND GROWN PRINCES.
OFTEN Strained, As IN
ST4NCED IN PORTUGAL.
TrGfeT -4broad Did Not Make Heir
apparent 4ny bore Tractable-
Differences IN Mdng Lands.

Although there has been q great deal Of exag-
reration in the cable dispatches purporting 10
en1anate from Portugal and TO portray the con-
dition Of affairs at Lisbon, where King Carlos
snd his able and energetic Premier, Senior
Franco have the situation well in hand, enjoy
,ns the support Of the army. Of the Liberals and
even Of the Republican party. which in ordinary
circumstances would be regarded the chief
menace 10 the throne, yet IL is true that there
mas been some dissension in the reigning house
concerning political matters. 1t is no secret
that Queen AmeIie differs from her consort upon
several questions, notably in connection with the
subsection Of the Church and of the monastic
orders 10 the existing laws and financial legis-
lation. Her synpathies, largely owing to the
influences Of her youth and education. have al
WAYS been with the ultra-Conservative eris-
:ocracy. and with the Church rather than with
the Liberals.
Then. too the Queen Mother, sister OF the late
King Hu-nbert OF Italy, is kno9n TO be inimical
10 the present Premier. resenting his refusal to
furnish the money which she demanded from
the treasury for the relief OF pressing obliga-
tioas and the methods which he has been COM
PEELED to adopt for the liquidation OF her debts
both TO the national exchequer and 10 non-gov-
ernnental institutions. Il is not therefore sur
prising TO learn that the Crown Prince has taken
upon himself 70 express his disapproval OF the
policy Of his father. and has in consequence
thereof been sent by the latter in qUasi-banish-
1nent from the court and the capital TO q remote
chateau where he is to all intents and purposes
Under arrest
The Crown Prince IS within three months Of
HIS twenty-hrst birthday. and while he has at
taine7 his legal majority, which in the case OF
European royalty lie usually ar eighteen, il may
be questioned whether he mas reached what are
known as the years OF discretion. He has been
al extremely precociCus lad, and being excep-
tionaly good looking. high spirited and accom-
plished has been much spoiled In fact, when
he accompanied his parents 70 England shortly
after the succession OF King Edward he be-
came SO great & favorite that although barely
fifteen at the time he invested with the
Order Of the Garter. OF course his companions
and associates have been recruited principally
from among the houses Of the old aristocracy
u Portugal. which are all Conservative.
and therefore opposed TO the present regime Of
reform ana Liberalism. II was partly with the
object OF removing him from their influence and
its political consequences that early last sum-
ner he was sent on q species Of royal progress
through the colonial possessions Of Portugal in
Africa. mis- father being OF the opinion that the
trip would at the same time broaden his mind
and encourage those OF his subjects who are
endeavoring to promote the welfare and pros
perity OF the Portuguese crown and nation in
remote dependencies.
TURNED CROWN PRINCES HEAD
In the last-named respect the trip vas
great success, and has served 10 give rise to q
pronounced revival Of colonial enterprise IN
Portugal. But the enthusiasm with which the
Crown Prince was received at every place
which he visited, the adulation to which he was
subjected, and the Importance accorded TO his
every act and utterance in all the cities and
settlements which ne visited have sufflced COM
pleteiy 70 turn the boys head ana 70 frnpue
nm with the conviction that ne has been gifteo
by Providence with qualities OF statesInansnlp
which his ievel-teaded father has only acquired
stter nearly twenty years Of experience on the
throne Of Portugal It is natural, therefore, that
tne Crown Prince, his return from Afrlcd'
should have lent a ready car 10 his former
tonSerTative friends when they urged MIN 10
point out TO his father the error OF his ways
and 70 induce him 10 dismiss his able ana non
est Premier. who has reduced the former annual
oelf1t OF the government by three-quarlefs
without increasing the taxation, and merely by
lne suppression of gross abuses ana almost IN
credible administrative corruption an0 dls-
honesty. II is probable that the Crown Prince
nlgh spirited, strong headed ana exuperant IN
his youth, went 20 the length of telling his
father il the course of heated argument tfat
ne latter was endangering the existence or IN. tnG
aynssty. Il Is a phrase OF which Inuch cdpltal
has been made BY the Conservatives ever since
senhor Franco became Prime minister. aho
Sllcl had certainly been GEDncC lIlIo l-iS ~iOF'A
Prlnces ears by his Tory friends, ana as Don
t1arlos In spite Of his joilty ana cieerHtess,
IS hot tempered. and moreover realized that
TIE difficulties with which he and his government
hso 20 contend calculated TO be increased
ny the hold VI = AIS foes had succeeded IN es-
tablishing upo ~ sympathies Of the heir ap-
Darent, in RhCse favor they recommended that
ne should abdicate, be has taken the most et-
acacfous steps 10 remove him cut OF harIn
way
Young Dom LuiZ is by no means the only heir
apparent to a throne whose differences with ms
father In political matters have attracted pubhc
a'tention The present King Of Italy on seVeraI
occasions protested vigorously to his father
against the attitude Of his government notably
Y Connection with the Abyssinian disasters and
zoe dictafo-ial and unconstitutional methods OF
ne Crispi administration. that quarrels ensued
estween them,
DIFFERENCES IN GERMANY
The differences between old Emperor William
and his only son extended even to matters mill
@1s, and occasion "Cnser Fritz WAS
subjected 10 certain military penalties by his
-a'ner for having In the course OF an inspection
q the Guards brought ridicule upon the tight
hltlng uniform and equipment Of the soldiers by
afoigiDg gold coin at the feet Of ef the
isdf-s safc telling him that he could haze u II
= as able TO pick IL up-a feat entirely be-
SIC The mans power. Again III FREDERICK
~ GRIEF reign his son, The present Kaiser,
~ iar from being In accord with al the poit-
- methods OF his father though The difference
sch fr.eyr ia these and otisef inatteIS were
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