The Washington herald., 1907-12-01
Chickering's that Estrange
Kings and Crown Princes.
SOMETIMES END IN BL0ODSHED
Heirs Apparent. Made vain by Pop
uIRr AduIation, Frequently Con-
Running Things Than Their More
Experienced sires-Few Examples.
By EN-ATTACHE.

/ purporting 10 emanate from Portugal and
/ to portray the condition OF affairs ut
/ Lisbon where King Carlos and his able
/ and energetic premier Senior Franco
have the situation wen In hand enjoying
the support Of the army. Of the Liberals.
and even Of the Republican party, which
/ i'm ordinary circumstances would be re-
garded as the chief menace 10 the throne
! Yet it is true that there has been some
/ d'ssension in the reigning house con-
I corning political matters.
! Ii is no secret that Queen Amelie DIFF
/ fers with her consort upon several ques-
/ tiOns. notably in connection with the
subjecton Of the church and Of the
monastic orders TO the existing laws and
] financial legislation Her sympathirs
J largely owing 10 the influences Of her
/ youth and education. have always been
With the ultra Conservative aristocracy
and with the church rather than with the
! Liberals.
Then too the Queen Mother. sister Of
| the late King Humbert OF Italy, is known
10 be inimical 20 the present premier. re-
| senting his refusal TO furnish the money
which she demanded from the treasury
for the relief Of pressing obligations, and
/ the methods which he has been compelled
10 inaugurate FOR the liquidation Of her
( debts. both 10 the national exchequer and
| 10 nongovernmental Institutions
/ It is therefore not surprising 10 learn
1 that the crown prince has taken upon
I himself TO express his disapprOval OF the
policy Of his father, and has, In conse-
I quence thereof, been sent by the latter I'm
/ quasi -banishment from the court and the
capital 10 a remote chateau where he is
/ 20 al intents and purposes under arrest
Crown Prince l. PrecOcIOus.
The crown prince is within three
months OF his twenty-first birthday. and
I while he has attained his legal ma
jority. which in the case Of European
royalty is usually at eighteen. IL may be
questioned whether he has reached what
are known as the years of discretion. He
has been an extremely precOcioUs lad.
and being exceptionally good-lookinS
/ high-spirited, and accomplished. has been
much spoiled. In fact. when ne accom-
/ panied his parents 10 England shortly
after the accession of King Edward. he
/ became SO great a favorite that. al
/ though barely fifteen AZ the time. he
/ was invested with the Order OF the Car
/ ter.
OF course his companions and asso-
/ ciates have been recruited principally
/ from among the houses OF the old aris-
/ tocracy Of Portugal. which are all ultra
I Conservative. and therefore opposed 10
4 the present regime of reform and hber-
alism. 1t WAS partly with the object Of
/ removing him from their influence and
/ It's political consequences that early last
summer be was sent ON a species OF royal
+ progress through the colonial possessions
OF Portugal in Africa. his father being
I OF the opinion that the trip would al
. the same time broaden his mind. and en-
/ courage those of his subjects who are
I endeayoriug 20 promote the welfare and
prosperity Of the Portuguese crown and
nation in remote dependencies
/ IN the last named respect the trip was
! a great success. and has served 10 give
\ rise 60 a very pronounced revival of coli
/ onial enterprise in Portugal. But the en-
/ thusaSm with which the crown prince
/ was received at every place which he Wis
J ited the aduIaUon 20 which ne was
/ subjected. and the Importance accorded
/ 10 his every act and utterance IA all
/ the cities and settlements which he vis-
! tied. have sufficed to completely turn
I the boys head. and 10 imoue him with
/ the conviction that he has been gifted
I by providence with qualities Of states
manship which his level-headed father
/ has only acquired after nearly twenty
/ years of experience on the throne Of Por-
/ tugal
Finds FauIt with King.
/ II is natural. therefore. that the crown
/ prince, on his return from Africa. should
/ have lent a ready ear TO his former Con-
/ sevative friends when they urged him to
/ point out to his father the error Of his
/ ways. and 20 induce him TO dismiss his
/ able and honest premier, who has re-
/ duced the former annual deficit OF the
/ government by three-quarters without
! increasing the taxation. and merely by
/ the suppression OF gross abuses and al
most incredible administrative corruption
( and dishonesty. Il is quite probable that
/ the crown prince. high spirited. strong
! headed. and eXuberant in his youth. went
/ 20 the length Of telling his father IN the
course OF a heated argument that the
| latter was endangering the existence of
/ the dynasty. II is phrase Of which
/ much capital has been made by the Con-
l seTvatives ever since Senior Franco be-
came prime minister and which had Ger
/ tainly been dinned into the crown princes 5
/ ears by his Tory friends, and as Don
+ Carlos. in spite of his jollity and cheeri-
| ness, is hot tempered and, moreover.
realized that the difficulties with which
he and his government had TO contend
4 We're calculated TO be increased by the
( hold which his foes had succeeded in es-
/ tablishing upon the sympathies Of the
! heir apparent. in whose favor they rec
/ ommended that he should abdicate he
has taken the most efficacious steps 10
/ remove him out OF harms way.
! Young Dom Luiz is by no means the
only heir apparent 10 a throne whose diff
ferences with his father in political mat
/ ters have attracted public attention The
/ present King of Italy. on several Occa-
sions. protested 50 vigorously TO his
/ father against The attitude of the gov
ernment, notably in connection with the
Abyssinian disasters. and the dictatorial
and unconstitutional methods Of the
Crispi administration, that quarrels en-
sued between Humbert and his son.
which resulted in the latter being severe
( ly disciplined. in the form OF temporary
banishment from court. ana even con-
hnement TO his quarters.
Frederick and Bismarck.
Emperor Frederick's pronounced Lib
eralism from the time of his becoming
Crown Prince in 1852 until his succession
20 the throne more than a quarter Of a
century later. brought him into constant
conflict with his fathers government,
headed by Prince Bismarck. who regard
ed the advanced views of the heir-ap-