The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04

near meeting such tastes. And the people
Of Portugal. though they are not poor and
not over taxed. are not very willing 20
indulge their King. Now Franco shows
a disposition TO indulge the Kings tastes.
Here again tho influence Of Brazil 10 felt.
The returned Brazilian Portuguese could.
IL he void. help the royal purse, by getting
himself created a visoount. A good many
Of them DO; but while their subscriptions
are useful they have h effect Of antagoniz-
ing still further the democratic sentiment
Of tho younger generation. 1t is not %
much the republican idea AZ impatience
with the make believes Of q little monarch.
The boHhommie that surrounds Carlos
In his frequent visits to foreign courts
does not prevent him from being n thor
ough Saxe-Coburg -Gotha man in his stick
ling for ceremonial. When he ven to
England to attend Queen victoria's funeral
he soleinnly consigned the regency and the
relns Of power TO his wife. Quesn Amelia.
IL was not enough for Carlos 70 do this
by domestic psrlor arrangements ratified
by his Ministers. What he decided the oc-
casion required was the solemn establish
msnt Of a regency.
The Queen. attired In gala robes. drove to
the Cortes In q state coach drawn by six
horses. There she took q solemn oath In
the Kings presence to observe the Consti-
tuition and maintain the Catholic faith.
Then Carlos cot forth In peace Of mind to
attend the funeral.
Little wonder that people credit the King
with being . sort of good bourgeois repub-
lican himself. adding with a laugh, But
don't you see a republic is impossible in
Portugal"
A frequent remark OF the professional
person who is the inspirer Of young repub-
licans 10: We are q republican people; only
a republic 10 impossible in Portugal Most
Of the other well to do. middle aged public
talk in the same key. I'm q republican;
all our own intelligent people are; but in
Portugal a republic 10 impossible
For a small country there 10 in Portugal
a remarkable diversity, even antagonism.
OF local sentiment. The northern prov
inces, which look to Oporto as their centre,
are still dominated by the Celtic spirit. Their
people rave the Celtic aptitude for causing
political commotion. some OF the Celtic
quickness Of brain. mt more than the Celtic
untidiness and wan of method.
In the south there is a placid population.
rather languid and melancholy. and easy to
govern. IL is much more akin to the peas
antry Of central Spain. with a strain Of the
Moorish and the African.
In appearance the South is surprisingly
tropical. II 10 q land Of wide, white sandy
riverbeds. with a mere rivulet OF water
tricklinR through them even in early sum-
mer; almost no bird life or game Of other
sort. for there 10 no cover; humble, burned
looking dwellings for man and cattle. with
low overlapping lid roofs TO give Q little
Of the shade that the nearly leahess trees
refuse. At the end Of June the main oc-
cupstion seemed to be stripping the bark.
half q foot thick. of the cork trees. which
abound in sparsely planted groves.
The men, like their goats and oxen. are
small and quiet. The women are rather
bigger, mostly built on sturdy lines and
are employed at everything. from signalling
trains to breaking stones on the roadside.
They go barefoot on all occasions, but on
the fete days. which are frequent even
for a thoroughly Catholic country. they
make up for it with an overwhelming load
Of headkerchiefs and earrings.
Around Lisbon and the South the woman
is expected to do most Of the counting.
In Spain the woman when she 10 very
young is counted much the finer type.
and the male sdmirer takes any amount Of
trouble to plead his case for hours beneath
her balcony. Not 30 in the Portuguese
capital. Around the Rooio and near the
Cafe Suisse the beau, both young and
middle aged, does his amorous promenade
by standing still.
His reposefulness 10 not 90 much be-
cause OF the sultry evenings as from a con-
seriousness Of his personal decorativeness.
There 10 nothing OF the nimblsness OF the
American or English youth about the Por-
tugueSe. Usually he resembles his King
Carlos in the mates Of generous girth
about the waist.
In his dress the Portuguese man Of leisure
keeps to the quaint taste OF old fashioned
hacienda melodramas. The pattern Of
his colored shirt is usually rather over
towering, nor 10 ne afraid TO please his
untamed fancy when he picks his pattern
for a summer suit. And yet withsl he is
rather a mild. depressed, undecided sort
of mar
Even Spain. which is still in a rather
humble and oontrite mood, weighs on him
by her greatness. He doesn't think Por-
tugal will co anything startling. because
the Spanish Government would not approve.
Even the Republican movement 10 sus-
pected because Of the fear that the disap-
pearanoe Of P~ortugals separate dynasty
would be the removal Of the chief safeguard
OF her separate national existence.
Still more do the Portuguese cling to
the century old notion that internationally
their country 10 q sort Of dependency on
England. IL Vas in the memorable
Methuen treaty with England that Portugal
found herself caught most characters
tioally asleep. England. then at war with
France. promised In the good old port
drinking days that she would take all her
red wines from Portuga'. There was in
fact no other place in the wide world where
she could get them. In return she asked
for and got from Portugal q binding CON
tract not to start any manufacturing in
dustry but to import everything OF that
kind from England.
Portugal is suffering from the ethuen
treaty to this day economically, and even
politically. II has done her permanent
harm by destroying confidence in her
capacity to drive an international bar
gain. And yet these same Portuguese
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