The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-03

\ Y, FEBRUARY 8, 1908.
Pathfinder its Kings pntronng e---.to
become q rival to Monte Carlo us cen
tre for this sport.
TN Il recent match ut the Lisbon
Club. in which the King competed, he
scored heavily The .courtlers. with
one exception were too loyal, IL TO attempt
ton was Dom Alfredo O'Neil. d de-
scendant OF an 1rishman who had cen
turies before found fame and fortunc
with tile prize---n magnificent piece or
plate--son1e English speaker called
out: BE tie powers. ould Oirelnnd for
iy ,,, !, w ,. the King was intensely
King Cnrlos Wished to FAbhicnte.
Recently several reports have come
from Lisbon to the effect that King
Carlos was anxious to abdicate IN favor
OF the Crown Prince. The official ex-
easvgoing monarch. Carlos had wearied
OF the affairs OF state, and was enger'
that the burden should fall on other
throughout Europe. and even in. ,diplo-
matte circles in this country, It was
whispered that the real reason King
Carlos desired to indicate was vas, on q az, &C.
! the King was SO devoted to this actress
! that he wished to he In position
where he could devote his entire time
to her. and this he felt lie could best
accomplish by abandoning the throne
and retiring with his actress to one OF
his many castles. 1t Is reported ina.
infatuation of their King for this ac-
tress, and resented 1t deeply.
In November OF last year dispatches
! sent out from London stated that
Crown Prince Luiz Philippe had been
| royal residence at Villa vicosa, an iso--
lated park about ten miles distant
from the capital. This report, 1t was
/ to have been Inspired BY the enemies
of the reigning King.
Ono popularity of the King which
caused those entertained much discon-
J fort was his refusal to touch his lips
/ to the same glass of wine more than
once. AS soon as he had raised q glass
| to his lips and slipped It's contents he
| insisted that the glass be removed from
! the table and replaced with another.
King Carlos did not drink as much
| wine at banquets as many other mon
archs, but II the. number OF glasses
used by him had been taken as y, or, cri-
/, sumo 1t by the gallon.
strained Relations With Parliament.
| While there had been considerable
| disruption IN political affairs IN Por-
tugai TOR long time. the strained or, re-
| Lament were brought to q head only
| on May nth last by the dissolution OF
1.-THE Chambers. Tho States councillors
testing against the state OF absoiutism
| when resulted from the dissolution,
1 and they deplored then that. the Iing
land the country had been placed III d
The crisis in the political situation
| arose from the fact that the Cabinet.
! which represented exclusively the new
| Liberal group, found It's program %
/ Conservative and Progressive part,es,
and decided to ask for the dissolution
OF Parliament in order to bring aooul
| the PRONUNCIATION OF a number OF meas.
| ures by means of DEGREES. The Cabinet
was of the opinion that thus having
| established its determination radically
try. it could appeal with the fullest
confidence to the people IN genera
election. The opposition attacked the
King for dissolving Parliament deciar-
| ing this to be an unconstitutional step;
Senior Franco, the premier. published
| a decree dissolving the chamber. ana
| stated that after seven months OF par
liamentary strife he had found 1t I'm.
| possible to govern with a Parliament
and to carry out his Legislative pro.
gram which included policy OF sociai
and economic reform and eiiiciehI paiI
control of the administration. In this
matter he established veritable dc,
tatorship. and since then has governed
with an iron. hand.
REPORTS semnnating from many parts
of Portugal and through Madrid, IN
spain. within the last few months have
indicated that trouble was brewing Tor
Portugal and that revolutionists we're
had been put down. the police on jan.
uary ed came upon widespread plot
to overthrow the monarchy and pro-
claim Portugal a republic. The plot
IN izaH Nv
i,vanced republicans and the Original
Intention was to assassinate Premier
Franco and depend upon the secret
armed with bombs and revolvers to
complete the work OF revolution IN the
streets.
place Of the conspirators and made Al
number OF arrests, Selling quaint ties or
bombs and other weapons and since
then other raids have been made ,,1 IN
believed they had the revolutionaries
we'll III hand. Each day, however,
brought new evidences OF the araml1-
cations of the plot to remove the heads
Of the state and establish republican,
ism In the country.
A treaty with England. however not
only provides for assistance from that
country in tile event of foreign Inva--
sion of Portugal, but is also designed
to safeguard the crown against any
danger from revolution in the form
OF an attempt upon TIC HioHaichs ~
self
The Prctender to the Throne.
Dom Miguel de Braganza. head OF
the direct house OF Braga It, which
pretender to the throne. is likely to
come to the front again, because of the
death OF King Carlos and the Crown
Prince The father OF Dom Miguel
was the late King Miguel. Duke OF
Braganza. who received the throne
from his niece, Queen Maria IL, daugt- !
ter OF Emperor Pedro I. Of Brazil. and
vas King of Portugal from 1928 to
ria was restored to- the throne. There |
have been numerous rumors Of re-
bel!ion with the object of placing Dom
Miguel on the throne, but recentlyE
these We're not given serious consider
alton.
|PR[S. ROOSEVELT