The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-26
PORTUGAL
ON THE VERGE
OF an Internal UpheavaI, So
1t is Said
REPUBLIC MAY COME In
Old and Corrupt Parties Are Said to Be
Back in Control and Outside Inter-
ference Is Not Prob
able.
REPUBLIC MAY COME IN

Lisbon, Feb. Whether or not 4
republic is soon to suppant the mon.
archy Of Portugal, It i practically the
unanimous opinion here that the near
future will witness violent political
Nstrugge in when the life Of the mon.
archy may be at stake The compare
tive tranquility since tie assassination
i simply breathing spell in which the
forces Of the monarchy on the one hand
and popular government on the other are
being marshalled for the coming conflict.
The masses Of the people in the country
are ignorant and have hitherto been en-.
tirely Indifferent TO the political battles
which have .conrulsed the capital. Lisbon
Tor political purposes ii Portugal, and
The Republicans are confident that the
influence OF the capital. waien they as
strt is almost unanimously Republican,
viii sound the knell 81 the monarchy
Since the assassinations of King Carlos
aud Grown Prince LUZ the Republicans
have been joined By the Dissident Pro
eressists, and they intend to make their
for a cnange Of regime openly
IN the coming electoral contest. Ex.
Deputy Almeida, who is at the head Of
the Republican organization, declares
that their campaign has virtually been
made for them by the revelation of the
abuses Of the old parties. The exposure
Of the political corruption, the manner
IN which an army Of clients was main
tanned at the expense Of the public treas
my, above all, the secret advances made
to the royal family, he claims, shocked
the people from one end of the country
TO the other and destroyed the pre- tige
Of the monarchy. They anticipate an
easy and complete victory Disinterested
opinion, however, does not consider Port
aeal ripe for republic; /. believes, in !
fact, that the country under popular |
regime in the present backward state |
II the masses would become a prey Of /
the ambitions Of politicians, and. like |
Central American republics, would be |
Fitaout stability ana probably witness
! series Of popular upheavals and dicta.
orsnips. Nevertheless. the fear exists /
n these quarters that the monarchy is
doomed.
The young King Manuel, undoubtedly
with The best Of intentions, has Yielded
. the eneniies OF mis- father and Franco.
Ihey have persuaded him to sponge out
he Dictatorship and 70 begin asa strict
{ constitutional sovereign Int abova
III to place himself IN tseir hands. They
Want him to enact the roll Of Dom Ims.
he father Of Carlos, who for twenty
ears ruled Portugal but ala not GOV.
ln Under tie present circumstances
ne course Of the king 81 Most danger
It's inasmueh as he has placed the das
mics Of the throne in TIC hands Of tie
aaders Of tire two discredited I'd partis
ren whose past prevents them fron.
Meeting their adversaries IN the open
eld III political disas zion ana who the
eeple will insist must be disciplined
The real weakness Of the monarchy in
'artugal seems to he that / Is top
pavy. With its territory shrunlen
Is wealth witAered the people crushed :.
ewn BY taxes the nationgl credit bank
art fifteen years 100, tae bankruptcy
I'D the court aFr maintained Oh 4 SCALE
lmo.t as extensive as in the days
{ Portuguese world dominion Seven
laenifcent royal palaces. the Necessi.
AIDES, the royal CITY residence, AiuIa.
be palace Of the dowaeeT queen. Belem.
ueGez aud Gascaes on the seashore and
he marvellous palaces Of Ciutre and
Tena in addition to the shooting places
t villa Vieosa and elsewhere. are kept
+ with all the expenge involved in the
instaDt transfers Of the large confs
ton one place To another I'VE court
~ n, u
tiquette second only to that af Russia
I'D Austria and the personnel is con-
derably larger than that Of Germany
tiles, ranks ana decorations abound anil
re. sought with pas ionate rivalry AMI
le number Of officials ATTACHED to and
Imported by the court II countless. It
here that the pruning hook must be
piled in the reorganization Of a coun. :
8 where half the taxes collected 20 to
~ the interest on state debt.