The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Opposing Political Parties Make Threats of Disaster to
 the Throne
CRISIS IS FEARED WHEN
 PARLIAMENT CONFINES
Tremendous Expenditures of the Late King Carlos Have Aroused the Political Leaders and Por-
 tugal Is Shaky.

Lisbon, April 2s.-Great concern lest the reopening of parliament tomorrow may be the occasion of fresh outrage-possibly Manuel, who in accordance with the tra- ditions, must go in state to the cortes to pronounce the opening.
 The city is full of troops and the entire route from the Necessdades palace to the parliament house will be lined with sol diers. The King will travel in a closed carriage surrounded by lancers. Some time ago a plot was discovered said to be direct sequel of the tragedy on Feb ruary 1, and a man named Palanquake was arrested, but the police failed to pro cure discriminating evidence and he was released.
 The republicans, dissidents and Fran coists seem to have completed prepara- tions to precpitate an onslaught on the government shortly after parliament opens by reviving the scandal in con- necton with the royal advances ob- tained by the late King Carlos from the state treasury. The young King appar- ently sincerely desires to make every pos sible amend. He wanted the whole ques- tion investigated by a commission be- fore the assemblage of the cortes, and repeatedly expressed his intention of re- paying to the treasury every cent of the money illegally advanced. No commits sion, however, was appointed.
 It now leaks out that the secret of the failure to comply with the Kings request was that the amount credited to the King on the treasury books was not $10O,O0, as everybody supposed, but that the sum liquidated by Franco was approximately $l, FOG, ,000 The most sensational revela- ton, hewea.er. is that le royal family actually only received $7G,D00, the remain ing sS00,000 having been absorbed in tile process of transmission by the "ro- tatives," then in control. The present administration being unaware that this knowledge was in the possession or the Francoists, announced the intention Of violently attacking the entire Francost regime.
 But Senhor Rhymo and Senhor Matines de Carvalho, who were respectively nm :ster of public works ana minister of finance in Franeos cabinet, and who have been elected to the chamber, promptly called the governments bluff They pup licly announced that they were in pos session of important discriminating docu- ments which would provo that the major portion of the money which was sup posed to have gone to the royal house had found it's way into the pockets ot several of the regenerators and progress sives who belong to the present govern ment Thereupon the government quick ly changed front and mace overtures for an alliance, whereby the Francolsts should act with the government in re- sisting the attacks of the republicans and dissidents.
 The basis for the proposed deal was that the government would forego its attacks on the Franco regimists and the Francosts refrain from revealing the in- eliminating documents. The Francoists, however declined the offer of compro- mise and parliament opens with them apparently lined up with republicans and dissidents against the government.
 The governments organ, Mundo, says that upon the first evidence that the republicans are trying to precpitate conflict the government will dissolve par liament. suspend the constitutional guar antees and proclaim military dictator ship. The republican press answers the threat by warning King Manuel to re- member the fate of Charles l and Louis XVII