The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-04-30
FEAR FOR LIFE
| OF KING MANUEL
,REoPENiNG OF PORTUGUESE
coRTEs MAY START TRousLE.
OPPOSITION ALL PRlMED
Ready to Attack Government by
Revivins "RoyaI Advances" =
Francoists Refuse to
i Compromises.

Lisbon, Apr 29.-Great concern ex-
lists lest the reopening of parliament
Wednesday may be the occasion of a
fresh outrage-possibly an attempt on
the life of the young King Manuel,
who, in accordance with the tradition
must go in state to the Cortes to pro-
nounce the opening.
The city is full of troops and the en-
tire route from the Necessidades pal
ace to the parliament house will be
lined with soldiers. The king will
travel in a closed carriage surrounded
by lancers. Some time ago a plot was
discovered, said to be a direct sequel
OF the tragedy of February /, and a
man named Palanque was arrested.
Ready to AssalI Government. :
The republicans, dissidents and
preparations to precipitate an on
slaught on the government shortly
after parliament opens, by reviving
the scandal in connection with the
royal advances" obtained by the late
King Carlos from the state treasury
The young king apparently sincerely
desires to make every possible
amend; he wanted the whole question
Investigated by a commission before
the assemblage of the Cortes and re-
peatedly expressed his intention of re-
paying to the treasury every cent of
the money Illegally advanced No
commission, however, was appointed.
! IA nlys, lot
the failure to comply with the kings
request was that the amount credited
TO the king on the treasury books was
not 100000, as everybody supposed,
but that the sum liquIdated by Franco
was approximately $l,500.000. The
most sensational revelation, however,
Is that the royal family actually only
received 100000, the remaining $780,
600 having been absorbed in the pro-
eress of transmission by the ''rota-
tives," then in control.
Francoists Spring a Coup.
The present administration, being
unaware that this knowledge was in
the possession of the Francoists an
nounced the intention of violently at
tacking the entire Francoist regime
But Senior Reymao and Senior Mar
tins de Carbalho, who were respec-
lively minister of public works and
minister of finance in Frances cabinet,
and who have been elected to the
chamber, promptly called the govern
ments bluff They publicly announced
that they were In possession of i'm
portant discriminating documents
which would prove that the major por-
tion OF the money which was supposed
to have gone to the royal house, had
found its way into the pockets of sew
eral of the regenadores and progres.
siyes, who belong to the present gov
ernment. Thereupon the government
quickly changed front and made over
lures for an alliance whereby the
Francoists should act with the govern
ment in resisting the attacks of the
republicans and dissidents. sfe'
The basis of the proposed deal was
that the government would forego its
attacks of the Franco regime and the
Francoists refrain from revealing the
incriminating documents. The Franco
lists, however, declined the offers of a
compromise and parliament opens
with them apparently lined up with
republicans and dissidents against the
government.