The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-26
MONARCHY
 IS DOOMED Violent Political Strug gle Approaching.
LISBON TO BE TIE SCENE
Tranquility Since Assassination is
 Simply Breathing Spell.
The Republicans Have Been Rseentiy Joined by the Discsraant Progress ists asd Everytsins '. new in
 Readiness.

@is0un S6ep. tzJs--Wnether, or not N republic Is soon to suppiant the nom archy in Portugal. 1t Is practicaliy the unanimous opinion here. that the near future wiu witness 6 violent poiitieal struggle in which the life of the nson- archy may be the stake.
 The comparative tranquility since the assassinations ia simply a. breath ing spell in which the forces of the monarchy on the one hand and popular government on the other hand are be- ing marshaled for the coming fray. the battlefield of which will he fin IAs- bon. The masses of the espeopie in fI~ country are ignorant and have hffh er- 10 been entirely indifferent to Cha rpos. itical battles which have convulanA fha capitaI. Lisbon. for political purposea .s nore1sg eSssegai and the repuhllcans are ital. which they assert "a almost unaf- imoueIy republican. will sound tho knell of the monarchy.
 since the assassinations of Kin9 Car ioa and Prince Luiz, tho republicagia have been joined by the discorda ;,t s,rs, 9ressists and they intend to make their campaign for a change of regime ouer, " In the coming elecfortaI oonteef. Ex- Deputy Aimeida. who is ax the sAtC NGQuD&fS8u NEMAHN~U tfNE declared that their Campaign .i1ag 'vsr. tually been made for them hy fire rev- ekatf0u Of the scandaI0us ahsinem of n . oid parties. The exposure of the pol itlcal corruption. the manner in which at the expense of the public frasenrv and above all, the secret Advances mado 70 the royal family, ha cIafs11n shocked the people from one erd af tne country to the other and desffoyed tory. "
 Prey for PoiItacfaun.
 Dssinterested opinion however. doe8 not consider Portugal ripe for q r4pul- lscs 1t believes, In fact. fhaf khn s.e,ss,, tFy, updeE popular re1i,sae iS Sise present Backward state. of the i1saessa. would become a prey of anfhlkfoi4n saefz tkicians, and like tl1e Central Asn&Fi4 ss. can rspppl:ea would bp ithoat staRli- these auankeFs that the iiaonarclss lfe doomed The yQunk Klnk Manuel. undeubtedly with the best of fnteF,. tions. has yielded to the enemies of nis father and Franco. Tliey haws persuaded him to sponge out the siie- tatorehip and 10 begin aa a sfrseflv constitutional sovereign. but above aIi. to plaea himself in their hands. Tnev want htm 10 enact the role of Don JsnlS. the father of Carlos. who for
 
 did not govern. Under the present ctrcumstances. tha couse of the King is dangerous. In as much aa he haa placed the dest.nes of the throne in 0f the two discredited old parties. men whose past prevents them from meet. tng their adversaries in the open field 0f political discussion, and who the neo ple will Insist must be disciplined.
 One act of repression will entail an- other. The ery will be raised that re- action has come and an expiosion win be inevitable. In this event tho throna. may be compelled to establish a second dictatorship. The real weakness of the monarchy in Portugal seems to be that 1t Is top-heavy. With it's terri tory shrunken. its wealth wtthered. ina people crushed down by taxes. the lla tlonal bankrupt fifteen years ago. fhp beaureocracy and the court are main tained on scale almost as extensI~A as in the days of Portuguese world dominion and splendor Seven magas. ficant royal palaces, in addition to fAe shooting places at Villa vacosa and elsewhere, are kept up with afl the expense involved in the constant trans fers of the large court fom one place to another.
 It Is here that the pruning hoob must be applied in the reorganization of country. where half of the taxes are collected to go to pay the iilteres on the state. debt.
 Powers Won't Enterfege.
 The students of the universities. as in Russia, and other countries whera revolution is being agitated. are play ;ng n considerable role in Portugal and another factor in the sitnatfon. tho church. may become prominent Roman Catholicism is, the state religion and the people are Catholic but not c1er- icaL No matter what happens in Por- tugal. foreign intervention to sustain the monarchy is not anticipated Both Spain, the neighbor and Great Britt ain. practically dominates the foreign policies of Portugal. would undoubted- ly like to. see the present regime. sus- tained as would probably other pow CTS whose subjects have business in- terests in the country, but Great Brit ain. 1t is believed. would not attempt to interfere in the internal policies of the country.
 s She will probably continue to keep ships at Lagos or in the harbor of Lis bon to protect her subjects and .Aea Portuguese government probably sAA be given to understand that it can count. upon Great Britain moral sup-
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