The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-15
Personal Side Of Dom Miguel
 The Young King of Portugal

civil list of Dom Carlos, and consented to reduction Of -ff2s peos a -yeat--of an annual made to the late King without the consent of Parliament These sacrifices have not ben made in vain. King Manuel thereby his desire to Tighten their burdens and con firmed them in their impression that he waa youth of wise and generous instincts, This popular belief has been strengthened by the simplicity of his life whether in the Palace of Necessidades in Lisbon-where he is the sovereign and the statesman--or in Pans beautiful Cintra--where he is the prince and the private gentleman.
 If his public appearances have been rart it is due to the natural anxiety of Q Queen who has seen husband and son murdered in the streets of the capital. King Manuel him self has no fear of his subjects. to whom 1t Is his ambition to be known for the wis dom and sympathy that distinguished Pedro the Just. Already there are signs that his reign has not been without advantage to his country. If political hates and intrigues have not ceased, they have at any rate lost some of their energy and vindietiveness If perts with alarm and to put fettere on the development of the resources of Portugal, there are none the less evidences of increas- ing prosperity.
 The Friend of Portugal.
 King Manuel is assured a warm welcome to Great Britain. Apart from the long and inti- mate friendship that existed between King
 
 a traditional and national bond.
 The connection between Portugal and Great Britain goes back to the fourteenth century, when treaty Of commerce was af- ranged out of which grew four centuries later the famous Methuen treaty by which Portuguese wines were admitted into Great Britain at lower duty than wines from France and Germany in return for simi- lar concession to British goods This com mercial reciprocity and the wars in spain and France taught the Britons to drink port instead of claret and hook. Nor was trace the only tie between the two countries. ln the fifteenth century King John the Great took for his Queen the daughter of John Gaunt Phllippa of Lancaster. who bore him five sons the most famous of whom was Prince Henry the Navigator. Another fam fly bond was created in 1861 by the marriage of King Charles II. with Catherine de bra- ganza, who brought as her dowry the town town of Galle in Ceylon, and thus laid one of the corner-stones of our Indian Empire. War too, has made is contribution to the friendship of the two nations Win hsip s final struggle with Castle. and Portugal was again saved in 17s2 from the united forces of France and Spain. Portugal, on her part gave to Great Britain base for operations against Napoleon so that, in the words Of Canning, "the arm of Great Britain became inc lever, and Portugal the fuicrum. 70 wrench from It's base the power that nad
 This friendship based on community ot interests and long association has never been seriously affected. It is true that the high spirit of the Portuguese has been wounded and their suspieions aroused by re. ports of the transfer to Great Britain or Deiasoa Bay. their most valuable possession C, in Africa. These suspicious have been shown to be groundless. and Portugal may rest assured that she will not be robbed or this remnant of her ancient glortes Of con quest and discovery.