The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23

Inc MANUEL has not abdicated.
| " 1t Is necessary to emphastLI1e
/ this as there Is consldeTa ole
lAA mount OF difference between
monarchs who have lost their thrones
through some act OF their people In
revolt against their rule and NOSE
| who have affixed their signature to
/ a document renouncing their soSe-
reignty. True, abdications have some
times been OF compulsory nature; but
when once signed they constitute an
almost insuperable obstacle to restora-
+ ton.
King Manuel. for instance, retains
his rights to the sovereignty OF FOR
tugal, OF which he has been deprived
| by revolution, that is to say, by an
act OF force, in violation OF the national
, constitution It Is surprising. lnde ed,
| that the leaders OF the rebellion, VINO
| had him for time in their power,
should have refrained from ayailing
thems elves OF the opportunity to ex-
| tort from him an act OF abdicatlon
before his EN- barkation for Gibraltar.
That would have gone far to consoll-
date the existence OF the new republic.
AS the matter stands now, he VIII
| necessarily re main the hope OF all those
In Portugal who believe In mon
archical Institutions; and who will not
only look. but also labor. for his restor-
alton. 1t is possible, however. that
the republic may yet make some ar
frangernent with King Manuel oy
which he will consent to renounce MS
sovereignty of Portugal, In return Tor
the restoration Of all the personal
property Of the royal family. and the
payment Of an amount equivalent to
the value Of their estates In Portugal.
On the occasion OF the revolution IN
Spain In 1868, which brought the
! reign of Isabella II. to somewhat
sorry conclusion, she abdicated IN
favor OF her then twelve-year-oldE BOY,
tAlfonSo; and when a restoration ol
| the Bourbon monarchy took place, IN
possession Of the throne, to which she
was considered to have forfeited her
rights by her act OF abdlcat1on. King
Francis II&of Naples was deposed by
| the Garibaldian revolution Of fifty
years ago; but he never abdicated, and
lremained until his death, In 1894. the
possesso of the allegiance OF a num-
r pse mi the new order Of things;
\ while he on his side refused to buy
4 house or to live anywhere else than
/ In q hotel with his belongings partly.
an instant's notice to return to Naples
and resume his throne.
Napoleon III failed to abdicate In
/ 1870, and for that reason the leaders
OF the present republic Of France We're
! Of an attempt to rec onstltute the en-
lpire, until his death in 1873; for 1t
must be remembered that In tho
national Legislature in those days the
i Mona rchisfs3 a were ineA4the majority,
4 though divided among themselves,
and that many Of the older soldiers
4 of the army remained at heart devoted
to the house OF Bonaparte, which,
4 whatever else may be said about 1t, Is
Identified With some Of the most glor
& [ious OF the military annals of the
4 nation. = Ss
4 King Louis Philippe of France. at
I dicated his throne in favor Of his
grandson. afterwards known rs the
q Comte de Paris; and in the same way
Wien WI e oyerWh elmed By the revolution
d of 1873 0,8abdica ted in favor Of his grand
son, p rince Henry, who died as Comte
Y de Chambord.
ed to abdicate at the time when his
dominions were annexed by Prussia n
4 the war Of 1866, there would have
been no obstacle to the suc cession OF
R Msen s. the tasans nat
4 inasmuch as the former Grown Prince
ofsHanover still persists In regarding
4 himself as the lawful King of II am
Il over, deprived Of lhis9rlg III is as such
q by "force majeure," and declines to
+ abdicate his position with regard
thereto, he has been barred from the
sover eighty OF the Grand Duchy OF
Brunswick. which is his by right Oi
inheritance, but the government q
(which Is administered by a res emit
namely, Duke Albert Of Mecklenburg-
The Dukes Of Parma ana Mod ena,
] lwhen driven from their thrones IN
I 1.-The troubles of 1859, preceding the IL
Corporation OF their domintonsy In the
King d ON Of United Italy, refratned
from abdicating, and We're treated
4 until tho end OF their lives at the
, court Of Vienna as de lure soyerei gns
/ Of their respective countrie In T4s-
cany, Grand Duke I4eopol Ia II i, "a bdi-
Gated In lS5 8 II In favor OF MS aon
! IFerdinand i Y.3i In the hope Of saVlns
!, the situatlon: hut sin mont his later
h Grand Duke Ferdinand was forced 70
tlfabandon the throne and county, He
Il however, rel Grained from ADD ieatl 9
q and, like the late D ukes of Pa rma, and
lat AIodeaa- was always trsataa as a