The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-30

While tho caricaures which portray tho
thrones OF the Old World as resting on
the points OF bayonets. tend 10 convey
the erroneous impression that monarchy
exists by the w!ll OF the army. rather
than by the viii OF the people. yet 1t is
perfectly true that no sovereign can be
| deprived OF his scepter without the con-
sent of the army The latter constitutes
the principal safeguard OF the Crown. and.
realizing this, has repeatedly taken adj
vantage thereof TO either impose lis
wishes upon the ruler or. if he resisted.
10 depose him.
The history Of Spain throughout the
greater part OF the nineteenth century
was one uninterrupted succession OF mill
tary pronunclamentos. II was a mutiny
rather than a popular insuTrection which
drove Queen Isabella into exile IN 1868,
and It was the army which brought
about in 1875. the restoration Of her son.
I Alfonso XII. in whose favor she had
abdicated military revolt placed King
| Peter on the throne OF Servia. which had
I been rendered vacant by the shocking
murde, Of King Alexander, and OF his
cOnsort Draga, the outrage being perpe-
Z trated by the very officers and soldiers
/ intrusted with the guarding OF the pal-
{ ace
/ The men who kidnapped Prince Alex
ander in his palace al Sofia, carried him
1 OF by night into Russia and eXtOrted
! from him his abdication. were officers OF
/ HIS army. Gen. Chefket Pasha and his
I picked troops brought about The revolu-
/ ton al Constantinople which eliminated
/ In the dethronement OF Sultan Abdul
Hamid and in the proclamation Of his
/ younger brother as Padishah. The san
/ culinary coup detat Of December 2. 1851.
| by means OF which Napoleon III secured
! possession OF the crown Of France, was
the work Of his soldiers: and ~ Charles
y and King Louis Philippe were deprived
| Of their scepters. and sent 10 die i'm
/ exile, it was because their troops had
refused TO fight any longer In their de-
/ Tense.
Army and Navy Active.
The army and navy Of Portugal played
the chief role in the recent revolution
which brought about the proclamation a.
a republic al Lisbon and the Punishment
81 Dom Manuel while In Spain the most
strenuous efforts are now being made by
revolutionary agents 70 induce the sol
diers, the noncommlssioned officers and
( the officers Of inferior rank 10 secretly
renounce their allegiance 10 the King
and 10 Join the Republican movement
I II these emissaries prove successful IN
alternating the troops from the Crown and
/ in winning them over to the cause Of a
| republic. Alfonso XIII viii De called upon
I TO join his friend Dom Manuel among
1 the colony Of "Rois en- exile" either in
England or IN France
Had the army remained true 20 its oath
/ Of fealty 20 Dom Manuel the revolution
I arg leaders would never have found IL
possible 20 establish q republic al Lisbon,
10 matter how great the Cleverness with
/ which the Instruction had been prepared
/ by the iuuta, nearly all the members Of
which consist OF university professors
and Journalists. Without the support OF
I the army and OF the navy they could
I have accomplished nothing against the
/ King save by means OF assassination
The late Dom Carlos was won't 10 Gym
ically assert that he had little or no con
/ fdence IN the affection Of his people or
/ in the loyalty OF his statesmen, govern