The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20
WILL PAY STATE
VISIT TO BERLIN
This Is Plan of King George
and Queen Mary
ALFONSO SYMPATHETIC
Has Sent Word to Young ex-Nlng
Manuel That He Expects to Visit
Him at an Early Date at
wood Norton
ALFONSO SYMPATHETIC

received an invitation lroin tHelf Imperial
cousin the Kaiser several weeks ago and
a favorable answer has now been sent.
This visit will not take place until after
the coronation, and will probably extend
over about week. Some time in Octo-
Der is regarded as most probable, but this
tied Under ordinary circumstances the
Kaiser would have paid private visit
to this country before the end Of the
present year, but he was reluctant to In
trude upon our court mourning. so that
his original intention was abandoned.
There is considerable friendship between
King George and his imperial cousin,
and the two exchange letters at regular
intervals.
King Alfonso of Spain. who warmly
sympathizes with young King Manuel,
has sent word to him at Wood Norton
that he hopes to visit him in his exile
very shortly and discuss the affairs OF
Portugal with him.
The exact date of this visit cannot be
! fixed at the moment, since the outlook
in Madrid is none too promising, and the
Kings departure from his capital-espe-
cially on such an errand-might easily
provoke crisis King Alfonso has,
however, very often shown himself to be
utterly Indifferent to the opinions of his
subjects.
| That a revolution In Spain similar to
the one that has been so successfully car
ried out in Lisbon is only a matter of a
| comparatively short time, is agreed by
all who are best acquainted with the po-
sition of affairs in that country; but It is
believed that King Alfonso will deal with
| it in more effective manner than did
King Manuel, and that he will not show
the same alacrity to quit his country.
| Despite his flamboyant manner King Al
| fonso possesses many of the qualities that
go to make UP strong King, and he is
not likely to yield UP his crown without
struggle; while he has very much
stronger and more devoted party about
him than had the unfortunate young
| King of Portugal 1t Is not anticipated
that King Alfonso will be accompanied
| on this proposed visit to Wood Norton
| by Queen Ena, and his stay In this coun-
| try will only extend over a few days, and
will be entirely of a private character.
There are good grounds for believing
| that until such time as he feels himself
! in a position to return to Lisbon and
strike an effective blow for the throne he
so suddenly and so dramatically vacated
King Manuel will decide to remain in this
country, and apply for a commission in
the British army 1t is said that the
young King has fallen In with the ad-
| vice of those about him, but that per-
sonally he would like to raise a. legion OF
| foreign soldiers which he might lead bacr
into Portugal and fling the present gov
eminent into the Tagus This much he
made clear to Sir Archibald Hunter when
he was his guest at Gibraltar. General
| Hunter, however, is too old bird to be
| trained into this fashion, and referred
the King to the foreign department,
where. as he explained, the position that
this country proposes to take up would
be fully defined
The effort to raise a foreign legion to
go to the rescue of the Portuguese throne
is to be a very determined one, or not
and several we'll known British soldiers
have been approached to take up COM
missions in it.
| The dreadful discovery has been made
| that a number of English corporations
| have fallen into the same evil ways OF
| similar American COHCbTnS anu are
cheating the government of it's taxes,
| by deposting their earnings in American
banks The discovery has greatly shocked
the English press, but as some excuse
must be found for the transgressors
| from the mere fact that they are English
and thus naturally born honest, it Is said
that they have fallen because they are
tempted by the American trust compa-
MES, which are said to have laid them
selves out for this kind OF business dur
| ing the last few months, and have in
vited the corporation managers here to
cooperate with them by opening 40
counts which would not be taxed by the
English government
'grhe government says the London
Chronicle, Ought to take drastic steps to
prevent such transactions and put an end
to the avoidance of taxation by a section
of the public
Setting aside the ethics of the situa-
| ton, 1t might be as well to remind those
who purchase bonds and leave them in
the hands of strangers far away, that
| they are going out of their way to take
| big risks in order to avoid their iegiti-
mate obligations. Financial smashes In
America are periodical, and when these
occur down come some so-called trusts,
| banks and finance companies
| The representative of an evicted irish
| tenant, who had prospered in America,
| returned to the farm at Kinsale, county
Cork, ireland, after Is years and demand
ed possession from the occupier, a Mrs
Bradheld.
Because she did not give up the farm
persecution impossible to imagine went
on.
Every one with whom they delt in the
town received threatening letters and
were marked out for annoyance from
time to time. The police had to guard
the farm by day and night. The Brad
fields received warnings that their cattle
would be driven off and injury done.
Night after night hostile demonstrations
were held.
One night the gates were taken off the
hinges, and the sheep were driven sew
eral miles. and were cruelty treated. So
bad had the conditions become that the
lives of some respectable people in Kin
sale were rendered a burden, their houses
being attacked and damaged because
they had dealings with the Bradfields
IN the end these people went to the
Bradfeld family and asked them to take
6. sum of money, and they agreed to take
all inadequate sum to get out Of the place
with their lives.
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