The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
LONDON ON LISBON OUTLOOK
ICNORtNT PORTI an 70 HOLLI
LAIIF IOR M HOtR tCi.
Rrpubiiran Leaders Dansrreu- ENtrem-
~. Small sympathy for tho kInK
IiaHsur's TimIdIty q. 70. =. ONS-
gsa supply R DANGER In society.


r 10 ncw horn republic Of Portugal
H..r, is career under altogether en-
.giug auspices Her daughter, Bra
is far more competent than the mother
rfry to O.; III" best ont of democra tic
I...ufipu-.
great majority 81 the population
.' lrrtugdl are unable 70 read or write
..i their political intelligence Is of the
.,-' urt"r. Representative govern
.,..' Yuder such conditions becomes
% farce and the public welfare
= virtually upon the good faith
.. .... u"w rulers.
..n"" - no reason for impu guing
."uerity NJ the group Of men who
.w"pt the monarchy from power
90" homes, 50 far as ~ known. but
are visionary and extreme in their
.N- N some directions. One Of their
90. t.t. has been to order the instant
...rl-Iun of monks and nuns uf all re-
lsoI~ orders. This intolcrant spirit Of
an'l-yirricalsm will rot be- indorsed by
'." MASSES If the Portuguese. who in
80" country AZ large are still religio,i-ly
inclined. Vet il Is doubtful il the popu-
Lar viii finds expression in any practical
form II opposition.
BRA0A PICTURES HIMSELF
Thor" ~ an unconscious revelation
81 TIA" manner of man who il now az the
head nf national affairs IN this brief biog-
raphy ot President Braga written by him
self a few weeks ago az the ~ Iuest ~ a
PARIS newspaper
A. the age NJ he lost his mother He
WAS tormcntci nv a terrible stepmuthe
until 1881 when he left his fathers hous.
and went To- Colmbra. the only university
Ia Portugal. with a small sum which he
had received for volume II verses which
h" published az Ponta Delgada in 1889
~ Culmbra his liz. was an obscure trug-
gle. for lack Of all means Of eNlstenc,.
~" bore up in this struggle.with unCon-
Guerahle pride.
In 1879 he presented himself "a a can
dIdate tor the professorship 81 modern
European literature at the higher lLsbon
C'a-~.s. Mat a terrible battle All the
conservative elements were opposed to
him Catholics. monarChlst-. m-taphvS,.
clans. ultra rumanucl-t, and journalists
a.. IN the Government pay, but the public
acclaimed him and forced the Ministry to-
appoint him.
1t is only 10y his fees "a a professor
that Bragg lives. icvoIlng his existence
entirely To- intellectual work All tn.
to- the book sellers IN order To- conquer
IT," boycott organized against him
Braga u considered an enemy hy the con.
sentative Glasses because hs - a r.pub-
hyiu m politics. free thinker and a.
regards philosophy introduced pn-itiyi~m
int Portugal That su'iic,.s to make him
l"'a.tsi
How man who furnishes the fore
gong naive picture Of himself will succ--,-i
~ dealing with the practical pruhl.ns -
a TCuit political crisis remains 10 10.
-s'u
srAv1 rirY FoR NANrEi
uu the other hand ther" j. not an
..-rv hSlmIuE amount 81 sympathy felt
for Ie dsposei Ming either ~ Portugal
r-"f or through Europe Tn" hoy has
- course b~en entirely dependent upon
.l, advisers and they have hs-an poor
- The only spot whcr" the revolution
= r"Sarded as a deploraule calamity j.
tas Vatican The Church sadly admits
that II has suffered another severe blow
l., chef fear 81 course ~ Of similar
movement in spain with the not im
i0s~ltl~ sequel Of violent auti-cleriCal
rsiug throughout Italy
n. would he bold prophet who
attempted TO forecast the political history
OF Portugal for the next few wears The
dominant elements Of the situation are
...'a different from those which demo
ratio Institutions would lsad one to
sppo-e. The army counts. the navy
counts, the politicians. both monarchcal
and republican. count. hut the Portl-
S.-s- people. IN whose name they all
profess To speak and act, count not at all.
RALPouR DusAPrpNTs II
Nr. Balfour's speech. which was Sis
p-ui"d IN May by the Kings death. was
oy"rshadowed IN public attention this
Ua-D Nv the Portuguese revolution. II
" 80 n. confessed that the UnionIst
leaders, words were a great disappOiht-
"egt 20 the aggressive section 81 has
IIr'v They looked for a hot lighting
~IsaCh carrying war into the snemys
ann Instead. Balfour considered that
OIL" ethics Of the situation. while the
COMPROMISE committee vas still consider
~ 'a" House 81 Lords question. de
wsLdrd silence on that subject AZ least
%" feeling ~ e1Asperation among the
L.nuIsts at the invariable moderation
r. '1eir leaders, attitude at all times
-inc" the present crisis arse has b>"n
s-JNIng for months. They describe has
-.1h.v IN less polite terms than moderate
Ter" i not vet any open revolt against
"a nadership, but 4 considerable number
= Prominent UnionIst organs are out
saoken in their criticism this week. The
r, Hrug session Of Parliament will witness
weller political struggles than any Of IN"
sent generation.
NAV ON Inv MIiLTNNIuN
.,''fge Bernard Shaw furnished little
s.''uh Of the coming millennium in
.r" last night. He said that every
would have a number and name ,
.~, mar would carry bout bis passport
rl- photograph on that passport and
n-y man would be liable 10 h. called ,
son 10y q representative 81 the State
stand and deliver and show who h" Z
So. nd what he was doing or what h"
.- not doing and why he was doing IT, .
"" also ubservod that The world might ,
...- any amount Of inequality ~ intel
..' 0ut he would let everybody have
same moon" as nearly a. possible.
' "-yh0dy should have a life income
aaIb ~ .jon, year The consequence ,