Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-10
ANXIETY NOW FELT IN ENGLAND
March of Republication I'm Portugal
NAV Effect HrItInh EmnIre.

March of Republication I'm Portugal
May Effect British Empire.
LONDON, Oct. ESPECIAL Cabegram)-
For British craftsmanship the march Of
republcanlsm in the Iberian peninsula has
more than the Importance Of a delicate
issue OF foreign relations to be handled
by Sir Edward Grey. Ii has direct bearings
upon the international political situation.
This, because Of the extraordinary efforts
Of Mr.. Asquith and his Heutenants in the
radical coalition to secure for the democ-
racy its proper share in government by
curbing the house Of Lords, cannot be d.
vorced absolutely from the status Of the
monarchy itself
Edward VII clearly recognized the con-
necuon and did not try to conceal his
anxiety from his encourage. One Of the
most menacing cries raised againsta the
Lords was the cry OF James Keir Hardie
last winter:
I'VE count upon the aid OF the crown
against the arrogance Of the peer and, II
we are disappointed, It may be that the
crown will follow the coronet to the melt
ing pot" Tories delight to call him Queer
Hardie; and even the liberals suspect him
Of overestimating his value to the re-
mainder OF mankind but Hardie does rep
resent in his noisy fashion a party GER
tainly not diminishing and his fling at
'tyrants Of all ranks" is RECALLED today.
Little shaky in England.
After discussing the chances for and
against a serious republican movement in
the near future among any ofythe popula-
tons Of the monarchical powers, an able
thinker, seeking point of contact between
Portuguese republicans and the democracy
of ba en- ~
ceivable that the leaders Of political thought
in England, when taking a broad view of
events in Lisbon, should not see the light
these cast upon the forthcoming coronation
Of George V, "a ceremony bound to do one
Of two things-either increase or decrease
the sources Of democracy in the greatest
state of the modern world"
Whether republican success in Portugal
will greatly stimulate republican feeling
| in this country is doubtful The republican
movement here has not amounted to much
since the diamond jubilee of Victoria.
though prior to that celebration II deserved
some attention.
A widespread outburst of loyalty to the
relgning family followed the death of '"rhe
best fellow who ever had the misfortune
to swing a scepter." as Tim Healy de-
scribed him.
Quite likely the pageantry and fetes of
the coronation next year will work in
the same direction throughout feudaI Eng
land, however, 1t may be in Scotland,
Wales and Ireland.
Something May Happen.
But, altogether apart from the future
Of royalty, there is to be reckoned with
the Influence coronation enthusiasm may
exert upon the campaign the radicals are
conducting against the lords
A prominent tory organ accuses them of
warming at their campfires the whole
brood of revolutionary vipers," and ap-
parently this charge is a cue cleverly
chosen and given to the high party by
the adroit Balfour.
Unonists profess to believe that the
rising tide OF national enthusiasm for
crown and empire will swamp the rad
cals at the next general election, whether
it occurs in January or later in 1911
To this the radicals reply that the spec
changing intolerable conditions by the only
method available stirs the souls of true
democrats in all lands and must encour-
age the British and Irish democrats to
strike down their aristocratic oppressors
at Westminster.
1t is significant nevertheless, that the
practical men in liberal councils are urging
that the appeal to the country on the
constitutional issue be made before the
coronation excitement sets in January Is
their month-the earliest period con-