East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-09
THE PRICE OF PROGRESS.

Progress means change. Govern
mental progress and social progress
not only means change. but it means
passes they who clung to it and sup
ported il must suffer in the change.
Napoleon said cynically. You can
not make an omelette without break
ing an egg" Nor can an old govern
ment be overthrown and a new one
established without suffering by those
who had thrived and We're happy un-
der the old system. But progress is
insistent, and the benefits OF a re-
publican form or government will be
recompense for any suffering its es-
tablishment cost.
The Portuguese revolution was re-
markabIe IN its light cost of human
life Not more than 500 men killed
in the civil strife between the repub-
licans and the monarchists. The de-
sultory fighting lasted only one day.
Compare that with the bloody war
four years long, fought at a cost of
hundreds Of thousands OF lives and
IN vain for the establishment of a
southern republic in America. In a
few weeks the scars of the little riot
ing in Portugal will be over. Nearly
so years have elapsed since the des-
perate war began between the states
and We Of the south yet see the in
dustrial scars that We're left.
It was inevitable that the royal
family should be expelled from Por-
tugal when the republicans had been
established. Until conditions were
absolutely settled and the new repub-
lie was free of the fear of a counter
revolution, the leaders could not per-
NIT the royal family to live within
4 the confines of the country and so
become a center of plans for the re-
storation of the monarchy We have
! the picture of the pathetic, yet ne
| cessary, exile of the Queen Mother.
the king and the other ornamental
| personages of a monarchy. The
| queen mother. who appears to have
| been the man of the family, was 50
bitter that she gritted her teeth as she
went aboard the little boat The Duke
of Pporto uncle of the king, and part
Of the deadwood OF the monarchy
boldly declared. and perhaps truth
fully, that the ills of the Braganza dy-
nasty came from petticoat rule. He
charged that the dominant Influence
of the queen mother, who ruled Man
uel completely, and which refused tc
permit any liberal reforms which
might have stopped the movement fol
a republic, was responsible for the
disaster of the dynasty.
King Manuel. we are told. accepted
his fate philosophically after he ha6
gone into a state of collapse through
fear in one of the palaces. If Manue
had been fired by the spirit of his
ancestors, had had the courage to le
the others go without him, to take his
stand at the head of troops. to dis
there if necessary, ne would have
gone down as one of the great mon
archs Of history. But Manuel prefers
70 sit about the cafes and theaters o.
Paris to being dead hero He .os
great opportunity to immortaliz'
himself and to bring the profession
kngship into great repute.
Now the monks and priests are be
ing driven over the border. A whole
sale deportation is being made o
those who assisted and upheld tn
monarchy. While recognizing tina
this may be necessary for the per
manence of the republic, we can fame!
that the exiles leave old friends an'
familiar scenes heart burdened will
grief.
But time moves on. Changes mus
come. The price must be paid
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