The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-03
POPE IN DANCER
OF REPUTATION
Portugal May Unite With
Spain Throwing Off Yoke
of Vatican
ALFONSO WANTS
ENGLISH ADVICE
Plans Visit to British Cousin
Though Court Etiquette
. Must Be Trampled
Upon.


day are that Portugal will soon follow
the example OF Spain III severtng Dip
lomatic relations with the Vatican
and will inaugurate an active am
paign to divorce state affairs from
domination by the Catholic church.
Portuguese offfcialdom has been
complaining for months of what it
considers the undue influence OF the
Vatican in Portugars internal affairs.
while the Vatican is said to have con-
sidered that for a country as strongly
Catholic az Portugal, the government
was behaving toward IL in a curious
ly unfriendly manner. The Spanish
rupture has brought the Portuguese
situation much more TO the fore.
The local tension eliminated re-
recently when the Pope. disappearing
OF the tone of the Portuguese Fran
ciscan paper The Voice of st. An
thony." directed Cardinal Merry Del
Val TO order the Bishop OF Braga to
suppress the journal. The paper sus-
pended publication. The Portuguese
government promptly issued royal
decree strongly ensuring the whole
proceeding. on the ground that the
Vatican had infringed upon royal
prerogative by failing to submit the
papal order to the King 10. approval
IL is significant that the Pope, since
this incident, has rejected. in success
sion. the Portuguese governments
nomination OF two distinguished polt-
ticians as successors to Senior Antas,
who recently died. as ambassador to
the Vatican. No successor has yet
been chosen. and the opinion Is be-
coming general that the post win
never again be filled.
The friction between Lisbon and
Rome is believed to be due in large
ra r. n She Influence ~ GnnSn
Needs Advice
LONDON. August 3.--Members OF
the British foreign Office practically
admitted to-day that King Alfonso's
trip 10 England at this time Is not a
pleasure trip. as announced. but Is
seeking advice regarding the departur
seeking advice regarding the desper~
ate politial situation that has arisen
In Spain as the result of the rupture
between the government and the Vat
lean.
King George owes a visit to AL
fonso, and il is highly improha Bile
that the Spanish ruler would break
the iron-clad royal etiquette and visit
foreign ruler "out of turn unless
the situation were urgent. IL is con-
sidered highly improbable that, even
were Alfonso's trip to England In
quette, he would not leave during such
crisis as now confronts him. Queen
VictoSa, 1t Is said, is accompanying
Alfonso In order 10 help out the ap-
pearance that the trip Is for pleasure.
New standard of Diplomacy.
PARIS. August 3.--Kiug Alfonso
and Premier CanaleJas. OF Spain. are
setting new standard OF Spanish
HtntaYnnrxy fr@ he ho4 a
government and the Vatican. in the
opinion to-day of French government
officials. The real power In the con-
troversy In believed to be Canalejas,
but Alfonso is working with him In
such way as to cloak the inner
movements of the government and at
the same appear himself as the GEN.
trail figure.
1t Is declared here to be a case of
Madrid outgeneraling Rome. Alton
SOS visit to France, where separation
OF church and state has been accom-
plished and to anti-Cathoiic England
and Scotland is counted q fine bit
of diplomacy.
But the big thing. It Is conceded.
was Alfonso's departure from Spain
at this time. Had he remained in his
capital, il Is believed that the Pope
would have brought such powerful In
fiuences to bear that he would have
been forced to yield and dismiss Ca
--nalej Jas
This was what the Vatican wanted
above all else. as the premier Is de-
cidedB anti-clerical. but with the
Cortes not in session the only way 10
reach Canalejas was through Alton
SO. The latter avoided Embarrassing
interviews by departing from Spain
Alfonso's interviews with Premier
BRAND and Foreign Minister Pichon
relative to the quarrel with the vati-
can. bring smiles to those French
statesmen who know how familiar
Canalejas Is with the entire church
situation In Spain and with the
French separation law. The premier
it IL said. does not need advice from
any source and is really pulling the
strings.
All Of Alfonso's interviewing OF for
eign officials. however, is done with
the utmost SECRECY, as he does not wish
1t to appear that he Is in the least
alarmed. and is only engaging In q
pleasure trip. according to his ver-
sion. The King and Queen are stop
ping at the Hotel Meurice In this
city. They will 60 on to England this
evening.
To Prevent Disturbance.
SAN SEBASTIAN, August a.