Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-01
MANUEL IN BRITAIN
Deposed King Resides at Un-
cIe's Country Place.
RULER MINUS HIS THRONE
His Annual Income Estimated to Be
About 100000.
OTHER MoNARCHS IN EXILE
Ex-Sultan of Turkey Said TO EN-
ploy Time Working at Car
penter's Bench.
RULER MINUS HIS THRONE
OTHER MoNARcHs IN EXILE
foreign correspondence of The star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. October -, 1910.
Young Manuel, late King of Portugal,
has arrived here and taken up his resi-
dence at Wood Norton. the country place
belonging to his uncle. the Due d'Orleans
The memories of the surrounding country
are not wholly favorable to kings. AT
Eversham, where Wood Norton is locat-
ed. occurred one of the battles of the
barons' war, that famous revolt against
Henry III, and at Worcester, in the near
vicinity, Charles III was defeated by
Cromwell and went crownless for many
years, pensioner at the court of France.
England has frequently been the refuge
of deposed kings. and with the SlOO,oU
annual income which it now seems that
Manuel will have he can live the life OF
an English country gentleman. though
many CT the latter have a far greater
income with which to keep up their
estates than has the royal refugee
The lot of the unemployed king is 20
pleasant one Sovereignty Is profession
which, more than any other, demands
hard and specialized training. From their
earliest days, even when still in the ropes
of childhood, kings are trained with no
other aim than that of ruiershlp. All
through their lives they live in an at
mosphere and amid surroundings so DIFF
ferent from those of any other person that
when a happening such as tnat which
has occurred in Portugal takes place
and depriveS q monarch OF his crown
and brings to an end the ruling power OF
a historic house il is not to be wondered
at that the royalty affected feel COM
pletely out of their element
Joins Down-and-out Glass.
King Manuel now becomes one Of that
slowly increasing band Of monarchs
which has been forced to abandon the
reins OF government at the dictation OF
the people. All the evidence points TO
the improbability OF the house OF Bra
ganza ever again assuming ruling part
in the affairs of Portugal.
1t is unlikely that Portugars exiied
monarch will adopt the occupation or pas
time at which the ex-Sultan of Turkey is
reputed to pass his days. Reports from
the villa Ailatini, where he Is staying at
Saloniki state that he is working at the
bench and the lathe as carpenter and
joiner. He learned the trade from Ger
man NAMED Carl Terssen prior to his &C.
cession to the throne, and even during MS
reign was Often wont to seek nealtny
relaxation and exercise in his ,iaoorate,y
appointed workshop at the Yildiz Kiosk.
The kaiser. the car. the Emperor Fran
chs Joseph and King George have samples
of the ex-sultan's handiwork presented
10 them by him.
The car has a table made by Abdul
Hamid, richly inlaid with the padtshahs
arms. BY touching spring the C inter-
flies open. and there arises from the cav
ity a gold pate. on which Is to be found
everything needed by q smoker, In gold
amb, and precious stones. The late King
Edward, too, had a writing desk invented
and constructed oy the ex-sultan. which
is q mass of complicated machinery, and
can only be opened by working the
SrlY-tn
stated confided IL to Sir Nicholas 0 Con-
nor, The British ambassor, on his depart
ure Tor England onsleave OF absence some
Years ago, carefully explaining to him the
mechanism. When Sir Nicholas got home
he found that he had forgott n now the
system worked. and was unable TO open
the desk. After laboring over 1t for
twenty-four hours he finally hit on the
secret by mere chance. and was so afraid
Of the desk shutting again that he inserted
q bundle of newspapers TO prevent its
closing until he could hand II over to
King Edward at Sandringham.