Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-17

speed nj which they are driven i'm
presses the man In the street with
the conviction that some tremendous
matter of state awaits imme late so
luton aad that every minute lost
mC ans millions of dollars lost to the
'prtril aud Republica Purtugueza.'
CARDINAL Netto ouizzcd.
Ills f. Ccllency Senior Alfonso
~ he'd 70 the arsenal seated impDs.
ing y in his automobile and surround,
cd by 4 mcb of reporters. In the Run
OurO he stopped and entered house
whore was confined Cardinal Dom
Jose Nctto, the venerable patriarch
of Lisbon, who had been arrested by
two civilians while leaving the city
with two of his clergy. Senior AZ
iOnso questioned the aged prince Of
the Church as to his name. his pro.
fession and the religious order of
which he belonged. The old man an.
swered every question. lie was by
profession a Cardinal. lie belonged
To the order of st. Francis of Assist
Would he promise not In future to
live In community? The Cardinal
promised, and the Minister with h's
bodyguard of newspaper men left
, somewhat crestfallen.
"Sooth I say. they had all cut n
very poor figure In the presence of
the venerable ecclesiastic whose
great age made him Indifferent to
, death and whose amused smile visi.
bly, CALLED them.
There was reason for that smile.
The Cardinal was on his way to Lei.
ria when two ragamuiilns bounced
upon him and dragged him back to
town. The imposing Minister of Jus.
tice came To him and asked him n
| few inane questions. After the in
tcrview Cardinal Nctto again left for
Lciria, where he now is.
Alfonso Costa next visited the i'm.
prisoned priests ana questioned them
In the same way. a franciscan be.
ing asked his occupation in the mon.
' astcry said he was musician.
/ Confronting the Nuns.
ALFONSO the Great then rushed In
his powerful automobile to the ar.
senal. Here In the hall were Marshal
liormeZ da Fonseen, Brazil's new
President, had lately been banquet.
ted, where only two or three days he
fore King Manuel had represented
Portugal for the last time (perhaps)
hundreds of Sisters were now crowd
ed together. Al last Alfonso was In
his element. He could swagger be
fore these supplemented women He
could roar at them gesticulate furi
ously glare.
with monarchical gestures he call
ed the Superlors Of the different or
ders before him and sternly interrog.
ated them. He made them tell how
J novices were received, how they he
came professed Sisters, what was tn,
; color of their religious habit, tn,
name OF their novitiate the date o
their organization, etc. all of whicl
!, information he could have got In an,
, book of reference.
Three hours did the great Minis
! ter OF Justice snend in this frivolous
: questioning. while In the backgroun,
stood n solid wall Of yellow journal
lists" with vacuous smiles of admira
= ton on their faces With notebooks I,
, their hands and without two ideas II
their heads. They admired tn
astute, the relentless. the valorou
cidadao Alfonso.
"In q MUNRO NJ October 10 fou
, solid columns and several tremendOn
!, headlines tell how the great Repub
, can leader browbeat the Nuns
. wrenched from them their names
. ages and other profound secrets. IIo,
splendidlv Citizen Alfonso cove
them with his magnetic eve. ove'
] whelmed them with his hyperion
y gestures. made them tremble at hi
2 Napoleonic frown. Verify great da
t for "a Republica Portugueza viva
( liberdnde. Viva valoroso cidao A
/ fonso!"
n zone does not need 10 he o lawyC
o to realize the un"oarious inbecilItv {
q all these proceedings on the part {
? y Cabinet Minister nj time whe
I his country is alXiouslv awaItin
n some evidence Of constructive statn
;. manghip. Let him expcl all III
7 monks and nuns n he wants to. bu
l. let him refrain from wastlng Who'll
davs nv personally playing the Lor
a High Excellence In order to drir
l. fear into the hearts of few oil
y men md women.
3 "Worao remoins to be told. hoy
:. ever The rcnubllc1n and atheist
/. newsnanors whose oli'org INV ~
o Portugal. printed details Of allege
s. immortality on the part Of the nan
Is details so revolving. 50 eyqggeraie
u aud 50 contradictory TINT they owe
d shot the mark nnd deceived nobody
IS "The lunin lOct .. y ! col,
n the semi Official Organ Of tho no
+ Government cOnt1ing this disgustiT
n maitor IN q Mundn Of October
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