Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-05

Amelie, were driving in an open car
riage on February /, 1908. when, at the
corner of the Praco do Commerce. ana
the Rua do Arsenal, a band of men
armed with carbines suddenly sprang
forward inc opened fire.
The king and the crown prince were
each shot three times and lived only
long enough to be carried to the Ma
rine Arsenal near by.
At the first shot the brave queen
Amelie sprang forward and threw her-
self In front of her youngest son, Man
uel who, however, had received a
slight wound.
The notice guard fred upon the as
sassins and killed three of them.
Did Not Want TO BE King.
Since that time the boy Manuel, who
had never expected nor wanted to be Il
king. who had preferred his books to
royal pageants. has probably never
had a moments peace.
Meanwhile the secret rulnblings OF
discomfort among the people began to
grow audible once moe The throne
of Portugal became a synonym for
peril and alarm. The boy king was
the object of pity in every nation of
the world.
1t is believed that the dangers of his
position were the cause of his failure
to obtain a wife on his tour of Europe
a year ago in search of a marriageaple
princess. During his visit to England
ii was confidently expected that ne
would receive the hand of a British
royal princess, but he departed unoe-
trothed. And this at a time when d
wife was badly needed for the welfare
of his country.
ManueI,s Seat One of sorrow
King Manueps seat on the throne of
Portugal has been one of sorrow n
insecurity ever since the double assas-
sination of his father and elder brother
in February. 1908.
These assassinations were the ter
rible demonstrations of the Republican
leaders, but, terrible as they were,
thew did not carry out the full pur-
pose of the regicides, which was to
wipe out the entire royal FAMILY III
one wholesale slaughter.
In the upheaval of general horror
over the violent deaths of King Carlos
and the Crown Prince. the evolution
ary spirit was for the moment cowed,
anu MdIu6t was pei w
the boy King of Portugal. But the
revolutionary spirit was only slumoer-
ing. and the dispatches have borne
ample proof of the instability of the
monarchy.
Constant Conspiracies.
The discovery of widespread revolu-
tienary conspiracies haye been re-
celved; leaders have been arrested, VINO
have not ~scrupled to declare that they
were members Of secret societies n
ed to overturn the government, and
plots have been unearthed which have
had for their sheer object the assass-
nation of King Manuel.
At a banquet given only a short time
ago at the Royal Palace of Lisbon a
lieutenant of the royal household arose
and dramatically declared that he could
not rest quiet while p%lotters were at
work even in that room, and denounced
the court dignitaries and politicians
present as spies and traitors.
watched ms Car Is watched.
wherever King Manuel went he was
watched as the Gear Of Russia Is
watched by guards against anarchists
and would-be assassins. and during the
last few days the palace forces have
been double in a vain attempt to Sc
cure the monarch's safety.
But the King knew there was no
safety for him where he could count
on no mar as a trusty friend, and he
has over and again made 1t clear that
it was his wish to abdicate.
What the people demand has no been
very clearly formulated. The eco
nomicai administration of the royal
advances" strict justice" and ma
tional honor are some of the phrases
employed. but the 'asis of the whole
%upheaval is really a popular deter
mination that the old monarchial re-
gime is lead and that the day of citi-
zenship and r~epublicanism has arrived.