The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-06

ect these considerations have in the
| circumstances which bring out politi-
cal success affords interesting material
for speculation.
THE REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.
The constitutional Monarchy in Por-
tugal has been overthrown; the King
has fled for his life; the Army and
Navy have joined the Revolutionists
and the Republicans have won at least
they have won in their first encounter.
| What the final result will be cannot
now be fairly conjectured; but it is
not unlikely that the revolutlonists
| will be able to form an independent
I government How long 1t viii last is
! an entirely different matter, the tenn
| per of the people being such as to
make any prediction of a safe and
progressive administration OF their
affairs the purest guesswork
Portugal is little larger than the
! State of Maine, counting in the Ma
| deira and Azores Islands, and it has
only about million moro population,
all told, than New York City. Not
withstanding that primary education is
free and nomnally compulsory, 10 per
cent of Its population over six years
I or age IS illiterate. 1t is poor coun-
| try. Three years ago. the latest fig
ures we have at hand, its import trade
amounted to about s63,O00,000 and It's
! export trade was valued at something
4 like $40 100000 With revenues of $72,-
229,000 and expenditures of sT3,3sS,o00,
and bonded debt OF $S64,701,627, the
} country is not in a very satisfactory
! condition. The peace strength of the
! Portuguese army is 10000, it's full war
; strength 100000, and Its navy is small
affair, with only armored cruiser, s
: first-class cruisers 10 gunboats, I
school ship, . torpedo boat destroyers,
, 4 torpedo boats, 2 submarines and
! 5000 officers and men. The executive
authority of the country is vested in
the King, and the legislative power
arrangement, with a Chamber of the
Peers and an elective Chamber of Dep
2 uties. The Parliament Is elected for
three years, and its sessions last three
: months, or ninety days. the precise
period to which the amenders of the
Constitution would like to make the
: Legislative sessions in the Common
> wealth of Virginia.
There has been great deal of dis
> satisfaction with the course of affairs
u in the Kingdom for many Years, the
! | Regenerndor party having adopted last
year the principle of State socialism, s
sort of New Nationalism, as we would
call II in the United States. The mon.
archy has failed dismally in many o
its policies to promote the welfare o
il the people, there has been great cor
n ruption in the administration OF publ
q affairs. the eXactions of the Govern
: ment have been more than the over
d purdened taxpayers could stand. am
Q the present revolution is the continua
> ton of the bloody.worl1 which resulte
$ in the assassination of King Carlo
t and the Crown Prince Louis Pnlilp i
1908 and in the elevation to totter
ing throne of Manuel a youngster o
: nineteen years and very Well mean
ing, but fearfully handicapped crea
ture. who has done the best he could
> surrounded as he has been by GREY
!, of spendthrfts, from whom he coul
: not free himself and his Kingdom.
Manuel has had hard luck, and 1t
:. hoped that he will enjoy his enforce
:. freedom from the cares of state
is not likely that he can come baci
! Revolutions do not work that way, a
! a general thing. The peace Of tn
! world however. should not be great
disturbed by the overturn in Portuga
unless it shall be made the preteXt {
differences among the Powers.
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q TRYING TO PACK THE COURT.
u The real reason behind Mr.. Roose
velt's undignified and disrespectfu
: criticisms of the Supreme Court is tina
% it fails to agree with him. Becaus
that eminen. body of jursts prefer tn
|