The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-05
Republicans Capture Palace.


Santander, Spain, Oct. "a Ger
man steamer here has received
wireless from the steamer Cape
Blanco, of the same line, lying off
Lisbon, that warships began bonn
harding the palace just as soon as
the rising within the city began.
Shortly the revolutionists hauled
down the royal standard over the
palace and replaced it with the re-
publican green and blue flag.
Private advices received from Por-
tugal recently had reference to the
danger threatening the monarchy
A letter from a well-informed cor
respondent at Lisbon, received here
only last night criticises the king as
giving almost as little aid to the
mOnarchist cause as to the progress
ives, and declares that his lack of
force in political affairs has been &C
centuated by public suspicion of his
private life.
King Manuel, says the correspond
ent, has been rapidly losing the good
esteem of those whose honest attach
ment to the Roman church has hith-
erto held them loyal to the mon
archy 1t was further pointed out
that there have been many recent
indications of approaching trouble
the permeation of military and
naval affairs with republicanism, ru-
mors that conservative statesmen
were entering into relations with the
republican leaders-and similar signs
that can have only one meaning,
while the court party displayed tim
idity, thus prompting the belief that
they would offer no serious resist
ance to a revolution which might,
therefore, be effected quietly and
possibly by parliamentary methods.
Overthrow of Monarchy.
Rumors OF the overthrow of the
monarchy in Portugal have been cur
rent nearly ever since Manuel as
cended the throne after the assassin
alton of King Carlos and the crown
prince February l, 1908. The Lis
bon papers recently have printed
alarming reports of an alleged plot
of the clerical party for the over
throw of the Portuguese govern
ment and the establishment of a
military dictatorship. The Seculaire
declares that the clerical party's
strong disaffection with the policy
of the government had eliminated
in the organization of rebellion to
overthrow the administration, seize
it's members and set up a dictator
ship, the first object of which would
be to stamp out the republican par
ty.
Since Manuel became sovereign
half a dozen cabinets have been
formed and have resigned. The
ministry under the presidency of
Francisco de Vega Beira resigned on
June II, after having recommended
the dissolution of the chamber, which
was opposed by the king, as we'll as
the liberals, the monarchists and the
republicans. A new cabinet was
formed June 26, with Antonio Lei
zeira de Sousa as premier.
Near Rupture With Vatican.
In addition to discussions over
political matters, Portugal has been
on the verge of a rupture with the
Vatican. The fact has led to seri-
Gus conflicts between the clericals
and the anti-clericals. The Vatican
has taken occasion to deny the SER
iousness of the trouble between it
and the Portuguese government and
also asserted that no clerical plot
existed for the overthrow of the
monarchy.
1t was added by a Vatican official
that the presence in Portugal of Ale
| jandro Leiroux, chief of the repub-
licans in Barcelona, Spain, has led
the Vatican authorities to believe
that reports of such plot were in
stigated by Leiroux, in order to give
their enemies a pretext for an at
| tack on Catholics.