The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-27
YANKEE GIRL MAY
Be A QUEEN
HeireSS Who Married P0rtu-
gueSe Pretender Has
Chance.
PORTUGAL THRONE WAITING
Family of the Pretender May Be
Called to the Regal
Palaces.
PORTUGAL THRONE WAITING

VIII she ever DGNOlllN AAAN 49,
Portugal That was the question
which was asked again and again
when, on July 9. 1903. there was an
nOunced In London the engagement or
Miss Anita Stewart. the American
heiress. 10 Prince Miguel Macmillan
Sebastian Marie de Bragan2a, the eld-
est son Of Prince Miguel, the pretender
TO the throne OF Portugal and grand
son OF the man who actually felghed
as king Of that country from 1873 10
1884.
The question is being asked repeat
edlv today. now that the dynasty or
RraganZa -COburg has been oyerthroWn
by the revolutionary movement ana
King Manuel and the queen mother
have sought safety in flight But, IN
teresting as are the complications
which confront one when he under
takes 10 investigate the history or the
royal family OF Portugal, the conun-
gencies which might admit or the ac-
cession OF an American queen are
rather improbable of occurrence, and
they are not much more improbable
now that the republic has been pro-
claimed than they were on September
Is last. when the wedding took place
IN Scotland, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
II the house TO which the husband
OF the American girl belongs should
come back into power the scepter
would be placed in the hands OF the
father Of her prince, one would sup
pose. But the fathers father, at the
end OF the period OF civil war, which
was precipitated by his accession TO
power in 1928, renowned for himself
and his descendants all pTetensions TO
the throne and sOiemnly promised not
20 NEEDLE further in the AFFAIRS OF the
country. For the son of this depOsed
king 10 come 10 the throne therefore
would mean the reputation or this re-
nunciation Of his father.
AT least once, however, the pre-
tender has announced himself ready 10
respond To a call 10 the throne Of his
fathers" II was more than two years
ago that ne received at his home IN
lower Austria a delegation OF the anti
dynastic party in Portugal. by whom
he was invited 10 make q statement
regarding the unconstitutional reg
ime" which had been instituted by the
premier Of the kingdom.
The aspirant took time TO consider
and then called in some reporters Of
the Vienna newspapers and gave out
interviews i'm which he categorically
condemned the rule Of his kinsman,
King Carlos. and declared his willing
ness 10 hear the call Of the people or
Portugal. campaign followed, in
which the father was assisted by his
sons, Prince MIGUEL, now the husband
OF Anita Stewart, and Prince Francis
Joseph. All three bore commissions in
the army OF Austria, the father that OF
q colonel or hussars. Up 10 the time
OF the murder of the king Of Portugal
In February Of 1908. the pretender and
his sons had spent much time in Eng
land, where they rode To the hounds
and visited the venerable dowager
duchess OF Braganza at the convent of
St Cecile. on the Isle OF Wight. where
she was known as Mother Adelaide.
CnWelcOme in England.
But the assassination OF King Carlos
and his eldest son. the heir apparent
brought the present boy king 10 the
throne and made the pretender and his
sons rather unWelcOme in English
court circles. King Edward acquainted
the Austrian emperor with his dis
pleasure that a Portuguese revolution
should be fOmented from Vienna and
a revolution which. by inference at
least, might be identified with the
tragedy at Lisbon. The Duke OF Bra
ganza thereupOn was allowed TO re-
gain his Office in the hussaTs but his
cons We're dismissed from the posts.
After that time the elder son spent
much time lowering on the outskirts
OF London society. and his brother
Francis Joseph, occupied himself in
Paris
II was said that Prince MIGUEL was
looking for an heiress whom he might
marry. The story runs that he first
saw Miss Stewart when they were fell
low passengers on a channel steamer
crossing from Calais 10 Dover. She
attracted him. He cOmpassed all the
Wiles known 10 The expert I'm the effort
20 get an opening SO that he might
speak. None came The young lady
and her mother kept a very naughty
attitude. But the mother and daugh-
ter became very suspicious as To the
identity OF the handsome young man
who was shadowing them. They asked
that the guard look after them in their
railway carriage. But the persistent
prince took the same train for Lon
don. and when the ladies entered their
motor brOugham he paid well a cAauf-
feur who kept in sight Of their car
riage until IL reached its destination.
Then all became easy. The carriage
stopped in front Of a house in Grosve-
nor square. The identity Of the Amer
lean was quickly esta blished. The