New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-12
DOM MANUEL'S UNCLE
Duke of oporto May Bring About
a Restoration.

Copyright 1912. h. the Brentwood Company
Dom Alfonso. Duke OF Oporto. is shortly
returning 10 Portugal. and 1t IL for this
rasso,, thar his first cousin, King Victor
Emmanuel Of Italy. has advanced him the
money! tn nav his BY TO means large debts,
., +7,,f he can start life again with q clean
sIafo financially A revulsion in his favor
;s already apparent II Portugal, where he
has all along been the most popular mem
be- Of the reigniug family. Entirely with
out arrogance, afectati0n and formality,
averee TO court etiquette and ceremonial
he was extremely democratic In his ways,
exrept when driving his splendid horses. to
which be was devoted, and when he ex-
pected people tosEet out OF his way In
deed. ne was so often shouting out when
driving --ArreJlat' which means Get out
Of the way," that he was given the nick
name OF Dom Arreda'' by the Lisbon pub
lie. Once or twice. when his way was
blocked. he was abused by drivers going in
the contrary direction or else by people on
foot hut on almost every occasion that
they either insUlted him or placed any i'm
pItation on his courage he stopped his
horses. handed the reins to his A .. g,
aIighted and embarked on fisticud en-
counter with his adversary. almost invaTi-
a0ly coming out the victor. though on two
occasions he got rather badly mauled. IN
the latter instances he declined 10 permit
the other man 20 he 1nolested in any way
hv the police. preferring to settle his diff
ferences in his own fashion, without as
siStance-
The democracy of his private life was re-
heCted in his political views, though until
the murder Of his brother he held almost
entirely aloof from politics. Indeed, he
seems in almost every way to have taken
after his maternal grandfather the late
King Victor Emmanuel. resembling the lat
ter even in his bluff, brusqUe. startlingly
frank manner. At the time Of the assassi-
nation Of his brother Dom Carlos and of
the Crown Prince he came to the front
and stood beside his widowed sister-in-law
and his young and inexperieced nephew in
a particularly chivaIrous and gallant man
ner. while when the revolution broke out
the other day he took to arms and, over
whelmed by sheer numbers and borne
wounded 10 the ground. was captured and
placed on board the steam yacht Amelia,
which was commanded by revolutionary Of
ficers and had d revolutionary crew.
He has always been such a universal
favorite throughout the length and breadth
u 1 VI tU7dti Aildl Ilf people are already eN-
pressing regret that he was included in the
wholesale banishment Of the house of Bra
ganza; and while the decree of exile may
not be repealed. at any rate for some time
II come. il is on the cards that the duke
VIII be quietly infol led that there viii be
~ objection on the part Of the republican
government to his return to the country,
% which he Is deeply attached. and where
q Nc aai hTr17-a oil
genial surroundings. In this way the re-
publican government expects to give salts
faction 10 the still very numerous adher-
erts Of the fallen dynasty and at the same
time 10 propitiate those foreign ronarchies
which. attached 10 the house of Coburg-
BragarZa by ties OF relationship. are nat
uTallE- enbittered by the treatment to
which II has been subjected a the hands
Of the revolutionary junta- Dom Manuel
On several occasions prior to his deposition
expressed a wish to abdicate in favor Of
his uncle, Dom Alfonso, recognizing the
fact that the duke was much more in touch
with the people and with public sentiment
II Portugal than he was himself and II is
probable that had he abandoned for a time
the reins OF government to Dom Alfonso
as regent the monarchy might have been
SAY ed As il IS. the return Of Dom Alfonso.
even in a private capacity. may be regard
ell as the entering wedge for a monarchical
restoration.