The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-12

ON ALFONSO. Duke of Oporto, Is
shortly returning TO Poftusal.
and ii is for this reason that
mis- first cousin, KING victor EN-
manuel of Italy, has advanced MN the
money to pay his by no means large
debts, so that he can start Ire again
with clean slate financially. re-
vulsion in his favor is ALREADY APP
parent in Portugal, where he has al
along been the most popular member
of the reigning family. ENTIRELY with
out arrogance, affectation and formal
ity aVerse TO court etiquette ana cefe-
monial, he was extremely democratic
III his ways, excepting when driving
his splendid horses, to which he was
devoted. and when he expected people
to get out of his way. Indeed, he was
so often shouting out when driving,
"Arreda!" which means Get OUT OIL
the way" that he was given the nick
name of Dom Arreda" by the Lisbon
public. Once or twice, when his way
was blocked, he was abused by drlY-
ers going in the contrary direction, or
else by people on foot. But on almost
every occasion that they either Insult
ed him, or placed any lmputauon upon
his courage, he stopped his horses,
handed the reins to his aide-de-camp.
| alighted and embarked on q hstlcun
encounter with his adversary, almost
invariably coming out the victor,
| though on two occasions he got rather
! badly mauled In the latter instances
he declined to permit the other man
| to be molested in any way by the po-
| lice, preferring to settle his differ
| ences in his own fashion, without as
| SiStance.
The democracy of his private life
was reflected in his political views,
| though until the murder of his brother
he held almost entirely aloof irom pol
| itics. Indeed, he seems In almost every
| way to have taken after his maternal
grandfather the late King Victor En-
manuel, resembling the latter even IN
! his bluff, brusque, startlingly frank
manner AT the time of the assas-
I sination of his brother, Dom Carlos,
and of the Crown Prince, he came to
| the front, and stood beside his WIDOW
! ed sister-in-law and his young and IN
/ experienced nephew in particularly
! chivalrous and gallant manner; while,
| when the revolution broke out the
i other day, he took to arms and, over
| whelmed by sheer numbers and borne
| wounded to the ground, was captured
and placed on board the steam yacht
| Amelia, which was commanded by rev.
/ olutionary officers and had a revolu-
IItionary crew.
He has always been such a universal
/ favorite throughout the length and
4 breadth of Portugal that the people
i are already expressing regret that ne
| was included in the wholesale Danish
4 ment of the house of Braganza; and
i while the decree of exile may not be
4 repealed at any rate for some tins
to come 1t is on the cards that the
duke viii be quietly informed tina,
a there will be no objection on the part
Of the republican government to his
return to the country to which nc
is deeply attached. and where alone
I he feels himself at homo and among
genial surroundings In this way the
republican government expects to give
! satisfaction to the still very numerous
adhercnts of the fallen dynasty, ant
nj the same time to propitiate those
, foreign monarchies which, attached tt
!, the house of Coburg -Brazanga by tie!
} OF Relationship. are naturally embit
> tered by the treatment to which 1t hai
J been subjected at the hands of th
revolutionary junta. Don Manuel OF
several occasions prior to his depost
ton expressed a wish to abdicate II
favor Of his uncle, Dom Alfonso, rec
ognizing the fact that the duke wa
much more in touch with the people
/: and with public sentiment in Portugal
4 Than he was himself, and 1t Is prob
= ablo that had he abandoned for a tim
t The reins of government to Dom AT
$ fouso as regent the monarchy nigh
i have been saved, AS It Is, the return
: 81 Dom Alfonso even in n private ca
nacity, may be regarded as the enter
: ing wedge for monarchical restora
I ton.
k Baron Ernest Won Unsem- Stern
e herg's sentence, not to mere morrison
i mellt or to exile to Siberia hut to fou
il Years of hard labor in the mines o
Siberia, with the stigma OF felony |
N generally regarded at ST, Petersbur
n as d punishment 50 severe that th