The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
; Taking Advantage OF England's
Friendship to Plot
Revolution.
~ MAY CITE PREcEDENTs
Course He Is Pursuing Approved
Years Ago by Queen
Victoria.
By rf.!LLlp EyEHETr.
Especial Gable to The T.mes-Dispa,ch.l
IOndOn. Sentpmher lS-Eha .uhli.

tHe Seizure il various English puft.
vi steamships armed and equipped iut
war, leaves little doubt that the youn-
King and the man who have remain..
l"yd! to him are planning TO overthrow
the republic of Portugal. and the ques.
ton is being widely discussed her
whether. in doinG SO Manuel is moi
nbusing the friendly right of asylum
While the young exile is personally
Y ry popular here, most people are OF
p" opinion that If he and the Duke
orleans are using their domicile in
Ind to hatch warlike schemes for
.Ss~'cT!nS the lost throne of a
~. S1+zas they are proving themselves
unS"ateful to their hosts. the Eng::sn
people. Fortunately, however, Manu.!,
II reproved for his endeavors TO get
hold of his lost crown, will be able
to reply, that what he is doing. has
years ago been approved b. no less
authority than the late Queen Vic
toria. who did not try to stop Napo-
leon III. from doing the very Identical
thing.
After the fall OF Napoleon III. and his
escape TO England, the French became
very irritated at the alleged plotting
which went on upon English soil. Queen
Victoria denied giving any encourage
ment or harbourage to French plots,
but frankly admitted that 1t was only
natural that dethroned monarchs
wherever they were.
The admiralty is said to be greatly
worried at the indisputable fact that
Socialism Is gaining ground among the
stokers and sailors OF the navy to such
an extent that a strike among these is
by no means impossible, though not
probable. in a near future.
hardly a day passes when revolu-
tionary literature of the very worst
Kin is not found on some vessel or
other, and more than one serious at
tempt has been made to form a naval
trade union among the stokers with
the view of forcing the hands OF the
admiralty in case of a dispute.
among the tobacco growing countries
of the world. for experiments carried
on this summer seem to have proved
that English soil and climate, at least
in some districts, are exceedingly.fav-
orable to tobacco growing. The
pioneer tobacco grower of England is
n retired army officer, Major Whit
more, who some time ago secured a
license from the government and plant
ed small quantities of both Smyrna
and Virginia tobacco seeds at Math-
void, Norfolk.
The result was a thousand Turkish
plants and over three times as many
of the American variety, all OF the An
est quality, These were then trans
planted to the waste land of the Meth
void estate between June IL and July
II, and in spite of the long drought
they give splendid testimony of the
possibilities OF England as a tobacco
producing ountry
Some of the seedlings, which were
only two inches high when put in the
ground by Major Whitmore. now show
luxurlant leaves. In one case twenty
eight Inches long by fourteen Inches
wide. This was a plant of the Virgil
MIA variety. 1t is estimated that these
plants average, under proper atten-
ton, fully 1000 pounds of good leaf
tobacco to the acre as they are very
hardy and thrive even among the roots
OF wild trees.
The Turkish specimens have also
grown lu&uriously, some of them meas
uring as much as seven feet eight inches
In height, and being crowned with beau
tiful lilac-tinted flowers. While The
barren soil OF Norfolk seems to be ad-
mirably adapted to the growth OF to-
odSSO' w thpCI lIIlcIlleES are not Yet
certain whether the plants would al
ways flourish as they have this year,
although the season has not been gen.
orally favorable. and the lateness of
planting was another disadvantage.
The commercial value OF the expert
ment, therefore. still remains to be
determined. but active measures in be-
half OF the new industry have al
ready been started by the government.
A tobacco specialist Is to be sent to
,erica shortly by the development
commissioners on a tour OF inquiry to
this end. He Will travel by motor car
through the tobacco lands OF the Unit
ed states. visiting all the principal
plantations between Florida and Can
ade. He Will then return over the
same route to observe the harvesting.
driving and r~ehandlins processes. On
his return a government farm may be
established in one OF the Northern
counties TO test the possibilities Of to-
bacco growing as q commercial Brit
ish Industry.
have just had a long talk with
Miss Kate Stevens. principal Of one oe
London's greatest schools for girls,
who has returned from America, where
she handed a message to President Taft
at Washington and attended the Nat
ional Education Convention at San
Francisco as delegate OF the British
National Union OF Teachers.
Miss Stevens Is very enthusiastic
over the United States.
The American people" she said,
are keenly alive to the advantages of
education. n are determined that
their children shall hav every educa-
tional advantage. They are quite ready
to make sacrifices to that end. They
Will vote money for schools and Insist
on having the very best teachers and
methods because their own children
attend the schools. whereas here in
England the children of clerks and the
middle classes generally are sent TO
private schools and their parents
/ Krudee naYinp the rafac for nnA1I.