Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-25
KING MANOEL.
Might Make Good King u he Rad
the Chance.

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the Chance.
1t would be difficult 10 find aniohS
the crowned heads of history a more
uathrtic figure than Mano"l IL. NnS
Of Portugal md the AlgarTeS.
The world has not forgotten in WHIT
tragic circumstances the young III
fante Manoel, Duke of Beja. ascend
ed the throne: how, on that tateint
Feb l. 1908. he niraculouslX escaped
death and saw mis- father King Cart
oS and his elder brother 3ssaSSinatti
in an open carriaS0 lie was hiiiiSti'
wounded, and he had his arm IN Il
sling when. Il few days later. ne pre-
nounced his first speech from tue
| throne q speech which, for time at
| least, Won the heart nj every fot'u
ruese: i invoke my fathers tefrlpis
martyrdom at the firSt meeting Oh tsi''
| Crown and Parliament as sign Oh
alliance which should rally all TO tii'
! cause of peace and progress OF our
nation. This deed. tho like OF winch
| has never heen seen. has brought me.
| to the throne for the accompaniment
of a dynastic and national duty.
| place my faith in God and you. IN"
| representatives Of the nation. That
with your help may fulfil this mis-
] sion we'll"
Extraordinary stories We're told at
| that time about this youngest OF Eu-
ropean rulers. They made a super
man" of him, os one who worked
| twenty hours out of the twenty-four,
| discussing. with the ability ana the
maturity of thought of Pitt. DIS
| raeli, or a Bismarck. affairs of state
and assuming with ease and perfect
| confidence the greatest OF RESPONSE
| bilities in a country where the po-
| ,itica situation waS--and remains
! admittedly more difficult and complex
than In any other European nation.
Tint King Manuel is unusually gilt
ed in many ways has been evident 10
all who have had the privilege OF APP
nroachine him. He wished to be
sailor before the tragic events oe-
curred which brought him To tn"
! throne. and he threw himself into the
study OF mathematics and naval con-
| struction with great energy ana thor-
oughness.
| He worked with great enthusiasm
in OF der to enter as a simple moship-
man the Naval College. and Wheh ut
| Villa yicosa he begged his mother 10
allow him 20 return sooner to Lisbon,
that no might continue his mathe-
matics and not be behindhand with his
school-fellows. This request WAS
| made on the occasion of the visit TO
| Villa Vicosa of the Duke Of the Abruz-
ri. and the goung Infante remarked
| tn the u,icen that when he became
| naval officer he would like people to
| saw of him all that is said of the duke
and of his services to science.
The boy would rise early in the
| morning and study Plato and Greek
| philosophy in those days before IL
| went to breakfast in his mother
APARTMENTS Most Of the day was dc-
| voted to studying, and in the even
jngs I've would take up music or draw
| ing. Like his grandfather, Louis j. OF
| portugal. Manoel is fond of music,
and PLAYS the piano quite remarkably
From his great grandfather. KING
! Ferdinand H.. he has Inherited lose
for works OF art. especially in sculp-
ture and painting.
| Physically he is less Braganza
than Was his Inflated brother. he
rather shows the blood Of the houses
of Orleans and of Savoy. His devoted
mother, Queen Amelia, was born
princess Of Orleans, and is grand
daughter of King Louis Philippe OF
France He has her eyes and prov.
but his square chin and mobile curving
lips are Enthusiastically those which
| characterize the house of Savoy. Man.
uel II. is a great grandson of Victor
| Emanuel. I'll Re Galantuomo, the
| creator of united Italy.
Tie beginning of the young mon
archs reign was promising. When ne
| drove from the Neseccidades Palace to
the Cortes. in order to open Parliament
| which had not met since the inaugu-
| ration of an ill-advised Dictatorship
| flowers were showered from the WIN
dows and enthusiastic acclamations
raised as the youthful and handsome
sovereign passed. He set to work IN
earnest, fully realizing his RESPONSE
| bilities and the Importance OF ms oH-
cha! duties. For four hours every day
| he gave audiences and daily he receiv-
| ed one or several Of the Cabinet Min
listers. Those who saw him both be-
| fore and after his accession to the
| throne were all agreed as to the re-
markable change in his attitude and
turn of mind. In fact, he appeared
much older than his years. and acted
like a man of mature age. In order to
fit himself for his new duties he found
time to go through a regular and diff.
! cult course of study in legislation and
political economy.