Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-15

than ordinary ability and worth.
Alfonso Costa. minister of Justice. was
popularity considered the brains and back
bone OF the
Backbone of provisional
Provisional Ministry W WIN s ,ar,
raj Candida dos Refs. he-led the revolu-
ton The naval officer became discour-
aged and committed suicide upon the eve
OF the triumph Of the revolutionary party.
but Mr.. Costa was more buoyant and
lived to take leading part in forming
the provisional government after Manuel
was expelled. He is able. ambitious and
Unfortunately vain, seeking personal glory
no less ardently than the welfare of his
country. but having the welfare Of his
country at heart. He represents the ex-
treme radicals supported by the paper
FL Mundo-the World--and has a great
many enemies among the more conserva-
tive advocates of republican government
Among the monarchists he is. of course,
considered little more than an anarchist
In January. 1908, Mr. Costa and Wis
conda Ribera were arrested by order Of
Premier Franco, then virtual dictator of
Portugal, for conspiracy against the
monarchy They were released in the
amnesty caused by King Carlos murder
responsible for the hasty, ruthless and
probably ill-advised expulsion OF the
congregations the sequestration of prom
erty belonging to these religious orders
ana otner measures against them.
Dr. Antonio Jose d'Almeida, minister
or the interior, Is the editor of the new
conservative repub-
oane ana SaIe, Hcan paper Re-
Has influence. puolica. He is
great orator. much
liked by the Portuguese for his honor
able career and attractive personality.
and highly respected by foreigners re-
siding in the country. Dr. d'Almeida Is
credited with being sane and safe man
with more influence over the mob than
any equally conservative man in Portu-
gal. He was strongly supported by
Machado Santos, the naval hero of the
revolution and editor of an insurgent
journal When the provisional govern
ment promulgated the right Of strike"
law, giving laboring men in Portugal for
the first time the right TO walk out"
there naturally followed a period of ex-
"A
strong tendency to abuse the newly
created privilege. DR.. d'Almeida proved
highly useful in this crisis He offered
his resignation because railway employees
or their employers. This ended the
strike. DIR. dAlmeida's steadfast de-
termination to be impartial as between
employers and employees not only made
nm d nero but relieved a situation that
might have resulted in civil war.
!, Inc European press has made much IF
the fact that Jose Relves, minister OF
hnance In the provisional government
is the son OF a bullfighter. This state
Spain the bnllfighter. or "torrero.'' as he
is called. is a professional who rates
about like pugilist in England or
America A long time ago gentlemen
! fought bulls In Spain, but that was when
the fight was fair and the danger great
In Portugal where bulfghts are exhibi
tlons or Workmanship, in which neither
pulls nor horses are killed Intentionally
or frequently. gentlemen still engage IN
the sport. The bulls horns are naddaI
and the espada kills" the animal with
a dummy sword at the end of the exhibit
ton; the exhibition of the scientific
stroke being somewhat like target prac-
tice with big guns when no shells are
actually fired.
MI. REEVES father was a wealthy land
| owner. a man of leisure. an amateur
photographer
Jose Relves hunter and
Capable and Earnest. sr s a. x,si,
as an owner Of thoroughbred horses.
He was ''fdalgo.' The term is the
Portuguese equivalent of the Spanish
''hidalgo." That the son is a capable
and earnest man is to be inferred from
the fact that he reduced the expenses
of the government about $780, 600 a day
when he assumed the duties of his office
Exchange improved and Portuguese
bonds rose in value. He cut out sched-
ule OF regular Office hours for govern
ment employees and put them to work in
earnest.
This created CONSERVATION among hold
ers OF sinecures. but awakened the ad-
| niration of the people and Won the COM
| mendation of foreigners in Lisbon, who
had observed the course Of events. Dur
| ing the wastefui days of the Braganza
kings nothing like regularity i'm hours
! and sincerity In devotion to duty among
public servants had ever been heard Of.
Gelett Burgess New York Arabian