El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-12


a counter revolution to restore
the monarchy are lessened, al
though vigilant precautionary meas
ures are being taken. In fact, the
probability of restoration of king
Manuel never has been considered in
Portugal as it has in other countries
Of Europe. It is much easier to get
a bet in LONDON or Paris that king
Manuel, or some other scion of q royal
house, will one day sit upon the Por-
tugese throne than it is to find man
in Lisbon who seriously entertains such
an idea. In Lisbon, Manuel is spoken
of as a harmless boy against whom no
body harbored any real i'll feeling. 1t
is pointed out that he and the others
of the royal family were accorded the
gentlest and justest treatment. No one
wants to deprive them of their private
property. and no one minds their draw
ing a pension. but their return to Por-
tugal as rulers is not among the prob
abilities.
Foreigners Like Republic.
In this view OF the situation foreign
business men residing in Lisbon agree
with the Portuguese who are outspoken
In their delight with the republic and
ready with their condemnation of mon
archs and the monarchies as institu-
tions. The present outlook is that
while there may be a good deal Of
rough shedding for dreamers before
Portugal becomes an ideal, or even
practical republic, It Will not again
become a kingdom by consent Of the
Portuguese. The danger that looms
larger than that of a return to con-
stitutional monarchy is drift into au-
tocracy under the name of democracy
such as is found in certain Latin
American republics. If this contingent
cy is avoided the prospect is that Por-'
tuga1 will make gradual progress in
the right direction.
At present the future OF Portugal
seems to lie in the hands of small
number of "intellectuals' who pro-
NOTED successful revolution. There
is little prospect Of a successful coun-
ter revolution in behalf of king Man
uel Although only a small proportion
of the Porting ese-only a small proper
ton Of the residents of Lisbon in fact
took part in the revolution, almost
every Portuguese prefers a president to
a king. No matter how apathetic- he
may be, or how ignorant. he is not so
poor an advocate of democratic gov
eminent that he would rally to the
standard Of an aspirant for the throne.
Not a Political Cure-AiI.
One major difficulty confronting the
men who are trying to forward the in
terests of the country is that many Of
those who aided in the revolution
locke upon the change from a mon
archy to a republic as a political cure
ALP that would remove every cause
for complaint. Many of these men are
too ignorant to understand that kicking
over a throne and setting up new
form of government cannot make 1T
possible to collect two days wages for
one days work sor to buy two loaves
for the price of half a loaf. There is,
as an inevitable result, a good deal OF
unwarrantable discomfort among emo
tional and unthinking republicans
who do not know where to draw the
line between advocacy of representative
government and miIitancy against all
government.
The leaders Of this class taught them
in the pre-revolution period that but
for the coalition of priests and princes
they would have everything their own
way. They now ask these leaders why
their prophecies have not been fulfilled.
They want to know how soon they are
to be fulfilled. What was said for eff
feet in an effort to arouse a rather cal
lous people to action against a form of
government that was unQuestionab bly,
bad was taken so literally that some
what awkward situation, and one with
great potentialtties for discord, exists.
AnarchIstic Ideas.
For example, band of strikers
walking out under the right to strike"
law which is one Of the fruits Of the
provisional government, circulated
handful advising the government that
the forces that brought Ii into existence
might be expected to destroy it If their
demands were not met. These demands
were. OF course for higher wages and
shorter hours. 1t is not necessary to
assume that they were unjust in order
to point out that the attitude of the
strikers was anarchistic and absurd
In this state of unrest lies an oppor-
tunity for the cheap demagogue and
would be dictator. Many thoughtful
men in Portugal fear that full! advan-
tage will be taken of II. An unedu
Gated and restless proletariat, an army
and navy composed Of Carbonaries
whose loyalty to- their secret order is
much stronger than their allegiance to
the government, and a press that has
been not inaptly described as under
lining each word constitute combi-
nation of evils that might well frighten
the purest and most courageous Of pa
triots
Soldiers of Fortune.
In addition to the disgruntled who
expected too much from a mere change
Of government there are the heroes Of
the revolution" who were IN many
cases soldiers of fortune and expected
substantial rewards for their part in
the overturn- The leaders were amazed
at the scramble for places of honor and
emolument that followed the Inaugural
lion OF the provisional: government De-
votion t. what the French call the 'po-
litique d'estemac" seized all of the he
roes and sympathizers after the ex-
pulsion of the royal house Many of
the men appointed TO major and minor
posts under the provisional government
are, according to common report. quail
flied by their service in the cause of
the revolution rather than by their ca
pacity for service in the cause of good
government The rush for Jobs be-
came so great that a sign was hung
up in the office of the civil governor
of Lisbon advising all and sundry that
a man might often better serve his
country by refraining fTom asking for
preferment than by insisting upon hav-
ing q position.
Hungry office Seekers.
With the horde of hungry office
seekers hanging about the doors OF the
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