Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
Postponed
Elections


Nav H. and this had had
POSTPONED deplorable effect upon
r,.: opinion both within and
without. The COVE nmenl
answered that tho delay in submitting 10
the people the choice of president wa
that the clergy exercised undue anti
government influence In the northern dis.
tricts. and i, needed more time ~
strengthen the republican campaiag
there.
1t is CHARGED that il was due Ia such
hesitations that the British government
Informed Lisbon that il would receive =
representative of the republic. bst nm
officially and not in Diplomatic capac-
itX. Ii was thus that NJ Teixera Comes,
the envoy. was sent 70 London.
The PortuRuese republic was proclaimed
ny the constituent assembly amid a oreai
concourse of neople al the end OF MAJ.
The monarch'sts abstained from Notino on
the preteNt that the secret vote CAV.
them no assn ance OF liberty The eie,>-
tons resulted favorabiv To government
and IL conv"ked the assembly for June
~ The following dav the government
'sSued message in which II traced the
causes and consequences of the revo,u-
ion OF October :. 1910 which elected
Theophi'e Brara provisional president ~
TIE renu'lfc. The message recalled that
the revolution was the logical conci,,stol
If a long crisis. the monarchy had failed
% do its duty and the nation took ov.f
- authority. Tire secrecy OF the onera-
son had been misunderstood out side ~
Portugal. but the peoole had approved
The messaPe complained that the new
-enublic WAS the object OF hostile criti-
"ism in the European oress. II VAS un.
nerited. and the government of PORTUGAL
had 'eacted nv eo.earship which haa
perhaps been too rigid.
The TENNIS OF Paris whose republican,
som Is above reproach. wrote that the
susceptibility OF Portusuese reuurfcan.
legitimate perhaps I'm principle but
Nycess've and "mala droit I'm practice
The European Journals with rare excep-
ions, We're not AGAINST the -e,ub'ic bur
they could not hut feel that the imnres-
sion was had. The Government OF Por-
'ugal had committed. faults which mer.
ted the criticism IL had received.
The Temps recalled that the facility of
republican success constituted a grave
peril. The monorchv haa
PerilOus not been overthrow; II hal
c fallen itself. because 1. was
incapable. Parliamentary
coteries had violated the constitution AMI
paralyzed national existence 1t was NOT
possible TO these Impressions TO be et-
faced Was II possible to conceive that
after the constitution Of the provisional
government there should have been es-
tahlished q committee of carbonarists?
The indiscreet activity of this committee
seemed To he inspired less by the care
of public good than by the tn rst for
public place" The men Of real worth
grouped around NJ. Braga knew what tho
committee of ca,bonarists meant, and the
government should not be offended with
those who had remarked the malady from
which Portugal would he the first to
suffer.
The act of June 10 fortified the
thority of government and armed 1T for
a more active exercise OF power. and
public opinion was encouraged. AT the
first meeting of the constituent assembly
Deputy Alexander Braga demanded Il
vote Of confidence in government, AMI
the chamber responded by unanimous
acclamation'' At the same time the
ministers of justice and interior protested
| against motion made by N. Aware
Castro. who asked for the creation of a
separate and secret tribunal. which was
to be manifestly star chamber and a
military court.
The election of NJ. Arriaga to the
presidency of the republic appears IL
commit Portugal 10 the conservatives. NJ
Arriaga having been reported as a man
of moderate views. conforming In that ia
those expressed by M. Almeido, minister
of the interior: but 1t is said on the other
hand that the president is a radical ana
the separation Of church and state
NJ. Chagas. who was minister OF Por.
| tugal al Paris. was charged with tho
constitution of new ministry. The
conservative bloc that supports the new
government will have a majority of about
fifty-five in the chamber. In the senate
the majority is twenty-five, but I'm spite
of that fact the government may And OBJ
struction on the part of the radicals. who
will oppose the modification of the law
of "a nv
Will the troubles which have threatened
the government at Lisbon serve as p
warning? 1t cannot be too
Warning often declared for the good
NJ, of the republicans who have
NSoueu. many discordant elements
in their ranks, that there is strength only
I'm unity. They will surely understand
that If Capt. Paiva Concerto undertook
an expedition or raid he did not do 50
for the empty pleasure of opening up a
civil war in his country. but because he
was aware that he had the sympathy or
the greater part of the population anu
because he thought that in his hands he
held all the cards necessary 10 win the
game Capt Paiva Conceiro II aware az
this moment of the grave errors he COM
mitted in the manner of playing the
different but for the twenty automobile.
A writer who claims to understand pub
lie opinion in PORTUGAL afiirms that tho
republic was proclaimed by only small
part of the people. He declares that the
revolution of October last the work
of the people of large cities and OF the
navy and "A part of the army. But the
monarchy MAY count with certainty upon
a part of the army, upon the residents
of the small cities, upon the clergy ana
upon the entire rural population. 1ha
new regime i'm any case. adds the write.
has many powerful enemies, and for THIS
reason il is necessary that republicans
shall form Il strong union. abandon their
iealousics and diSsensions and work to-
gether
For a fact The last elections were no
more loyally executed than the elections
under the monarchy And the writer
adds in conclusion: To-day, yester-
day. Portuguese politics are solely based
upou personal interests" He cites as
an example of greedness among repul'-
lcans in the chamber that the four sec
tions Of the party are actually fighting.
each other in the struggle for place ana
honors on the we'll known principle IN
some other countries. that TO the vietor
belongs the spoils.
These four groups hate each other cor
daily During the recent presidential
election the three weaker sections Jo mel
against the s.roncest section IL det"at
the nomination OF NJ. Machado Nb' 2
IL was question of forming the nrsf COZ.
stitutional abinet the same riNalries iui
bat,ads we're manifested Ii was necas-