El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-18

Fortunate. the great heroic period of
Portuguese history began Fleets of
ships, made by shipwrights brought
from Denmark and England, plowed
the most distant waters in search of
new countries to conquer The wealth
of "Ormuz and Of Ind and the treas
ures ef the new world poured into Por-
tugese Golfers simultaneously.
But the vaulting ambition Of Eman-
uel spelled trouble for the country
He dreamed Of occupying the throne
OF Spain. and proposed to marry the
lnfanta Isabella, daughter of Ferdinand
OF Aragon. and queen Isabelle Of CASTLE,
agreeing to expel the Moors and Jews
from Portugal in order to inherit the
kingdoms of Spain. The Moors had al
ways dealt leniently with the Jews,
recognizing their value as upbuilders
OF industry. The class Emanuel pro-
posed to Danish constituted the indus
trial bone and sinew Of his kingdom
Jews and NIoOrs Expelled.
The Jews and Moors were expelled,
with great loss to the country. but
Emanuels wife died leaving an infant
son who also died. a second marriage
with the same intention left him with
out an heir. and a third with his own
niece with similar aims was fruitless.
so he died without becoming king Of
Spain.
The record OF discoveries by Portu-
gese adventures at this period was
dazzling vasco da Cana doubled the
Cape OF Good Hope and reached India
by sea; Cabral discovered Brazil; Cort-
Real discovered Labrador; Castella
discovered the islands Of st. Helena
and Ascension; Amerigo Vescucci visit
ed Paraguay; Couthino explored Mad
agascar and Maurituis; Lopez occupied
Sumatra; Serrao discovered the Moluc-
cas-; Coelho explored Cochin China;
Andrade established a station at Can
ton and penetrated to the forbidden
capital OF the Chinese empire; Magel-
Ian navigated the Straits of Magellan
and led the way TO the Pacific ocean.
despotism subsisting on plumber.
Portugal was doomed. but blazed IN
glory Agriculture. which Farmer"
Diniz had so carefully nurtured, Ian
guished. Population did not increase.
the Inquisition was brought into play
as an instrument OF oppression Lis
bon flourished like the proverbial bay
tree The Portuguese crown was the
wealthiest in Europe. Graft-sodden
administrations in far away posses
sions divided their spoils with the mon
arch. and the church and the nobility
had q share. The world old story Of
the crumbling OF an empire as a re-
suit CT luxury and corruption, and fail
ure to develop the country while plum
dering the colonies was being told in
a decline that was not suspected by
those whose mis1nana cement contrib
uted 20 it.
Brilliant History.
No country boasts q history more
brilliant in adventure and conquest,
but If Portugal IN her brief career as
a great empire achieved much. she
dreamed Of more Nothing less than
the conquest of Asia and the CONVEX
sion of the uncounted millions OF the
cradle of races to the Christian re-
ligion. fired the imagination of the
Adventures. King Emanuel bore the
proud title Of Lord Of the Conquest
Navigation and Commerce OF Ethiopia, !
Persia and Arabia. but his country
men looked forward to the day when
Portuguese kings would be emperors
OF the east, and far away Japan would
send an annual tribute to Lisbon as
the price OF peace
Tomorrow-The Golden Age IN Por-
tugal.