The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
AFTER LOST CROWN

II is all true. The King Of Portugal
and his chosen friends, chief among
them his own former Minister TO Britain.
Marquis de .Savoral, well received and
liked at court, have made use of the
hospitality extended them by King George
TO engineer plot for the recovery of
the lost throne of the Braganzas. The
representative in London of the new
Portuguese republic, Senior Teixeira
Gomez, discovered the plan, and has
notified the British government, and as a
consequence the steamship Foam Queen.
moored in the Thames River, was seized
and found fitted with four big guns,
racks for hundreds OF rifles. and in all
respects carefully prepared for a war
like expedition. Almost at the same hour
another unsuspicious locking steamer was
seized in the Tyne. A day or two later
the Arizona and the Bessie were seized,
and six other vessels, two of them flying
the flag OF Peru, were detained, all more
or less ready for short but sharp fili-
clustering trip up the Tagus to Lisbon.
or course. as put by the late Queen
Victoria, who was ever ready to make a
home for eXiled royalty in England: "A
former King can hardly be blamed for
trying to get back his lost crown" But
at the same time sucn things are apt
to embroil any government with another
nation. and should not be attempted di-
rectly by the exile who has been re-
ceived with open arms and given shelter.
The seizure of the vessels must have
been bitter blow to King Manuel and
his Dartsans To get a royalist fleet
ready for this expedition some time must
have elapsed. Apparently there has been
traitor in the royaliSt camp. but the
minister of the republic. although appar-
pF " f11l1 tA1 10
until the psychological moment when the
Foam Queen was about to leave the
Thames. Senior TeiXelra seems to be no
fool, and apparently is used to diplomatic
chess playing.
Since all this became known II has been
ascertained that a number of royalist
consprators recently have disappeared
from Lisbon and that they were to have
Joined that filibustering expedition on be-
half Of King Manuel. Portugal always
has been the natural home of conspira-
cies, and is long as there is Portuguese
king in exile so long will there be con-
spiraCies and counter-cOnspiraCies for
his reinstatement upon the throne Of
Portugal.
In the meantime, and perhaps to cover
his true design, King Manuel has been
having great sport on one OF the most
famous sporting estates of England. Some
remarkable bags" have been obtained
at Studley Royal. the seat of the Mar
guess of Ripon, where for years the late
King Edward and now the present SOW
ereign opened the grouse-shooting season
on the extensive moors. Early this month,
after King George had left Studley Royal
for Scotland and Balmoral Castle. he was
succeeded as the guest of honor of Lord
and Lady Rip0n by the youthful eXiled .
King.
The Viscountess Maidstone is said TO
be the prettiest woman in the "Ameri
can" peeraGe, II SO anomalous a term
be permitted. She is certainly one of
the most charming ladies bearing a
British title We all know that she is a
daughter OF NJ. Anthony DreXel. the
Philadelphia millionaire. She became the
wife of Lord Maidstone in March Of last
year.
Lord Maidstone is heir to two earl !
doms. therefore the former Miss Drexel
some day will be Countess OF Win
Chilsea and Nottingham. The Finch fam
lily. who holds the Maids, one titles. is
a notable one in the British peerage and
among the oldest in the baronetage, the
family having been ennobled in Gil. or. |
in other words, in the very first year
Of the existence OF that order.
Several members OF the Finch family
nave piaNeu Conspicuous pal Is III lle
history Of Great Britain, and some very
quaint characters also have been num- !
bered among the descendants of the Z.
knowing widow who, in her own right. |
was the first Countess of Winchilsea !
One Of them was the third earl. who was !
very dOmestiCated and became the father !
OF twenty-seven little FInChes. What |
time there must have been in the ba- !
ronal halls OF Winchilsca in those days /
FLANEIR. |
tCoTrriSht. 1911 hy Court Gossip SyrdIcate.l |