Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-11-08

plotting, planning and fighting on the 'front.',
OF Portugal. He has been forced to the concl
sion that his stay in England will be q. perm
nent one, barring a social revolution in the cou
try over which he once ruled. He is maxim
preparations to forsake the temporary abode
Richmond In which he took up his residens
pending his return in triumph to Lisbon. and
AXE up permanent quarters in the
ost aristocratic fats in the whole
world-kensington Palace
Manuels pessimism ia due to the n
report of his uncle, the Duke Of ~
Oporto. who, since the royal fam
lily hot-footed 1t out OF Lisbon, has I#Hxs
been running between England E.S&2aa3
and the Spanish Portuguese from
tier carrying news and instructions nv
between the boy king and those 81
who are battling for his cause
against the overwhelming odds of
the Portuguese republican govern
ment. The duke, who is a we'll
meaning but Ineffective sort of
man, recently brought back from
Spain proofs that Manuel's cham
pions are indeed in bad way-in
fact, just about in their last gasp
Manuel has given the last penny
that he can spare, Queen An ala
has made herself almost destitute hv h.r ..a-
nces, while other sources of revenue have bee
sucked ory. me royalist soldiers. without pa,
without food, without clothing and practical ON
laws with prices on their necks, look forwar
with concern to the coming of winter
It is in these circumstances that King ceor,
mas come forward with an offer of q suite {
rooms in Kensington Palace for Manuel and hi
mother. The relations between the English kin
and Manual are very close and George know
almost to the dollar the dwindling resources {
the exile. In Kensington Palace although MAJ
uel and his mother probably will not enjoy tn
luxurious surroundings that they have had q
Richmond, they will have as neighbors in .adjoi,
I'M Hat fNur Rtas.w1 nRAt n
lily. The apartments in Kensington Palace ar
at the disposal Of the crown, and in two of ther
King Edward installed his sisters Princess Henri
Of Battenberg and the Duchess of Argyll
Kensington Palace, in former years, was ALLOW
ed to fall into neglect and the sanitary condition
were not OF the best Then many OF the room
were thrown open to the public. notably thos
associated with the early years of Queen Viz
toria, and, In consideration of this concession tn
state bore the expenses of the upkeep of tn
buildings. With the coming of the two daughter
of Queen Victoria, radical improvements wer
made In the furnishings but today 1t wouI
be hard work to rent the several flats to an
American accustomed to the comparative luxur
OF a $100-a-month fat In New York.
With the flight of his hopes young Manuel wi
enter more fully than ever into the social lif
of England. There is still hope among his olde
relatives of marrying him to one of the Englis
princesses. The first choice is Princess AIexaI
dra Of Fife. daughter and heir OF the late Duk
of Fife. Such match would be more attractiv
to Manuel now than it four years ago whe
1t was first mooted, because the young Fife prir
cess has stree inherited the fat fortune of he
father and would bring welcome relief to tn
private pocketbook of the Portuguese monarch.
You will remember probably, that Manuel cam
to England some three years ago looking for
wife. He spent some little time In the compan
of Patricia of Connaught and the Fife sisters
Subsequently he conhded to Gaby Deslys his in
pressions of the three English princesses. Boile
down they amounted to this: He was willing i
consider Princess Patricia, but he understood
that she did not view the match with favor
whereas the Fife girls were fiat and uninterestin
and he would not consider them for a singh
moment
OF Queen Amelia 1t can be said that she 1
endeavoring to find consolation for all her trou
bles and disappointments in good works. In thi
she is following the example of the Duchess O
Marlborough, and 1t was the American born duch
ess who gave her the tip Not long after tn
Portuguese queen lad exchanged tbs Necess
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