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believed ne could depend, he embarked
with her for Gibraltar upon his yacht,
whence he made his way with her
later on to England.
Received in England with the utmost
kindness by the reigning family and
the people for his own sake, for that
Of his so popular mother and OF his
murdered father. who had always been
warm friend and admirer OF Eng
land, Manuel has made his home there
ever since. Related to the reigning
house of Great Britain he has all
along been treated in accordance with
international custom and comfy. not
merely az a royal parsonage but as .
sovereign, even though without q
throne or dominions. lie ranks at the
Court OF ST. James's as King Manuel,
is officially addressed there as Your
Majesty" and Is accorded the honors
due to a sovereign, even though in
partibus."
When in 1913 he was led by dynastc
and family considerations to marry
Princess Augustine of Hohenzollern, OF
the Roman Catholic Sigmaringen and
non-reigning branch of her house--a
Princess who through her mother and
grandmother has more Portuguese
than Teuton blood in her veins and
who is compelled to go back hundreds
Of years in order to establish her rela-
tionship with the ex-kaiser-she was
accorded by the Court of ST. James's
and by English society the title Of
Queen Augustine, sharing her hus-
bands predicate OF Majesty.
Rich through his French mother,
who Is a great heiress. and through his
wife. who received a large dowry. and
with no eXtravagant tastes, in spite OF
oil that has been written to the con-
trary by press agents OF sensational
footlight favorites. Manuel lives with
his wife the life Of a wealthy English
country gentleman at Fulwell Park 4
country seat dating from the early
Georgian era, near Twickenham-thst
is to say. in the outskirts OF London,
within an easy distance OF his mothers
home at Richmond.
King Manuel has made it thoroughly
Gear that neither now nor at any m
ture time will he raise finger 20
bring about the overthrow of the re-
public in Portugal and his own resto-
ration to his former throne. If al
some later period the people Of Portn-
gal should without any initiation on
his part unite in their belief that r re-
publican Government no longer fulfilled
their national requirements and aspi-
rations, and should by constitutional
methods invite him 10 resume his
throne at Lisbon, set up once more by
La ,eln p
would acquiesce in the desires of his
fellow countrymen, but not otherwise
II Is only fair to say here that this
is the attitude assumed. moro "spe-
cially since the beginning of the pres
ent war, by his uncle, the Duke OF or
leans. and by the entire French house
Of Bourbon, with regard to any ques-
ton OF the restoration OF monarchy IN
France. There has been a disposition
to regard Manuel as a "Roi Faineanf
(do nothing King) and the Duke o.
Orleans as a "Pretendant Faineant
They are nothing Of the kind. Tie
one is a patriotic Portuguese. Tho
other is an intensely patriotic Frono.-
man. They both enjoy the hospitality
OF England and united with tN'r
countrymen OF every political complex
ion against the common enemy IN re
great war, they refuse to plunge Their
respective countries Into civil STRIFE
for the sake of their own elevations 70
any thrones.
Whatever tho future NAV have IN
stSce for Manuel. 1t is-GlAisS-; hat IoL--
tugal Is not yet ripe for any restore
ton of 81 monarchy, although un''
Major and Prof. Sldonio Paes elevate
himself TO the Presidency by means o.
the revolution of 1917 the republican
regime at Lisbon can scarcely he me-
sidered to have been a success
1t was Paes, like his three prrd'.''
sors in the Presidency. n mem'"T "'
the faculty of the world famed tn.' or
sity OF Coimbra, who first gave l',.'
gal the freedom, the security and
good government that she had s0'E"
to obtain on the overthrow Of the 800 "-
archy. The Presidency left var"n' ''
the assassination OF Paes has been ~
visionally taken by his warm '',"'
Confidant and associate, Admiral ~
tro, who has retained most Of the '''
Ministers I'm Office They seem {" nav
succeeded in crushing the mon'ry
instruction in the north. heade"
Senior Paiva Couceiro, former '''
ernor Of Portugal's colonial possess''
in Africa, the son Of an the''H
mother and the leader Of unsucceSs' -
Royalist risings in 1911. 1912, 1918 ava
1914
He Is no mere ADVENTURE h"' ''
OF those men Of whom | 50 j" l
as being possessed Of fanai''aI 'T
that It is his duty as patriot ''
.stoys-the monarchy in order I" $50
the welfare ana Ms fu'uo A"r.
of his passionately loved Portusa"