The Press. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1910. KINGS IN EXILE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13861, 12 October 1910, Page 6

The Press. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1910. KINGS IN EXILE.

In taking Tefuge in England, King Manuel of Portugal is following a». example set hy several other ruler 3. Tho great Napoleon threw himself on the mercy of tho English, with results disastrous to himself. Charles X. of France, betrayed hy Louis Philippe, retired to England in 1830. There he and his party were first received r.t Lulworth Castle, in Dorsetshire, and afterwards went to live at HolyrojJ Palar<>, which' was placed at their disposal hy tho British Government. Eighteen years later, Louis Philipno found himself in much the same position as King Manuel was in last week The fabric of his rule crumbled abo it him, and he was left with littlo or no support. He fled to the coast, .end

after concealing himself for nine days, embarked for England under tho name of Wiliiam Smith. In England he took up his residence at Claremont. the prcp-erty of his son-in-law, the King of the Belgians. Onco again, i.i 1870, a French ruler sought sanctuary in England. Tho Empress EugemH had to fly for her life from the Paris populace, enraged by tho army's defeats on the frontier, and she was afterwards joined in England by the Emoeror, who, died at Chislchurat n 1873. Since then tho Empress has spent a considerable portion of i«.r timo in England. Wood Norton, near Eve_sha_n, where tho King ot Portugal and his mother aro taking refuge, .s the seat of the Duko of Orleans, head of the Bourbon-Orleans' line, and claimant to the throne of Franco, as a descendant of Louis Philippe. The Queen-Mother is the Duke's sister. Here, wo aro told, the Duke lives in regal state. Th© very furniture bears the lilies of France, and the entourage never forget for a moment that the head of the establishment considers himself "do jure" King of that country. The fugitives from Portugal will therefore find themselves in a congenial atmosphere, and a Princ© who hopes to to King some day will condole with a King who has found the occupation rath«r ht._a.rdous. It is,worthy of notice that these Royal exiles manage to live veiry comfortably, no matter how sudden has bo«_t their deptrtur© from their an-

irrateful country. Tbe Duke of Orleans and the Empress Eugenic are both very wealthy, and we have already been informed that the Royal family of Portugal need not worry about money. Rulers who stand in slippery places generally make provision for a fall, and gossip says that most European

mtiiiarchs -whose thrones are not "broad-based upon their peoples' "will" have taken cars to 'nlest heavily in British stocK. Nothing, of cour.se, will be said, but the Foreign Office must view the residence of the King of Portugal in Kngland with rather mixed feelings. Sir Edward Grey will now watch Spanish affairs witn increased anxiety, for the possibility of having a second exiled monarch in tbe country cannot be pleasant to a statesman engaged in maintaining the international equilibrium.