LISBON REGICIDES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 4

LISBON REGICIDES.

TRAOEDV^bESCRIBED.' / t .'A TUMULTUOUS SCENE, ' Tlio Melbourne "Argus"- hag Tecoived from fts' London correspondent tho. following aceount of the Lisbon assassinations.— : - February I'. " niv; Tho assassmatiotf of : .Eing..-f!a-riDS s .and ; th® , Crown - Pmice' of Portugal wfcs net wholly . unoxpootcd- • :A-week be/or® .the ovent.noKS-^, ■<■ :■■-.: paper-; telegrams >- indioatod. that Frairoo.s i. : dictatorehip w&ji stretelnng -loyalty,ofi .1 . - ■ country to the utmort/ afld LBton' wes full . < : • of sinister ruroours.- .as a- jovral -norormgn, Kins Carlos was blamed ■ by, tho ■ Republicans for endorsing Franco's : ■ ':■' policy: But th»t policy h»d - much to comjncnd'it.-' ißotla I politieaLpaTtiefl l .hod .almost ■•:: ; ruined . th«.'country . by._the4r; extravagance.- ■ Sinecures abounded, and there' was a tacit smderstanduig-. >among» politicians that tho ■:■-... tState. existed for .£ha soTo-purpose of being ■■< j ' plundered. Bribery), corruption, and jobbery flourished'm l -'every department. - , .-■' jsts £md 4 Rfgßnor»tors :tuled ;in tiini. -■ Both •wero liberal in Opposition and: reactionaries : 32) office. - - j • : - r J REPUBLICANS' WORK. -: 1 - It-is clear that tho oufcrago of Saturday, ■i- ■• was not:the>work'of' anarchists"or" foreiglials. - ■ : It must, bo .laid .t-o. tha boqk ; tho Ropublic :: . exclusively." TJp to the present none of tho ■' ' - leaders of that boon compromised, ; and : their.j-horron at the . t-ernblo result of • tboir prcachmg has' -led * them to. oxpresa •- . ~ sympathy with tha sufferers. Tho instru- : mcntß :' csmed out: tho plot had fewer : compunctions. ; They ■■ ,wero, violent anti- ' ■' l]t<yaMttf-^''Bioy; , c«rtaiiily:;Vonldil»To,toßea<. Senhaf" Franco it by th« merest accident he jhad not been with tho Royal party. ■ \ : On Saturdav ■:laefc King Queen. ' i lAmt-lie, and Prince Luib returned to Lisbon : - - from iVilla Vicosa, whero King Carlos had had ?i. fortnight's-shooting. v ,Ths. routa, JfM', '■• .(ij/i because of a whisper:of a-threatened ; : - pntrage, and ..instead of entering Lisbon by (train tha Royal party. arriv^yby:}:water : :.._ati ithe quay near.-, tho.'. Plaza .do Commercio, Urgorand well-known Blatfk'HdfssSqiiare/ ':■■■.'■ ■ /which almost adjoinsjthp they. stepped from 'tho': fis^ibiat'^'^'tKe_■ , . , etagorjthcy byp tho:-younger:) son, jPrinoo Manuel, and dignitaries of the State, ;. '-. imdluding Senhor-Franco. King Carlos con- 1 ■ arerscdi jyith.- several^■ in}-tura,-1 aadwtho 1 four v - royalties get: info : one . carnage, and drove - off. ;.Strnhor.. Franeo -wea'detftmed ia ( con- . jversation with an official, and probably this : ■■-■•-, flaved his life, for he was unable to Accompany ' ■ ■ thf processionj •• Except for.'.a fiw municipal >: - - • • officials and a jthm-- special ' , ' . spcciaT.pr&auWonV'were taten ■ for-tlie'safety of' the royalties. • This remissness callca j;-?x«:: forth much disapproval later. ... . : .

. l\ .ASSASSINS. , '/All went well 'for a 'hundred yards, when ifie' little • procession "was,;.aboutto. .turn^out. ofjthe square' into ; the'/idjoihirig '-'arßerial:V!At $ • /m#point; a group of- vforTajd: ' wiih revolrsri.' Ona. or perhapi two, had . : Tepeating carbines. / Those aMsarins rushed l .io; the side of tho : King's. .. landau, : at " least-a . dozen shots ir«e'.'poured\into 'tho , :)■ Royal group. M l Pni» • accouit 1 of,, the datails r of; ../ .'tnis 'attick atatee thit bokh Princsa rose from ;V .'/'Vth«ir',-;seats >: and .' revolrCTs'. .' . .' their assailants,,' but''pro.b'ißl'y;.''the following is tho most trustworthy,'sta,temerit, 'of what really happon-ed. ■ '

J, i 1 .SVheriVthe 'lhimib'eri;'; of' 'tlid '.- stepped asliore at. tha landing-atiiss ptoplo remarked novr well they - were looking; , ; and cxclaimed Especially' st Jha ihaiidsom' »ppe»r= r- anco ef the Que«» and'iCrdva .Phicsj i The -. latW. who was .over 6ft.vm helgbi and a'd- . nyjably preipsrtioiied, looked a 'parfect picture .. : / o&l itanly;,. beauty. - ' ; Ho :wns.":.2eaerally jconj' . sidored to bs tho handsbnaasit' jn' tho ootmtry., . There was a very affiietionato ■.... suiriejiis studies, :;and;, with -other -friends.'- : t v!" ,= -■ ;Nottog. out..of''.the ordinary happened until. ;; '.J;-the. carriage passed, the last arcade but .oho " v • bofpro' turning outi'of' thoj sqiyjro, ; Eija do Arsenal. ■' < _ ; , ■ the first shot.- *

dusk, cariie'S. flash and-'a.report. Tho King's left shoulder ; twitch^d"ia?vit'{stuug. tile i;sh<>ti; but :'ii^in; /." • ?ono, could reali'sb' what actii : . f.; ally had.:;h'ap'pcned, -a' number, of: men withrevolvers jigiaiid.corivirged ori.'the carriago - sidea;^th>,a' suddenness thatiseemed , - •' to point jto t^eJ^^^iA a, " s 'S na l. •"','7.; V' . : sprang ' on': er ■■fy: -v; Straight; at ; y .till hb was carriage, and haidly' iiiSr'o 'tli'aif 2ft.;fro'm, tho tiiiit" through the spine. Th» King'g' headi'dr'Opped - ;■on - his_ and as ■ otlior icmi ruiuiing flpngside firpd.' r»volvwj./it "is impossible, to : : say, hoy sisay shots .were actually discharged, though' thero must >hay 6: S'A.A'bem^iic^jy^^cisrd;':-^ *QUEEN DEFENDS HER. SON. ~,, Tho : Queeir'' ; stook* up tho'' King l tnd ! the, Crown 'Prineo, arid,: calling, for.; help,.-: sought to defend--herself>and v : time-.to shield her. S(m ■ fay. jtriking at tks .. ; asaa.'isins with a bouquet,' vhieh had'lboan'ipreiv. ; sented to her,by a poor god-daughter.. At ,-, , ' this moment tha ftis,ri.: , »r}i<v KV tho .rv King from• that ; the; as tho carriage turn«d the corner iaW, tho, Kua .-■ xlo . Arsonal:..".-: Ilia" 'wa3":ilo- . thing.short.of- miraculous.: Had tlio attack' , been made * fow. yardafurthor oa .the whols -, - party certainly. -R'ould .iiava. bwiii .killfsd, ~ but. .' . r -, tho arsenal gates wire juit rxmnd the ctrrnar,, and tho, cairiago going in thw® imtead'of '. proceeding to -the- IfecMsidados Pa-lsa#'^tho > . surviving ocoiipanta w.er#|;Vmja«dia);ely.';'^-in' - /).' eafoty...,-.The liumbef' i; , : : :- of - shots : ;'by^|i!i'cr''{*et:.^that 12 bullets; wero afterwards. ! out'''of'tha . '. carriage.- , ■

, KJLL3JWO.- ! The doctbf^%lib%amiii<sl i '' i tho' bodies havo • wirio r - *?as carriago that killed tfcs: Kin«- and 'Crcmiv Trinco,, passing right through His body, ' . counts of tho murder say .that this fatal shot . v at tho Crown i'rineo was fired by tho'le-ider •tlio; : iWMdesAk;MirafeteacW : of^clivifry-"a'flßieSNanoel fiuica," who was seen to deliberately .-take .iVcarb'in'o. from under: his cloak 'and : fire two shots rdirect at tho Princo'j breast. ' , Buica was a well-known . shot in Lisbon at rillo meetings. V A and. him; down' wife 'his sword." Luifi Loper, ;nowspapor',-«th'e ,f man I '\vhfi "kiliell . - '/-Carlos from the: back 'of, tho. carriago, was also shot,asiwas_alsaa:third named •Cordoba,- ." * but ho turns out to bo aninnccont appreh-i ■ J - tice, who had been; sent, out on an errand.! /- CROWD HORROR-STRUCK. i %; : Whiie3'.th().]:fe"wly' - was ' with ■ hprror.;^ : , ,Thiiy ' ~-,.theii • dispersed;' thr shops ; no"* real " ntteMpt -was mads, to'"c'apturo'tho ..; assassins. ' Tho camago'.wwi drirtn rapidly • intotbennieria! r^t»,. : thus. tHo ; Queen and P/icc? MfmuelT esespod any j-'i'ekhH'at-' ." ' tenipt's ; ti theW;"Vt ■ Jiinnel, [was. sjightly \\- t ■ wounded;, ia-itto:arw7 V;JTho- carriag».!^nd:;th(> Queeirs-dross wers drenched lrith : blood. . Terribly mutilated, Kwg Carles died vifchin a niinuto. The CroivuPnncs oxpirod when \ of^iho- V^hicle/i^y^.^-'vK^'' *■ ! \ ' PLOTTING WITH'MATCHES. - , ; 'It . is. assert?jlvthat tfiev plot 'wa.'S. hatched v " at :"a'.ili'tjle^afo'lii; Lisbong.-wliero ißuica aiid four! coDipaoionsj jone of-whom was ' sorno- " times absent,- sat and ~ plotted, illustrating ■ their design with matchos. Tho matches were. laid -7in,.th«;'tabla ' would tako... the wouk!-Us assassins. v ' r . Tho ' landlord hid the I .men laying out U-«se matchfiii

but, paid no raoro than a passing attention to such a trifling circumstance. ' £ "I l-THE t SF.Q u EL. :> Ths couj so, which tfvoiita hava taken sinco -tho tragedy hau ■ since been learned by your 'readers—tho appointment of' tho Cabinet- . oft;appKweineot | -the flight _of Franco, into Spain', deserted by all of his friends;: and tho young Kinj;'s manly bearing all , through tho peril® of the week. He has elvrays been rory pipular, and' his training in th« Navy j-Jnta' bonhomie of hit father. 'tragedy wao received in -Lmd<ny«£3 ©ioWt&fon Sandfly iMtmnfr »nd ■ within: fin boni I .' Kiilfi JCdward and . Quean Alexandra vera ittfonr.;xi of the tpmMo • event, King Carles having been • a personal friend. Both:h»d dene much to iirmroro tlio reiatioii!! betwcaif ■ England and Portugal j ' which'.Vr4r& often v - strained a few ye®rs ago. ... j.;;r:~:rA'Vpop"uLAß visitor. Moreover, King Oarloa was also one of tho most'popular visitors to this country. Ho wa« a elieary, good-natured, jovial 'man, a spleadid R t.,fU»p,..osrert:: side, /and an • 'M ' • Till he at-, to ; nil<3 'Without a : i'srlisMentj :an<l doprivod politicians of the opportunities' of: plunder, ho was beloved by all. classes ill. his own couuwy. When Portugal was on tho ,TOT£e of bankruptcy in 1892 ho and his fam-; • lly-'rmoiihced of. tho endowments :p»id'.to.:t)j«m.iby7vtho . nation—a sacrifice of, £23,000 a /ear._ , . following year an attempt was matte to-', assaissinate King Carlos;, in tho' streets'of Lisbon.' In a few months King: Civrlos would have made a visit to the Republic of .Brasil. - .Amclie and tlio : Quern'. ; Motbef'"Maria Pia ' aro stricken. 1 with'Tgricf ::b\it thpifijboaring and long-stand-ing 'popularity; aroused ■.. much ' sympathy.; Queen Amelia a queenly, motherly part all through tho .terrible crisis; ': : ■. Tho. "Vanguards" (a; Republican newspaper) states that when Franco presented to. •King Carlos ' for signature,: a decrcb, on, 1 . . '-tho - enemies' of. tho : 'Ba'id,': 'havb . a presentiment in signing this dccreo that: I am .-'signing my, death»sentence, - but it does .not..matter. much,'.', and King Carlos affixed his . signature/ The "Vanguarda" also declares, that...just as__tho .Royal f family /.wore ! Lisbon; a' lelter was handed .to the King. ■ Ho road it, .and:his expression. becamo sad and . brooding. Ho : !femaiil^'.>'silait : ; v 'and' : gloomy, the 1 liaturo . of' his thoughts plainly written on his face.

Tho'friends of the late Crown, Prince, re;: ,late,'.tliat.; oil' tho.-:^ morning -' before' "tho' de'parturo of' tho 'Royal-.family .from;; Villa: Vicosa for Lisbon, ho ordered a: horso to boi _»ddlpd,.for-hip.usual rido.. : Tho.gr.oom whdi - brough't- the- horso J remarked, "lt,.is: a fino; day, your Royal Highness, v Tou' are siiro: to havo. .weather , • in, ,)Lisbqn."■,'■: '/Tho; 'GrowtiVPiinco' replied,'-' "Perhaps so, but I: hsve no-wiyh to go/there."- ' ;

,: ~ QUEENLYBEN¥v6iE^CE;^M : Several persons 'in the entourage of Qucch Amoho, feeling that '"the 'unpopularity incurred by ■ Senhor. Franco, of which ' her Husband 'and eldest son trera . the.;■ Victims; rmoy.fnowy-lw'fjdirectcd , against.; herself arid, Her Majwty to :ptes"^OT4i , 'AohtlisT-.abroaa,' either in' Spain:.or the,country:l3Momei ..'.More! : Bett!<J. the Queen is 'derating (.{icruplf to. .eb*Tii»ble.hwbrk»,'l.tyut'as,'tho objects of 'her, benevolence/ -«Je mostly under Catholic auspices her activity, while com-: mailing- . and ■ -sympathy Af a ' majority' 'of :the people, gives umbrngo to-tho' LRgpjibhc&ns.:.' and.i'thb anti-Clerieala. .:- For those reasons .it is thought thntvhor, tein- ! . porary , abroad would giy« an, apSaarance 1 atperfect neutrality "to.'the young Jng'» reigri at the outset... Doubt is felt, ' howevwy whether, tho Queen at a time still so fullof ;.doubt, uncertainty,, and danger ito b'o :., : 's6parat'cd from her ■rorir^^.j' ■■,.'■ ,„lA v!, '--' : : J-"-'" A