SHOTS IN LISBON.
FORTY ARRESTS. ' ALLEGED PLOT .AGAINST YOUNG By Telesruph—Press Association—Copyright, • ...... . Lisbon, Jftnuary 11.- . Tho newspaper :"Im partial" states ; that:'a Republican .plbt • ; against King Manoei has been .discovered.; Forty ar- : rests have been made. '■ : ■ [ r: ;The; sentries; guarding', tho Palace' of the . Necessidades (tho. Royal 'Palace, ..in Lisbon) ..fired;! several, 'shots ~ at: suspects yesterdayevening; '.: Excitement prevails in Lisbon. . - KING. MANOEL'S SACRIFICES. ; : Referring, to'. King Manoel's refusal to ' accept tho X32.0C0 a year added to the : Civilf jEist ; of. 'his : ,i,'assassinatid- r : ; father, • Dom Carlos,'- ami his: consent ,to , a.■ reduoi ti,on : of . ;£12,000 a.' ari ' annual grant of .£75,000—t0 pay off, the advances 'inado; to' the late :King - without the consent: v.of Mr.'Wm. . Maxwell ; writes: - "These have ; not been mado ih ; .'vain./ King Manoei "thereby..-convinced'th^riatidif:of ;the siri r cerity of his desire to lighten tho bur- : dens ahdscohfirmed'. them .. in ;, their > im- : pression .tjfst: he ivas a-youth.'of .wise and • ; gencioTO: ; iiißtihcts.';;:a Thjf popular ; :belief : na.s lx-an .'strengthened by the 'simplicity :of his life'whether in the Palace:of feces-' : sidades'-iri Lisbon—where 'he" is..,tho :Soy.ereign' "and j, the. statesman—or '-iii - ■ Pana - Castlo pcrchcd liko an oaglo's nest above] [ beautiful ,he-is therPrinco and . the private gentleman, j -:, i- ' "i"lf -liis public: appearances have' -.been rare ;it.is'd^e,to the. natural ;anxie(y. of. a' Queen 1 who,: has ..seen- husband , ana . son murderedthe . of ..' the .';capital. .'.King, Manoei. him%9lf, has no fear pt, his subjects, to lvhom it 'is his' ambition to be knowh-\fbr ;the arid 6ympatliy that:■ distinguished/;Pedro.-: the'! Just ; •Al ; ' .ready;;thereT'are.sigh9. that: his.'.reign has ."not::teen.iwithout advantage -to . his- coun- - try. ' If' political 'hatos- , and.; - ihtrigues have;;not i ceased,*• they. l have. at anjTate. : lost: some , of; their'.energy' and ■,vindictive-'; ness.' If the 'financial ..'conditfoh';coritiu-: ues'to fill experts, with alarm and to put. fetters on'; the development" of. the resources..of Portugal, there' aro'none the less j evidences ?of? increasing prosperity'.";'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 5
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305SHOTS IN LISBON. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 5
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