WHERE IS KING MANUEL?

1910 October 5th New Yorrk Tribune

London Hears He Is in Dozen Places at Same Time.

London, Oct. 5 — Where is King Manuel?

While it is definitely known that the revolutionaries have won the day in Lisbon and a republic has been proclaimed, there is considerable mystery as to the fate of the fugitive sovereign. At one and the same time he is reported to have fled to a dozen different places. According to the British Minister at Lisbon he is at Mafra, eighteen miles northwest of Lisbon.

This news, if true, “The Morning Post” thinks, has considerable importance. Mafra is palace, a church and a barracks, all in one vast building. It is situated among the mountains and the loyalty of the garrison would create a difficult situation for the King's enemies.

The army is distributed in small garrison towns throughout the country which may not follow Lisbon's lead. Oporto, for example, is traditionally jealous of the capital, and as the King has been very popular there a provisional government is not yet entitled to count upon the northern city's support.

But the peasantry is not likely to be very agitated by any change in the form of government so long as they can live under reasonably fair conditions.

There is reason to fear that the outbreak in Portugal may have reflex action in Spain, although in many respects the positions of Spain and Portugal are very different. For instance, the power of the clergy in the latter country is by no means so important as that of the clergy in Spain.

It is reported that the King's open partiality for a famous French actress, on whom he showered jewels, hastened the crisis.