THE NEWREPUBLIC

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 5

THE NEWREPUBLIC

ANTICLERICAL CAMPAIGN.

ROYAL FAMILY DEPARTS FROM SPAIN.

KING RETURNS ROYAL YACHT By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. (Roc. October 11, 10.50 p.m.) London, October 11. The "Daily Nc-waV Lisbon correspondent states that although the revolution has been swift and splendid, tho present onti-olerical; feeling may possibly lead to excesses which will injure the revolutionary canso in the eyes of tlio world. Tho Government might easily have prevented the soldiers • and sailors ■'. from fusilading the Quelhas Convent, and also havo stopped the subsequent pillage. The Irish Dominican ,Churchj flying the British flag, was tho only ohurch , open on Sunday; It was not molested. A decTeo quietening tho anti-clerical ' sections orders the enforcement of all'i laws against tho religious orders; the | expulsion of the Jesuits; the confiscation of their property; the expulsion of i foreigners belonging to other orders, and I also of Portuguese not abandoning tho j respective communities. | The property of theso various orders will be inventoried, and will be disposed of later, according to the relations eventu-1 ally x established between State and Church. Some of the Jesuits will migrate to Britain, but the majority will go ,to i Brazil. The Portuguese nnns who fled to Spain , received a hostile reception at Badajoz. j They were hooted and hissed as they proceeded to the Carmelite Convents. ' The gendarmerie dispersed tho mob, and | tho convents are being closely guarded. "The Times" Lisbon correspondent, in . commenting on tho acquiescence in the Republic in Portugal, states that public . interest and feeling—if the latter exists- j havo been skilfully diverted into tho j clerical channel. NOT AN ABDICATION. [ • i KING'S VIEW OF HIS FLIGHT. ' London,. October 10. ' King Manuel and his mother, Queen . Amolie, have left Gibraltar, and arc pro-1 cceding to England. _ : Tho Royal yacht Amelie, which is | claimed as national property, has loft | Gibraltar for Lisbon. Before leaving Portugal King Manuel | wrote to the Premier stating that his conscience was clear, and that he had always done his duty. Ho declares that his departure is in nowise an abdication. An Italian cruiser has arrived at Gibraltar to convey Queen Maria Pia (tho Queen Dowager, grandmother of King Manuel) and the Duke of Oporto to Italy. King Manuel and Queen Amelio will probably reside at Wood Norton, in Norfolk. ■ , UNWELCOME QUESTS IN SPAIN. | A FERMENT FEARED. | (Rec. October 11, 10.50 pjnj . London, October 11.' The "Daily Mail's" Gibraltar correspondent states that Spain expressed strong fears that King Manuel's visit to the Villa Manrique might cause a-for-raent. Tho King in consequence goes to England. His health is indifferent. A Portuguese named Mateo, believed to be an anarchist, has been detained at Gibraltar. He was found loitering near ■ tho Government House when .King Manuel was landing. ' I ■ 'I j SMALL OUTBREAKS SUPPRESSED. ' « London, October 10. Colonel Arreto, Minister for War, has caHed to the "Daily Mail" stating that some small outbreaks, provoked by priests i armed with carbines and dynamite, have been suppressed. The bodies of-the late Dr. Bombardo and Admiral Rciss are lying in state in Lisbon., There are no religious emblems in tho mortuary chapel. i