Leaves from a Madeira Garden 



which in effect it was, obscured the fact that 

 it was a phase in an attempted revolution with 

 objects somewhat similar to those of the Young 

 Turks. But while the Turkish revolution has 

 been acclaimed in free countries, the Portuguese 

 party of reform and pure administration has 

 met with little sympathy, partly because its 

 methods sounded tyrannical, and partly because 

 for the time being it has failed. One important 

 difference there was. In Portugal the Sovereign 

 was heart and soul with the reformers, and 

 theirs was the cause for which he met his 

 death. 



For many years Portugal has been governed 

 by an oligarchy divided into two parties, 

 Reeeneradores and Progressistas. There is no 

 great difference in principle between them, but 

 the former may be described as Conservatives, 

 the latter as Liberals. In one important point 

 they are in complete accord. "The Regener- 

 adores and the Progressistas," says the Times 

 in a recent leader, " neither regenerate nor 

 make progress. They make arrangements 

 between themselves in virtue of which they 

 share the spoils of office in rotation, a practice 

 so notorious that they are known collectively 



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