Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — KING MANUEL WRITES SOUZA [ARTICLE]

KING MANUEL WRITES SOUZA

Says He V/ants It Understood Departure Is Not Act of Abdication. It is s'.ried" id Gilraltar that ex-King ntiel altered his decision to go to V>K;i .'’anriqve in consequence of reptese: tatibns made by Spain. which fekred if he visited there it would stir he Spanish Repunlicans. Manuel, he'ore lea vine Portugal for England, ?vete to Premier Souza: “I am ■ cnipelled owing to stresCjfrt circumstances to embark, but I wish to inf Jim e people of Portugal that wy conscierce is clear. I have always acted faithfully as a Portuguese and have done my duty. I shall always remain a whole hearted Portuguese. I hope ray country will do me justice and fry to rnderstahd my feelings. My departure <• not by any means to be regarded as an act of abdication”