Show POOR AND IGNORANT thill h the condition of the portuguese common people baill OF 1 taiti in the only lei the ahau mish 0 o fislid aej ire lot liso rons rn special S F chronicle service I 1 oronto dec 22 since my interview with banor casteller I 1 have had a rapid run through portugal in order to ascertain tha feeling of the people in regard to the revolution in brazil there is without doubt much sym the movement which overthrew pedrea government but ft does not seem very active or pro in character the idea that there is a widespread desire among the portuguese crople to overthrow the government of the kin and establish a republic has no in fact the maws are sunk in ignorance and i and the people take very little internet in be question of government what really moves them is the weight of taxation which for yeara lias been growing with alarming rap city and threatens at no distant date tu eat up the whole resources of the people this ia the real cause of popular discontent which no mere in orro of government could cure un lees accompanied by a repudiation 0 the public debt toe republican element la distinct ly and is requited largely from the mercantile and professional blasses it ia said to count numerous among the officers of the army but its lone resides in activity and influence rather than io numbers whether it would be able ti set in motion a socialistic popular discontent is doubtful tin church is one side of the crown and though the influence of priests in the towns is at a low point in the country it is different there the crown is supported by hereditary nobility and the rich and fairly influential fluent ial who regard any attack on the monarchy as a danger to them dehes in which they risk a loss of position and this element contributes a good deal to the rumors of impending revolution n ith a view to induce the government givern ment to take active steps in suppressing a republican and radical propaganda by armed force if necessary in view of the e elements in the situation it Is certain that any attempt to overthrow alie be resisted by force and to establish a republic it ill be necessary to face the dangers of civil war signed J J M P |