Show THE DEATH OF A KING It is ia useless to say the king is no nomore nomore nomore more than another man He Is a great deal more I If King Carlos wasted his opportunity ho he wasted much more malO than did any of his subJects subjects sub sub- sub sub-I no matter how bow prodigal that subject might have been And If it he lost his life liCe ho lost more more because because some portion of that life some Interest Inter inter-I i est cst in It was the possession of his people When he died dle they all lost Jost something Ho He should have been better bettez Arrogance Arrogance Arro Arro- gance seems to have been the only l kingly inglr quality be he possessed Carlisle I te tells ls us kings first a achieved that station station sta sta- sta tion because they were worthy of it They could be first rulers only by ben being fit for it I I I Dominance by bj weak men was impost 1 t sible One could be king only by being be- be be 1 I Ionly ing strongest man and could remain only by the like reason This man seems to have cared littIe little lit lit lit- tIe tle for his people or to have hae ha had small capacity for tor government A Aking Aking king to deserve retention on the tho I throna should possess possess the qualities which make that throne secure and and desirable If Queen Elizabeth had been Incapable she would have been driven from England before that bright da day we call can the era em had haa time me t to dawn But she was fit She know what was needed and how to get it And If It her people gave money to make glorious her reign they gave it from fortunes which sho she had vastly Increased She enriched her nation Of or course her m nation Uon could honor her Carloss Carlos's death at Lisbon may mean the beginning o of or a 3 republic though that Is 9 rot not ot g going ig to be easy elsy E sailing ii g. g Small as 25 Js Is s the te stance the ther there lies lien fe an for for widespread trouble I I I Poor a as an is the prize Portugal might easily become tho torch with which the flame of war var could be tie spread p d throughout hout all Europe I King garlos had his c chance ance For Forthe Forthe Forthe the pleasures of vice ice he thre threw away rny I his hie kingdom For Tor the case o or of Inaction Inaction Inac Inac- tion he lost his life e. e His people are for his ever being born |