In view of the undisputed facts of the situation—imprison- ment
on suspicion and long detention without trial—facts attested by Portuguese Republicans as well as by impartial and disinterested writers like Mr. A. F. G. Bell, nothing is more discreditable, cynical, and illiberal than the attitude of a promi- nent portion of the Liberal Press. We have already commented on the strange inconsistency of the Daily News, but may call attention to a remarkable leading article in Monday's Star headed " The Evasive Duchess," maintaining, first, that, while the conditions of the Portuguese prisons are bad, they are the legacy of the Monarchy and are the only prisons available ; secondly, that, in spite of Royalist risings, the Republic has made considerable alterations of the prison conditions and is making more. "Each of these points is based on indisput- able facts, and together they suffice to discredit the present agitation,"
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