Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1890 — BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL [ARTICLE]

BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL

STATUS OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS. The Last Rites Over the Remains of the Former Empress of Brazil Sagasta Gives Up His Attempt to Form a New Spanish Cabinet. Lisbon cable: In Portuguese official circles it is denied that Major Serpa Pinto can rightly be made to bear any responsibility for the fresh difficulties which have arisen with the natives of southeastern Africa. Not only, they say, was Serpa Pinto himself ill at Mozambique at the time when the revolt broke out, but the bulk of his forces had retired from the district, leaving the natives no immediate cause for their action. The government here believes that the sharp attacks on Portugal appearing In the English press are due to the machinations of certain English politicians seeking to force Lord Salisbury into a rupture with Portugal. The authorities here are unmoved by this newspaper warfare, but await with anxiety the tone of the debate in the Honse of Commons during its approaching sittings in February. The government has not recalled Sennor Serpa Pinto, who only left Nyassaland to return homo in order to recruit his shattered health. London cable: The British naval squadron is collecting at Zanzibar, and is supposed to be destined for Delagoabay. Lord Salisbury insists that Portugal must give* guarantees to prevent the recurrence of outrages in Africa on British subjects and interests, which, as the situation now Is, must interfere with a diplomatic settlement of the misunderstanding between the two countries. The British admiralty has dispatched the Enchantress with sealed orders to the Benbow and Colossus at Gibraltar. The Portugese officials at Quillimane, on the east coast of Africa, have forbidden British steamers to receive the British Consul Johnston’s dispatches direct, but insist that they must pass through the Portuguese postoffice. Lisbon cable: The body of the late Empress of Brazil has been consigned to its final resting place in the pantheon here. The' remains were brought by the train from Oporto. Dom Pedro and the family came on the same train. The King and his suite waited at the station and received them. The remains were transferred from the train to the hearse amid salutations of respect from all present. The King then bade farewell to Dom Pedro and returned to the palace. Dom Pedro and his relatives then entered the state carriage and the funeral procession moved to the pantheon. The representatives of the Emperors of Germany and Austria and of the Begent of Spain, the papal nuncio, the whole diplomatic corps, and the State officials met the cortege at the cathedral. After the dean had pronounced absolution the Imperial family followed the coffin to the vault and there lieafrl the remainder of the funeral service. Madrid cable: Sagasta, having found it impossible to organize a new cabinet, has resigned. The insuperable difficulty was found with the protectionist Liberals, who demanded that revision of the tariff should be made part of the government program. The Queen has consulted the president of the Cortes and leading statesmen, and it is probable that a provisional cabinet will be-formed to pass the budget. London cable: Great solicitude is reported at Madrid touching the exciting rumors in connection with the illness of the King and the political combinations likely to ensue in the event of his death. The best information obtainable to-day was that the royal patient had suffered a turn for the worse. Yokohama cable: Four survivors of the American ship Cheeseborough, from Hakodadi to New York, sulphur laden, which encountered a gale in the Pacific and was totally wrecked by running ashore, have arrived here. Of the remainder of the crew, sixteen in number, several were killed by falling of the rigging and others were drowned. The survivors escaped with little more than the shirts on their backs. The Cheeseborough was owned in Bath, Me.