The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-06
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| nag hoisted and regiment OF chasseurs advanced
towards the royal palace: crying; xw
charter and Marshal saldanhs. By thls time the
them with arms in case Of necessity. Four or nve
| regiments joined the chasseurs, who formed In
ss kns palace Of so The
eminent had collected there military
iorce and on approach Of the insarrectlonists
minutes the royal troops beg n to shout
'"LoNa LIVE OUR OLD FRIEND"
iraternized and the palace surrendered. The
"Gryndfather"a as Saldanha is styled by his troops,
asked for and obtained an interview with the
| King. What passed is not known, put IN lew
hours an escort Of ancers left the palace and pro-
| ceeded to the arsenal to fetch the Duke de Ionic
The latter retired from ONCE and the "Grand-
iather" assumed the reins OF power. which he still
holds, Notwithstanding his known Spanish pro
cliyties. The interregnum In Spain caused by the
| deposition OF Queen Isabella was period OF un-
| usual anxiety In Portugal. Preparations were
again made Tor any emergency that might arise;
grand review OF the troops in Lisbon
| BY King Luis took place, after which = o
syen a % snd
| votion to Portuguese independence were made
| But during the french German war the govern
and and this time wss p'I again ' n isysi
years matters have remained unchanged. spanish
loyalists Of every SHADE, and the military particu.
ton with the adjoining Kingdom, and the P0rtu-
guese party in lavor OF such scheme have grown
more outspOken. British fleets visit more fire.
make longer sojourns While this is the present
state OF affairs glance may be taken at
.t,.of PORIUGAL IN THE PAST.
Just when the Mariners compass was first put upon
shpboard this small Kingdom, scarcely noticeable
on map OF the globe, outside the Straits OF CT
braltar cpt OF from the Mediterranean and all navi
gated seas, cut of from material influence or
power on the Continent by its eebeness and terri.
torial nsignincance, Portugal commenced q search
for the ocean read to Asia beyond Cape Horn and
beyond the unknown Africa, where the charts then
showed snly dragons serpents and all sorts OF
That search WAS maintained for nearly a century
before crowned with success, which came
Cape Of Good Hope and we went pAt to 1nss
by the sea. IN less than twenty. years
after this event the entire commerce. OF the East
Included India, Ceylon, Sumatra Java the coast OF
Persia and all the islands OF its gulf ports OF Arabia
China and Japan, the coast and shore OF the islands
OF Africa ana an immense proportion Of South
IL ENCIRCLED THE GLOBE.
Gold, silver. gems, Silks spices and every other
into Tie lap 81 this tiny State until she attained
magnif1cence OF wealth and power which Mr. Good
rich declares "seemed to realize the extravaganza
OF fiction and gave the world a memorable exam
pie OF the superative power OF commerce." Aud
then, when this point Of land had held mastery OF
wealth Of colonies, Of Commerce and Of military
power the nations of the globe then the sceptre Of
E Su SPAIN and the na sSe
once to an insignificant quantity In the affairs OF
nations, and the story OF
THE PROFOUNDNESs OF HER FALL
is sadly told IN single sentence from late statisti
cal reports OF her first conqueror and her last and
fsei no annual returns in reiatisn TO- Portngese
commerce have been published" Still Portugal
remains with population Of over five millions
qnr ocad hv
any European nation. She possesses colonies In
ASIA and Africa in 2 .nourishng condition all
an economical and just government, and domestic
disorders At an end, an encouraging future would
genial climate and productive sell, ana is looked
upon by the great Powers in the same light as
Holland. Belgium and Sweden-as absolutely neces-
sary to the European equilibrium. In this way any
physical attack on her independence Is certain to
be resisted by England at least, which is pledged
hazards.
THE REPUBLIC IN PORTUGAL ild
The government Of Portugal has caused 1t to be
announced that there Is ne republican movement
in the Kingdom, thereby conveying the idea that
the recent cnange in Spain has produced no re-
not be true at present; but there No denying the
existence Of a republican element in her popula-
tiSn to Spain, while in the latter country many Of
the chieftains OF the army long for such consum-
mat fne s S e the inter
referred to above show that there is fear OF either
POPULAR or military reyelution, such as has hap.
pened so many times In Portugal during the present
century. little over two years ago King Luis,
invaded in his palace, had to- yield to the demands
by promptly yielding. The infection OF republican.
ism may pass the frontier, and in such an event
n the
The United states Is therefore interested in Portu
guese affairs, and may in sene manner with Eng
pendence of the little State The invasion of.Por-
tugal by Spain would lead inevitably to British
under similar circumstances. Meantime Saldanha
the friend of Spanish annexation, though not now
m power, remains power IN the land.
AN AMERICAN MINISTER ON IBRRIAN UNION.
When Prm sought refuge In Portugal after his
unsuccessful attempt at revolution in 1885 the
Mr. Harvey, who was then United States Minister at
Lisbon, wrote that "the revolution has necessarily
produced an impression here, associated as it is
with the idea OF an Iberan union. which exercises
the minds OF class OF men In Spain and Portugal.
According to my observation this idea Is not
feasible under existing circumstances, and
tuitous circumstances, such as large
and successful revolution in Spain, would
almost certainly involve European Intervention
The Portuguese government, we are informed, was
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In its internal situation on account OF the out.
spoken sympathy proclaimed for those who had
thrown themselves on the hospitality and protec-
ton OF Portugal There was strong popular cur
rent OF opinion against adopting any positive
measures which might seem colored with
even moral coercion towards Prim, who was re.
garded as q friend to the Iberian union. The
matter was settled, however, by his departure for
England. A similar state of things existed at the
time OF the dethronement OF Isabella but the
French-German war and the election OF Amadeus
different now, and not the least significant fact is
the declaration OF the English government that 1t
does not regard the Republic in Spain as being
firmly established, which would he taken as sum-
Client notification for Intervention In Portugal In
the event OF any republican movement or q move
ment for union with Spain taking place.