St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-24
BETWEEN TWO FIRES,
Portugal Finds Herself in a
Peculiar Position Through
Serpa Pinto.
Afraid to Either Bluff England
or Show the White
Feather.
Countess Civvry's Kids Fail
to Recover a Deceased
Dukes Estate.
American Astronomers in
Africa Discover Shadows
on the Snn.

LISBON. Dec. 23.-Senhor Gomez, the
Portuguese minister of foreign affairs,
in his reply to the note of Lord Sails
bury, the British prime minister, rela.
tive to the movements of Maj. Serpa
Pinto in Africa, says that the major did
nothing to warrant the accusation made
against him. He did not order All at
tack on the British flag, but merely re-
pulsed hostile natives, among whose bag.
gage after the fight three British flags
were found. In conclusion Senior
Gomez asks Lord Salisbury to await fur
ther information concerning the affair
before he takes any further action.
ARBITRATION PROPOSED.
LONDON. Dec. 23.-The council of the
International Arbitration society will
urge Senior Gomez to consent to arbi-
tration of the dispute between Great
Britain and Portugal touching territory
in Africa.
SALISBURY rs AGGRESSIVE.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-LOrd Salisbury is
represented by those who are in official
contact with him to be determined to
seize Delagoa bay unless Portugal i'm
mediately makes satisfactory apology
for her action in Southeast Africa, re-
stores the status quo as it existed before
the recent raid of Sepra Pinto, and
makes suitable reDaratiOn for the injury
inflicted upon British interests.
PINTO HAULS DOWN FOREIGN FLAGS
LISBON, Dec. 23.-A telegram from
Serpa Pinto, dated Oct. Is, at Mug
gurumba, telegraph station on the
Shire river, has been received. 1t re-
ports that the English flag was being
hoiSted at several places on Portuguese
territory, and that the natives had
a.
camp of the Portuguese railway survey,
which had been removed by Mai. DiaZ.
On Nov. 9 the governor of Mozambique
wired that Serpa Pinto had requested
the natives to lower all foreign flags,
and notified them that if this request
was not complied with the Portuguese
would haul them down with due hon.
ors, and send them to Quillimane to be
restored to the consuls there.
WILLING TO ARBITRATE.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-The News CORE.
SpOndent in Lisbon reports an importans
interview he had with Senior Barros de
Gomez, the Portuguese minister, in the
course of which Gomez said: IF Eng
land is willing to meet US upon the
question of a delineation OF the frontier
in Africa. we are ready to adopt for all
Southeast Africa the most liberal COM
mercial policy. We might negotiate
upon the basis of giving commercial
guarantees in return for a political
guarantee. Our help to the English,
which would, upon such an UNDER
standing, be given to extend their
commerce to the interior and to facili.
tate their trade with our long coast line
would be an advantage that it would be-
difficult to overestinIate. l attach TO
the friendship of England too great a
value to neglect any effort to retain it,
and rupture with her would be great
misfortune to the Portuguese nation.''
Senor Gomez justified his policy at
length, ana denied in closing that the
English merchants complain of the
Portuguese administration. On the
contrary, they deplored Portugal's loss
of the Lower Congo.