The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-15
EXCITEMENT IN PORTUGAL
Riotous Demonstrations-F and
Spanish Sympathy.

LISBON, Jan. A.-The government sent
circular nota to the powers Sunday relative
to the dispute with England. 1t alleges
that England did not wait for the reply of
Senior Comes of Jan. 10, to the note of
Lord Salisbury, but submitted her ulti-
matum on mere reports that Serpa Pinto
had disobeyed telegraphic orders sent him
by the Portuguese government in COM
phance with tue wishes of Lord
Salisbury. Maj. Pinto, the note
says, quilted NyasSaland and the Shire dis
trlct three weeks ago, some time prior to
the sending of orders, and is now sick at
Mozambique. The note further says that
Senior. Comes never alluded TO arbitration
during the negotiations, but suggested
throughout the holding of an international
conference to settle the difficulty.
THE NEW CABINET.
In the new ministry A. de Serpa Pimen-
tai VIII be councillor of state and president
of council; Senior des Comics is president of
the ministry, minister of interior, and ad
interim minister of war; Senior Logronaz
is minister of Justice; Senior Branco, min
lister OF finance: Senior Arroyo, minister of
marine; Senior Robsiro, minister OF foreign
affairs; Senior Aronca, minister of public
works. Senior Pimental had an interview
with the king to-day.
DEMONSTRATIONS OF STUDENTS.
The demonstrations of the students con-
tlnue To keep the city unquiet. To-day
they yelled the statues Of the old Portuguese
nayigators around Cancers monument as
n sign of national mourning The crowd
looked on with sympathy and shouted
Down with England" "Down with Pi-
ratesp
Gen. Vasco Guedes, governor of the
Indies, has been appointed minister of war
and VIII come home at once. Mr.. Glynn
Petre will go to London on q short furlough.
INsUBoRDINATIoN IN AFRICA.
Some of the newspapers of this city
| assert that owing to insubordination on the
part OF the Portuguese colonial officers in
Africa weeks, perhaps months, will
elapse before the military and civil officials
| in Myassaland can be persuaded to with
draw from their posts. A dispatch from
Delagoa bay says: "Everything is quiet
here. Two Portuguese covoys are lying
at anchor in the harbor."
Patriotic demonstrations are continuing
through the evenings, and almost any Incl
| dent may give them revolutionary char
| acter
A bowling mob of students and others
burned the English flag at Coimbra to-day.
AT Oporto it is proposed to start fund to
purchase an ironclad
BRITISH CONSULATE STONED.
OPoRTo, Jan. 14.-Noisy crowds wan
dered through the streets last night, cheer
| ing for Independence and the integrity of
Portugal, and shouting Down with Eng
landp The crowd attacked and stoned the
British consulate. The authorities have
| since placed police guard at the consulate
to protect it from further molestation.
ENGLAND's CONDUCT CENsURED.
PARIS, Jan. 1.-THE papers here unani-
mously condemn the policy followed by
England in the dispute with Portugal, as
violation of the act of the Berlin confer
ence. Portugal, they say, was unable to
resist the demands by England, because, if
she had resisted, it would have furnished
pretext for England to seize the mouths of
the Zambesi river and Delagoa bay The
papers all agree that European opinion will
judge England severely.
ACTIVE SYMPATHY IN SPAIN.
MADRID, Jan. 14.-The papers of this CITY
roundly abuse England for the stand she
took in forcing Portugal to accede to her
demands relative TO territory in East At
rica. Spanish republicans are closely
watching the course of events in Lisbon.
The Federal club Of sthis city has adopted
resolutions congratulating the Portuguese
over their energetic protest against the de-
mands of England, and upon the apparent
republican tendency exhibited in the popu-
lar demonstrations in Portugal.
ABSOLUTE CONTROL.
LONDON, JAN 14.-The Post has dis
patch from Zanzibar reporting that
MoZambique authorities have proclaimed
that Portugal will exercise absolute control
throughout the whole Shire district.