, 1890-02-26

~ s'fy'% P'H - " ~ WV ~
against the EngliHh "thleveA,' grows fferceF
and f-rctr. a DETERMINED effort ~ being
made to boycott English goods and it IN
said that IN one theatre at least III Lisbon,
tickets are not sold to English applicants.
One raving ma MAC, indeed, calls on the
Lisbon mob, it the British feet appears
in the TaguS, to- seize the British colony
AMI massacre them all, men, women, and
children, so that the capital may at least
even in lts fall, enjoy the luxury of ven
geanCa. IL does not appear, hOWever, h u
the British residents are attacked the
more sober papers, the EcOmOmistG in par
%ticular, are warning their cOuntrynen
against foolish til eats which do not injnre
England and the Government, be-
sides supervising the Governor OF Mo-
Zlmhiqut, processes full determination To
keep IT'S agreement. The point vi interest
now is to understand what the OOlOniAi
authorities are doing, and ON tits Subje:t
nothing aut hentic has reached England. Il
is probable they will obey; bnt they nIA
be inStigated by their frieadS 81 home IT,
resist, in hope of n vote "f indemnity tr"nI
The next Parliament.
France is drifting towards - policy 1t
Protection. The ProtrctloniSt Deputies
- OEh -" O''iaFC " tb
with the special representatives Of agrica
ture. and the IN ajOrity nf he new Chamber
is inclined to Protection in he abstract.
This was clearly shown in the Election on
Tuesday Of II Bureau or Standing Commit
tee OF fifty five Members tU which All
Custom Bills are to he referred. When it
was elected, it WAS found TO contain only
seventeen Free-traders aud thirty eight
ProtectiOniSts, of whbm twenty eight, -
majority in themselves, are OF IL decide /
type. They are resolved, it il admitted,
to diSallOw the Trpa ip&of Commerce which,
expire before the end Of 1891, ana so, ia
they put it to, cent. anchlSe France ;" inlt
they have most difficult questions Of detItI
10 decide. Every interest wants, Of courss.,
to be protected; but n good many think
the protection of other interests will half
ruin themselves. NJ. Loom Say, whl il
elected, will gronp the F~rAn-tra lerS tiA
doubtful PrOtectioniSts together, and there
would be good hope Of q compromise,
especially rs the expiration Of the treaties
will set other nations free to threaten
reprisals ; but, unfortun ately, the path Of
the ProtectiOnists 10 moothed for them by
the state of the finances. Morer,evenue must
be obtained, even if reductions are made
i'll civil expenditure re. and the dread Of
direct taxation, especially through the
GncomeI tax, is so acute, that the public
may insist on Customs duties being raised.
This tendency is increased, also, by the
vivid impression that most of the exports
ofFranco are MISUNDERSTANDING which
cannot be grown elsewhere sugar made
cheap by bounties, and manufactures with
- special stamp on them OF French TASTE.
Queen NAralie's chance Of the Regency
of Servia, which appeared to uS u good
one some months ago. has. suddenly and
decidedly improved. The Raslical MAORI.
ty in the Skuplscllina has contrived to
quarrel with the Army. They have insis-
ted. it appears, Oh certain reductions in
military allowances and military expendi-
tur0 generally, which &c Disguised the
higher officers that u plot W. ~ formed; or
perhaps, to be more accurafe, talked Of,
for raising Queen Natalie to the head Of
the Government. At MI events, the
Regents were so alarmed shat they sum-
anarily placed the two officers controlling
the garrison il, Belgrade nn half-pay, and
requested General Horvatovich, the inost
popular Camera! in the service, and the
mo't nsesii ono in the Bulgarian Campaign,
10 become Wax MASTER. He declined
anlnsaA 8l0sr@ Natalie were recognised 90