The sun., 1890-01-13
ORTUGAL YIELDS TO FORCE.
uIIsBURY GIVES HER THENTE-FOUR
uoURS TO MAKE Up HER MIND.


uoURS TO MAKE Up HER MIND.
x,r Carlos and His Council Reply that,
Heiug TOO Weak TO Resist, They VIII
eVaeuate tho shire River and Mashonn.
and, While StnI Claiming the Country
~ TheIrs-An Ultimntum Backed Up by
n.oEwnr-Students Attack the Rrit-
Ih Legation and Denounce the Ministry.
LIBoN, Jan. 12.-Mr. Glynn Petre. the
English Minister. on Saturday impaired to
eenhr Comes, Minister OF Foreign Affairs,
EnglMd's ultimatum. demanding the recall Of
the Portuguese forces. officials, and expedi-
tons every kind from the banks OF the
shlrs. byond the confluence Of the Ruo, and
south OF the Zambosi. and from Mnshonaland.
II Portugal failed to reply in twenty-four
hours TIN British Legation would board the
Epchsntpss and await n reply at Vigo.
Tho KiLR Immediately convened Cabinet
Counclto consider the ultlmatum. The Gov
etnrnen, r,pled to Minister Glynn Petre that
Portugal Yielding to strong pressure from
power OF he 1rst rank. being too weak to with
stand It, woild order the withdrawal Of tho
Portuguese fpm tho Shire and Mashonnland.
while rese,vhg all rights to the Portuguese
Crown in tos, territories.
1t is asserSdthat this decision was further
influenced b reports Of an intention, on the
part of the Brthh. to make naval demonstra-
tions at Quillihme. Delagoa Bay, and st. Vim
cent.
tbs reported int the Opposition In the Cor
tes will make song attack on the Govern
ment for its attit'oe In this matter.
The Cabinet Couril met early In the evening.
and sat until o'cl,di this morning.
A mob, composed of students and others,
shouting Down wihthe Ministry" attacked
the British Legation nday. They demolished
the escutcheon on thebuilding. and smashed
the windows. The pole were powerless to
control them.
They then broke the widows of the resi-
donces OF various membes OF the Ministers,
after which they dispersed.
1t is rumored that Senior tonnes, the Minis.
Ter OF Foreign Affairs will reign.
Negotiations with England oyer the situa-
ton in Africa we're in regular ourse till JAN
8, whom Mr.. Glynn Petre. tho Bitish Minister.
presented unexpected demandsto which Por-
tugal replied on Jan. g, as alreaS announced,
and negotiations appear to havebeen still in
progress when England's ultimatm arrived
OF the two, large districts ,whih Portugal,
under compulsion, has agreed to eacuate. the
Shire region lies north OF the Zamesi and in
eludes all that river. valley, and III, surround
ing highlands between Lake Nayaea and the
200 miles south Of the lake. The ther region
Is Mashona-land. large district about 150
Ha@bes The n%IaSn r
centuries past have never made aay attempt
until recently to send EXPEDITIONS Into these
while ago the Portuguese Iaptain, Cardoso,
led an expedition up the SHE River as far as
Lake Nyassa. established a, hahn OF military
stations along the river. and declared the en-
tire region to be under Portuguese sovereignty.
He informed the British msionaries. who
hsy must consder as ySdes
Portuguese protection. Recenly the soldiers
under Cardos9s command ni seEd one Of the
hauled down the British flag witch 1t was n.y.
ing. This British company ha been in the
sSountry GO eleven years has threesteamers on
tions, and It has done much 10 dseIop the re-
gion and promote Its best interest
under Major Serpa Pinto attackednd defeat
cd a number of Makololo chiefs alog the river
that they were under the jurisdictio of Great
Britain.
The dispute over Mashona-land entirely
shona-and has for many years been rIbutary
to Matabele- and. whose powerful kiR about
year and O half ago placed his domiEons on
Britain. About year ago tho Britisl South
African Company was organized with large
Sapltbai toe TO- carry on f trade and IN EoyemAr last
Government This charter gives 1t large
powers OF administration, similar to hose
formerly granted to the British East Indian
Company, and Mashona-land was includd In
the region which was to be its field of opra-
tons.
The news of those proceedings promped
Portugal to start an expedition South un(er
Lieut.. Gordon, who established himself In
Mashona-land, and established military
post there. Meantime. the Portuguese Gov
ernment issued proclamation annexing thu
whole country. up TO the Lambest River. the
region including about all the country In
which the British South African Company was
TO operate and most OF which had been de-
Glared eighteen months ago to be within the
British sphere OF influence. Mashona-land
was particularly the country that Great Brit
An coveted. as II ls said to be a magnificent
Iiaieau with a rich network OF streams. q fine
climate suited to European colonization. and
u wealth Of alluvial gold.
Portugal bases her claims to these regions
upon series OF conquestS and discoveries
made by her forces and explorers from two to
three centuries ago The records OF those
ehrly events give ns very little idea OF the
country. and our present knowledge OF them is
derived almost wholly from the discoveries of
British explorers. Until after recent British
activity Ia these regions Portugal lad not been
heard OF there tor over two centuries.
The British contention Is that Portugal long
ago forfeited all claims to these regions by her
failure 10 occupy or control them. ald that she
never thought OF revivinR the ancient claims
until alter British interests in these districts
were developing, and large part OF lhem had
already been declared TO be within the British
sphere OF influence.