The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-27
poRTUaA1 AND THE VAR.

The Popular sympathy With Spain and
 the Diplomatic Part Played by Our Minister.
 The Philadelphia Press has the fol- lowing telegram from Lisbon, Portugal, The United States minister to Portugal referred to is the son of the Hon. Hen ny c. Townsend, one of the leading and most esteemed lawyers of Philadelphia, and is a friend and relative of the Messrs. James M. and George H. Town send of Townsend avenue, New Ha- ven:
 The correspondent of Paris daily newspaper writes as follows:
 Let it be understood that whatever may be the anti-American feeling here amongst the people, in the press, in ti- nancial and political circles--for req sons explained in my last letter-Por- tugal has maintained officially the most perfectly loyal neutrality
 When the outbreak of the war seem ed inevitable, Spain made approaches to this country to secure her friendly support, the temptation thrown out as recompense being of nature implying cpdltiSil FkClOllSo. DuI III Spllp OI LnlS, and the undoubtedly pro-Spanish sym pathies of the people, all such overtures were wisely refused by the ministers.
 "Beitremembered that there are 10000 Spaniards in Lisbon alone. When the | outbreak of war was announced there was slight demonstration from q very few people both outside the United States legation and the consulate, | where the United States shield and es- cutcheon are prominently displayed, and over them, whenever occasion calls | for it, the national banner waves. Both remain unmolested.
 '"To-day there is a guard of police | outside the legation, not asked for by | the minister, MT. Townsend, but placed 1 there by the authorities on their own | initiative. This guard has been station ed ever since the war began and will in all probability be maintained until 1t ends It is mounted day and night. But what may appear astonishing at | first sight is that a similar guard is mounted outside the Spanish legation The explanation given is that such pre- cautionary measures are usual here, and that the representatives of any two powers at war should be similarly pro- | tected against eventualities.
 | "As for Lawrence Townsends s posi- tion it has been absolutely unruff1ed | by any incident whatever. Whether this is owing to his personal populari- l ty, which is unlimited, it Is impossible to say. Suffice it to record the words of the first person I questioned here: We all esteem MT. Townsend highly, | and we appreciated him all the more when we saw the tact he displayed during the few days when the people were very excited and anxious to make a display of sympathy toward Spain
 During those times about three days) MT. Townsend and his wife, usu- ally the most energetic members of the diplomatic corps, automatically re- mained very quiet, and thus avoided hurting any overstrained susceptibili- ties and earned reputation for tact.
 From the official world here the United States minister receives nothing but the most cordial treatment All doors are open to him, both officially and socially, beginning with those of the palace. The officials are delighted they have to do with an American who is diplomatlst at the same time, for Mir Townsend had considerable diplo- matic experience in Vienna Society is equally content to find that it has a minister who is a society man, dancer, lawn tennis player, cyclist, and all round sportsman; with a wife as beautiful and quietly dignified as she is accomplished and sympathetic
 "One little incident I was told of by young diplomatist here, which for just a. moment looks like possible trouble. It was at the recent fete in honor of the third century of Vasco da Cana. Tn the century of a hemicycle sat the king and queen. A little to their left the diplomatic corps. In the first row sat MT. Townsend, and in the second just behind him, the Spanish mister. All at once body of bolster ous students surged along, resolved up on making an ovation to the Spanish minister All at once body of bolster "Viva Espana," and according to the somewhat inconvenient habit of the country, throwing their cloaks and hats at him. One cloak almost demolished the hat of MT. Townsend. but he re- mained tranquilly seated. The lads on- ly meant fun and never a cry was ut tered against the United States.
 And when they wanted their cloaks back it was the United States and Ger man ministers who helped to pass them.
 "An amusing circumstance was that among the cloaks passed out, supposed to belong to the students, one belonged to the French minister, who was as amused as all the rest when the mis- take was found out. Eventually the
 ministerial coat was returned by the active police"
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