Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-15
THE -PAUNCEFOIE TRTI1
WILL LET IT STAND AS = !.
' ~ Britain VIII Not Agree q !.
More Concessions-wu, ~ Aas
bon's Contentious - A's.
HOllanders. The

London, Dec. 9.-The Nicaran.
creates only mild interest in England 's 3
cable dispatches dealing with d. ~
aOie aetlon OF the United States ss s~
IN Its deliberations are read nv i. 's
eral public with comparative intor.s. s's
less understanding. The report ~. "
british government has in apv ~
dlcated its willingness to aoooa.
amended treaty is utterly false s
the indications, such as they ara 49, na
Great Britain refusing to consiaor ~ y
amendment to what the foreign M.
ready believes to be a generous ~ Y
SIGN. 0Vuce-
10 quote a high authority: eve va,,
not nave abrogated the Clayton. Bus..
treaty for any other nation in tho 0.'
Unless all the traditions of Brt;sb -
elgn policy are reversed, | fail ia ~ "a
we can afford to give away any mors !,
Vahtages, even to America
NO Official representation or inons.
have been made to the foreign az.
Where 1t is pointed out that i mrs
siole TO form any final judgment until 4.
senate acts. That war. or even n
Gus misunderstanding, could ever roSs
from such cause receives no official !.
public credence.
Though the trouble between Holland a.,
Portugal can scarcely result in war. Nm
far more serious and interesting than con-
orally regarded here. Great Britain i can.
celned III the affairs more deepv thD
appears on the surface, for the Assocista
Press learns that it is due to British
protest to Portugal that the exequatur Of
Herr Pott, the Dutch consul at Loreun
Marques, was Withdrawn and the visit d
the British fleet to Portuguese waters
something more than a coincidence. Thu
Lisbon press frankly declares it was In
tended as a warning demonstration ID
other nations to keep Then hands off Port
ugal.
The British officials also do not hesitate
to admit their governments readiness 70
back up the action which Portugal took
at its request. Hence Holland can do lit
tie more than gracefully make the best
OF a bad job unless she receives the sup
port OF some of the great powers which
Is a very remote contingency
The withdrawal of The Netherlands
minister at Lisbon and the Portuguese
minister at The Hague, though Officially
beittled, is the sequence. OF serious iris-
ton, the details of which were known 70
the British secretary of state for foreign
affairs, the marquis of Lansdowne, some
weeks ago. The unusual action Of send
ing the whole British channel squadron
Lisbon is regarded as being one OF the bold
est and most successful strokes OF agge'
sive diplomacy in recent history. via
Great Britain showing such strong mana
the absent ministers are likely to return
to their posts shortly and the tsNl
probably only produce an effective w
preston OF the fact that an alliance a'
lists between Portugal and Great Bflala'
1t was effected when the question Of ale
ing South African troops at Belra, fu'
tuguese South Africa, came up, and va
announced at the time in these us
patches. In this connecuon it is lntsIe'E
ing to note that the French press reSao
the whole affair as a fresh lnenses
France, and that the Spanish papers
telpret it similarly as regard then 0e'
country.