Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Invaders Hurting Fierce At
tacks at. Italians, But De-
tenders Hold Firm.
FRENCH AND BRITISH
NOW IN FRONT LINES
Present Positions of Austrians and
Allies Are Disadvantage
Gus Ones.
KAISER'S AGENTS ARE BUSY
Work in Allied and Neutral Nations.
Developments in Russia-Gen.
Allenby's Success in
Palestine.
KAISER'S AGENTS ARE BUSY

cada Zamora, former Portuguese min
lister to Germany fostered and led the
revolution to success. He has an
;nounced that Portugal will rema in
true to her promises made to the en-
! tente. but this matters little in London
and Paris, for grave danger is seen in
other respects.
| The Portuguese revolutionary gov
eminent may continue to espouse the
entente cause, but the fact neverthe-
| less remains. that. the Germans I'M
fdoubtedly have brought about an in
ternal situation in Portugal which can
not by any means increase the effec-
| tiveness OF Portugafs endeavor.
| Her efforts to fulhil her duties to her
allies will be materially weakened be-
cause OF the lack Of. unity among the
peoples of the nation, which in turn
| further dfscord-each succeeding up
heaval weakening Portugal just that
| much. Truly Portugal may stay in the
/! fight, but it is not to be expected that
Portugafs effort in the future will be
| as successful as that in the past under
| a leadership popular with the ma jor-
ity of the people notwithstanding the
fact that extreme economic hardships
have had to be met during the war. In
| 1915 two revolutions broke out in
Oporto and Lisbon, but these were
largely manifestations of popular dis
content owing to the shortage of food
| stuffs. 1t is not believed that German
agents failed to take advantage of the
economic conditions in Portugal to SOW
seeds of discord among the various
plitical factions and classes of people.
The entente powers have watched
SPANS attitude for some time owing
to the extreme
SPANS Course eordiality which
Closely Watched. tween Madrid
and Berlin. The elevation of Alcada
Zamora to the cabinet has caused
further distrust, inasmuch as this Off
cfal is known to have declared against
| the interests of the entente in favor of
Germany. he Independent press of
Spain is fighting Zamora. it being
feared that he eventually may in
fuence his colleagues into courses mi
mical to the best interests OF the ma
ton. the independents realizing full
well that SPANS future interests are
with the allied nations and not with
Germany. At least they declare that
the entente powers should not be an
itaEonfzed.
The German influence in Spain is de-
elared to be growing. Through the
medium of newspapers purchased
through the instrumentality of German
agents, many Spanish people are being
converted to the Teutonic cause The
extent to which they are succeeding is
assuming alarming proportions, ac-
cording to reliable advices.
Spanish industry and commerce has
suffered an almost complete breakdown
!. since the war started and as conse-
quence there has been great suffering
| among thousands of workers. In whose
| ears German agents are whispering the
gospel of revolt they are pointing
out that Spain should side with Ger
many. Whether this gospel will have
enough effect to force the government
! to take open sides with Germany re-
| mains to be seen. At any rate Spain
| hardly will be able to join the entente
cause and the elimination of any po-
| tential enemy Is victory for Germany.
|
| For many months the press of Great
| the activities Of
Kaiser's Agents German agents
Busy in England. There are thon-
sands of them at large. notwithstanding
the fact that the government has
rounded up major portion of so-called
alien enemies. 1t IS the ones who have
escaped tae British dragnets that I'M
doubtedly are causing trouble for the
British government at the present