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Show LITTLE PORTUGAL OVERAWED. Salmbiiry . Th.eet lieeuUed mine Opening pi tlx I'ali.wa. Kler. London', April 21. One of the results re-sults of tne action of the Tortures officials of-ficials in liriug upon the, Uritisli steamer Ague and tlio seizure of tho two cargo boats iiltaclied to the expedition expe-dition bceauio publio by the action of tlio Portuguese cabinet today. It appear that in addition to the. dispatch dis-patch ot threo British war ship to entrance Puugwoo river as announced by .Salisbury yesterday. Tho Jiritih riuo minister forwarded his ultimatum ultima-tum to the Portuguese goverumeut, declaring that iiulcs immediate facilities facili-ties were, utforded British subjects (in tho Ptingwce river in accordance accor-dance with the provisions- of tiio modus Vivendi now existing exist-ing between Great liritiau and Poriugal, the liril.sh government would resort to force in order to insure respect on the part of 1'oriugal to her treaty engagement ami tho result would be disistrotis to Portuguese enterprise in that part. The Portuguese cabinet today, under the pressure of Salisbury's ultimatum, gave consent to the (roe passage ot the i'ungwee rier. |