Show A portuguese HERO hla story a striking ot national ingratitude an act of historical justice has just been done by portugal to the greatest of its indian lice roys and soldiers affonso who died the victim of his sovereigns ingratitude in the ruins of the church at goa in which he was first of all bened there was found the other day the slab with its inscription which had cohered his remains until in his son moved them to lisbon the governor general of goa which albuquerque findt captured in 1510 and made the capital for a time of an eastern empire said to cover leagnes haa formally made over the precious slab to the president of the geographical society of lisbon who is to lie congratulated on the acquisition the commandant of the vasco da gama man of war on its way home after the suppression of a rebellion was directed to receive the sto a salute from every saluting battery in goa and to convey it all honor to the society albuquerque was the most dreaded enemy of the british as well as the dutch before we were able to supplant the portuguese pow er of the east and alic cloyal geographical societies of london and scotland may well congratulate that of lisbon the date of the portuguese heros death is december 16 on the slab and not december 15 as hitherto recorded in history the portuguese and the french have always failed as colonizing powers because of distrust of and ingratitude to some of the greatest sons in the east even commens was a victim against such cases and those of dupleix and lally in french india we have however to set the treatment of clive with his sad end aad the impeachment of warren hastings for both of n aich history has since atoned in one respect albuquerque was greater than ana of theae from goa he captured the i trade of asia for the aca powers beating back both soliman the magnificent of constantinople and the sultan of apt alexandria who with venice and genoa had monopolized it all edinburgh scotsman |