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Show Portugal's Stake In the War. The participation of Portugal in the great war is not of such little importance impor-tance as is generally believed. She has colonies comprising over 800,000 square miles, inhabited by more than 9,000,000 people. All of these colonies would be exposed to seizure were Germany Ger-many and Austria successful. Portn gal, therefore, has a big stake involved On the other hand, the alliance with England has been a guarantee to Portugal of the permanence of her possessions. |