？E tudo isto porque o inglês n？o deixa？: A quest？o colonial pós-Ultimatum nas crónicas de Fialho de Almeida (1890-1892)1

this article aims to study how the writer and journalist josé valentim fialho de almeida (1857-1911) lived the tumultuous period that immediately followed the british ultimatum of january 1890. we present his perspectives on the ultimatum itself and on the anglo-portuguese treaty of august 1890, as well as on the governmental plans for african colonization, on portuguese diplomacy, and on the reaction of the portuguese peoples in the face of those events. the texts published by fialho in os gatos and in rafael bordalo pinheiro’s pontos nos ii were the primary sources used in the analysis.