, 1890-12-31

stOHtly defended. and The President OBJ.
serves that the erroneous information
relating to it can only be corrected by ex.
> rerience, and the evil aagnrie& e~ctlfOun.
died by general prosperity. 1he prcxi.
dent renews his recommend ,tions for th,
encouragement and development If 4trtpY.
ship lines, and advises ifici euard pay.
ment TO the Oceanic Steamship Coz.
paIy. ~c;EIying mails brtwrsn SAN Francisco
and Australia, He urges tie adoption If
National R.ttkruplcy Law and Of itt,l-
national copyright. President Harrison
COunaels the Government 10 ASSUME. .",Jntrol
of the water supply and its d~istriUntiOn
throughout the arid regions of the weaf.
Tie message continues 81 believe Yh,r
the use of the telegraph by the Post Office
upon proper terms is quite desirable. Tue
Government does not own and does not.
operate railroads, and should not, I think,
own or operate telegraphs. It would Dc
quite practicable, however, 10 COntrmcs
with telegraph companies, az row with
railroads, to carry at specified rates what
the Senders designate. ] recommend
legislation to enable the Post Office Depart.
ment to fairly test such use Of the teIe.
graph"
Serious difficulties have arisen between
the British Chartered Company of South
Africa and the Portuguese with regarftO
the possession of Mutaca's country. We
learn by telegram, dated Cape ToAn,
December 4, that ON November 8 ~ force Of
800 armed WeIi. commanded ty CnirySi
d'AndrNlc, BaIOn de Rrzentip, and Senior
Gouveia, the last OF whom IN described ass
u notorious slave trader, seized MutacA's ,
kraal, and, despite the protests of that
chief, tore down the Union Jack, which
had been placed. there by the agents Of
the Chartered Company, and ~tIOistetl the
Portuguese flag in iS plaCf. week
later, Oh the 10Th, the police OF thu Char
tered Company under the command of
Captain Forbes, surprised the Portuguese,
arrested their leaders, disarmed the N, u.
and once more hOiSted the Union Jack
over Mutaca's kraal. Baron de Rezende
was released on parole, but Colonel d'And-
rade and GOuveia we're sent in custody TO
Fort Salisbury, the headquarters of the
Chartered ~COmpany'S force. Al thH sar40
time that the Portuguese were MAhsshbg
their attack upon Mutaca's kraal another
party of armed Portuguese invaded Bri.
fish territory and compelled L%0magnnda,
one or LObengula'S yaSSalS, whose kraal
adiOiDS Hartley Hill, ono of the Chartered
Company'S stations, to hoist the POrtG.
gueSe flag. An Englishman who arrivdi
at Delag0a' Bay on December 3 states that
GuugunhHna, whom the Portuguese asS&r-
ted to be the paramount chief of the
Manica county, haA sent messages offer.
ing to Hign a concession in thespreSence Of
Portuguese representatives accepting the
protection Of The Chartered COMPANY in
order 10 show his independence of POI til.
gal. 1t is stated that Colonel d'Andraie
is CONSCIOUS OF hay ing made n false m"vr,
and is anxi Gus TO arrange terms with the
Chartered Company.
The official version of the affair received
at Lisbon is considerably at variance with
the account originally received from Cape
Town, and maintains that the collisions
between the Portuguese and the Chartered
Company's force arose from the actions ?
the Latter. The cOmpany's agents, it ia
alleged, having raised the natives of MI
ca. proceeded with them to Masss;kesN:. /
where they surprised the esta blishmentssS
of the Portuguese Mozambique Company,
hauled down the Portuguese flag, and ar
rested Colonel Paiva VAndrade, Sea-.
Gouveia, aud Baron de Rezende. as we'll
as 9 French engineer in the service Of
the Portuguese Company. named NJ. de
Llanbyau. The rest OF the staff of the
Mozambique Company and - numbtr of
Portuguese gold prOspectors are, sold to
have aed to the coast, pursued by Tue
British, against whom resistance was being
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