The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-09
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THURSDAY. JAM

poseF here that this nay refer to the
& sue..1 indemnity xhfeh. according 10
a dispatch from Berlin. the TransvaAl gov
srnnsSnt viii demand from Great Britain
Emperor William Writes 10 the Gar.
special dispatch received this after
noon from Berlin says Prince Radolin.
German amhassajor at St Petersburg.
who has been at the German capital. has
returned q st Petersburg. bearing from
Emperor William 70 the ear letter deal
ing with the Transvaal question.
The Uitlanders Have Surrendered.
a dispsteh % TIRE secretary OF state for
the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, from
Sir Hercules Robinson, dated yesterday.
and just made public. SAYS the Uitlaudsrs
OF johannesburg have surrendered unc0n-
ditionaiiy, and given up their arms 70
representative Of President krueger. In
addition the latter has intiulated his inten-
ton OF handing over Or. Jameson and the
other prisonsrs captured by the Beers Z D a
British high commissioner on the borders
OF Natal Sir Hercules Robinson in the
dispatch adds: You may therefore be
satisfied that the crisis is over and all dan
ger OF further hostilities ended"
The dispatch is regarded b. Chamberlain
as practically settling the crisis in the
African TransY3Al so far as the Beers are
concerned, and Is also looked upon as dis
posing of the report that jameson had
been sentenced TO be shot, current at Cape
Town recently.
The most bitter contempt IS felt at Cape
Town, says a dis.atch dated January 5. fon
the Rand Uillsnders. who are branded as
towards for abandoning Jameson, and the
hope IS expressed that President krueger
win reject their demands. This dispatch
also says that Sir Hercules Robinson was
petitioued 10 pray for the release Of Or.
Jameson before dealing with the demands
- - Nn+f T~f1sp Of Taf1a
nesburg.
A dispatch from kruegersdorf. Transvaal,
henlohe. the imperial chancellor, was pres
ent at a conference this morning between
Emperor William and ID. kayser. chief Of
the German colonial Office.
A disatch from kruegersdorf. Transvaal,
dated January 3. says Dr. jameson mar
rowly escaped being shot in the market
place by incensed Beers. and was saved
by the commandant, who threatened 10
shoot the first man who raised rife.
The Importance of Delaeoa Bay.
DeIagoa bay, TO which British and Ger
man Warships are being dispatched. is
pronounced the finest harhor in South At
rica, and the European powers who have
interests in South Africa have long kept
Jealous watch Of each others movements
in relation 10 ii. In the latter part of Sep
tember 1894, there was a report in Eng
concession for building a pier in Delasoa
bay by which the practical control OF the
port would be passed to the TransVasil.
Soon afterward there was an uprising Of
Kaffirs against the Portuguese, 10 whom
Delagoa bay belongs, and British marines
were promptly landed at Lorenzo Marques
from the guubOat Thrush. against the pro-
test of the Portuguese government. Della
goa bay is the natural outlet of the trade
OF the Transvaal, and Portugafs Interest
IS TO make all the traffic of the plateau of
the interior converge toward this port.
To this end the pretOria-LorenZo Marques
railway was commenced in 1SS6. With ba-
sins. quays and railways at Lorenzo Mar
ques, communicating with the Transvaal
gold fields and the rich country of the in
terror. Lorenzo Marques viii have great
future before it. The town is surrounded
by a wall, and batteries have been erected
10 defend 1t against hostile attacks on the
land side. The town lies low on the north
ern side of the inner harbor, or English
river. as 1t used to be called.
The decision Of the ownership Of the bay
OF Lorenzo Marques became a question Of
great importance in 1873 Portugal claimed
possession of the whole OF Il by right Of
discovery England by effective coloniZa-
ton. The British settled along abe East
err part of Delagoa bay and built town,
and IN the course Of time England, while
acknowledging Portugars right to the
northern part Of the bay. claimed the
southern as her own. The matter was
brought 10 a crisis when IN 1858 the Trans
vaal Republic b. proclamation claimed the
Maputa river from lis junction at the Pom
COLA to its embouchure into the southern
part OF Delagoa has. Both England and
Portugal strenuously resisted this claim,
and set up counter pretensions. Eventually
the matter was referred 70 the arbitration
OF Marshal Mcmahon, then president OF the
French republic. In 1875 he declared that
the southern part OF Delagoa bay. inclua-
ing Naputa river up % the Lombobo
mountains. belonged TO Portugal. England
consequently took down the English en-
sign. but in 1881 an agreement was made
between that country and Portugal that
in the event OF the latter country wishing
10 part with the bay ENGLAND should have
the first right of purchasing it.