The sun., 1896-03-01
OUTLET FOR THE BOEKS.
JHF WY THEY SECURED SEA
ERONTIGE ON DELIGOa RAT.
Pre-ideut Krusxcr' Bought Mr. MIine's
Concession Through German Firm
View. on che Hearty Welcome the
Briti.h Have Given DR.. Jame-o

LoSpoS. Feb. 2o.-Certnin favored Conse--
vativc journalists have obtained from the For
eign Otligc a story which they call the Deagoa
Pay plot. II throws light upon tho Boer and
German intrigue tn secure n foothoa at Della
goa Pay. the capital of the Portuguese posses
.!nns in East Arricu, which would afford the
lest inlet and outlet to tho trade Of the Trans
vaAl The story is that Just prior to the raid
ct Dr. Ja,nison into the Transvaal a Mr..
Milne. Portuguese concessionairc, who held
q frontage on the fore shore Of De'agoa Bay FOR
a distance OF seven miles, offered to sell the
concession to Great Britain for s20, 900. The
Government, through SIR Hercules Robinson,
Governor Of Cape Colony and British HlSh
Commissioner in South Africa. declined 20 deal
with Milne, nothing was then known in
England OF the TransvaLl row. ThereCpon
President Kruger. who for o long time has
been making efforts to secure a port for the
Transvaal. supplied Seeman & Eiife, Ger
man frrn, with money TO purchase the conces
ston, thus giving to German subjects who are
entitled 10 German projection territorial rights
on Delasoa Bay. The concession will soon be
actively operated. Seeuan & Fife control the
trads route, outside OF the railway, to the
Trnnsvaal. and the main routes TO Swaziland.
DR.. W. J. Leyds. the Transvaal Secretary OF
State, before coming 20 Europe visited Delagoa
Bay and arranged an important part Of the
Boer-German coup against British possession
OF that place. As Great Britain would rather
60 to war than submit her rights to pretmot
DelaSOa Bay to the decision OF a European Con-
grrss. the rore-shore affair at first sight does
not look to be OF critical import. as that mat.
ter does not seem worth fighting over. but as
so94 as ,b {e awao % q ,b ,s pr Raray
which is expected to result IA the granting Of
;+5o0. 600 compen sation to the American bond.
auction. The Boer. German syndicate will
thsn undou6tedly buy I. and the Trsnsvaal
let to the sea. aud viii be able to carry on for
etgn trade without having recourse TO the
The Anglo Portuguese Convention only pre-.
vents Portugal from selling the province and
Britain a chance TO acquire them. but the
Anglo Portuguese Con ventton can be practically
sun,ulled BY the German holders passing on
whole Delasoa Bay district for, s2. 900; got
tr:cAed over this concession Is unexplained.
been recently utterly shaken
The question ts now being asked whether the
demons ration attending the landing here OF
Or. Jameson and his fellow raiders was a gen
@ o Gsy ds 70 pan Ae
- exc1;e % the county t5 ssatnst the Iransvaai %
y5i!ing the return OF the alihusters IN mys.
terry aad having them tracked oy reporters
~ desired. might have let the affair sizz!e
out s':iHtly, and could hAve avoided all fuss
lice Court. Tie Conservative papers pretend
hat the demon strat.Dn attending the arrival
Q, the party viii enGarrass the Government.
tending II adversely affect the negotiations
with the Iransvaal. \ more correct point Of
view i that the demonstrations were designed
90 SUPPORT the Government II its impending
a-taCk on the Trarsvaa.
The .SgsIAsr says it is impossible 70 acGuts
the auS'ori;ies OF responsibility for the Jane
son Demonstration The Government. It adds,
Ism and to convert the irciients OF the raid
70 PARTY purposes 10 the detr!meut oi justice
ami the national raprre. London syndicat tes
Hlt other forces are now trying to mislead
tie oT,.ion OF The british and drag them in to
tu- rOr..uts-tOn Dt o eFl!1c vO->., than the par
tltiCu II the Tran svs.ai. These forces have
secured the command Ct too many papers and
Lave the help of too many politicians