The times., 1898-09-07
ANGLO-GERMAN COMPACT
American Interests Closely Af-
fected by Its Provisions.
ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA
Gains Every Concession Desired in
Her TransvnaI Operations-kru-
ger Loses the Only Chance for an
independent Outlet to the Sea-
Portuguese Loan Guaranteed.

New York. Sept. 6.-The London CORE
! spondent of the Evening Post cables the
/ following:
Scraps of information have leaked out
| during the last few days regarding the
Anglo-German agreement, and L am in a
\ position 10 give the main features of it
! The first point of agreement is that Ger
many and England have come to a COM
plete understanding on all African ques-
tions
! american interests are closely affected
/ thereby. In February, 1895 Germany,
/ through Baron Marschall and Count
Hatzfeldt made formal claim upon
| Lord Kimberly. then British foreign sec
retary, for the maintenance of the status
/ quo IL South Africa, the especial object
being to protect the Transvaal from Brit
! ish control. Germany now withdraws alb
/ solutely from that claim and leaves Great
Britain a completely free hand in South
! Africa.
The German and British ministries
further agree to give a JOINT government
guarantee of loan to Portugal to ena-
/ bic her to meet the award of the Swiss
arbitrators regarding the Delagoa Rail-
way.
Arbitration is to decide the amount of
compensation due from the Portuguese
/ government to the McMurdo concession
aires of the Delagoa Railway.
Being Largely American.
THE concessionaires being largely
American, the United States and British
governments have long been jointly
pressing for this compensation. The
amount of the arbitfators' award is not
| yet known. but the actual announcement
has been delayed only until Portugal
! should be placed in a monetary position
| to meet the claim. The Anglo-German
guarantee of a Portuguese loan now Sc
! cures this. The Transvaal, therefore, be-
comes an enclave and Kruger loses his
only chance of an independent outlet TO
the sea
1.-The new Anglo-German agreement
further provides that all steps necessary
for Englands acquisition by an AMIGA
BILE arrangement with Portugal of part
or all of Mozambique shall receive the
assent of Germany. Germany also agrees
to recognize the permanence of Brit
ish occupation of Egypt when next year
England will ask Europe for a curtail-
ment of the jurisdiction of the mixed
tribunals
''As a quid pro quo, Germany secures
a settlement of the frontier in Togoland
The neutral zone. called DagombaIand
between AShantaland and Togoland is
TO be divided, giving Germany the bulk
of the zone the river White Voitaris,
as far as possible, to become the divid-
ing line between the German and Brit
lsh sections.
The British Ministry Agreement
AS a further quid pro quo, the British
ministry agrees to assent, under certain
conditions, to the arrangement which
the German emperor expects to make
with the Sultan during his approaching
visit TO the Holy Land and to facilitate
German colonization in Asia Minor
These are the important features of
the new Angio-German agreement
some of which must be made
public when the Portuguese loan
is announced But behind this
understanding, there is believed TO
be a secret agreement giving Germany
more in the nature of quid pro quo
mo personal confirmation can be OBJ
tanned of the statement published here
today that England and Germany also
have agreed upon the joint creation of
a railway through the German sphere
of Shantung, in China, to the British
sphere of the Yangtse Valley. but such
cooperation has been long in the minds
OF British ministers"