The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-01
Reported TO Have Been Purchased
by Spain.
STORY OF LIEUT.. TEoEtBERG.
While Returning on the Steamship
Empress of China the Disun-
gufshed Hoiinnder States That He
Was Informed by q German Lien
Name, That sale Had Been Made.


steamship Empress % China. which has
tast arrived a. Vancouver from the ORR
ent. bring a glory which reveals the hos
tC!ty fel. By the German nation against
this country In a new and striking light.
The story. which il is said Was repeated
Or board the steamer en- voyage as TACT
By lieutenant commander OF one OF the
German warshgs in the Orient, is 10 the
eject that Spain has succeeded in pur-
chasing from Germany three modern ar
nlored cruisers and that az the proper
nomea: they viii appear under the Span
ish flag as part OF the reserve squadron IN
Spanish waters.
The German officer WIS passenger on
the China returning 10 the fathfyiand az
ter an absence Of several years In East
ern waters. IL was said on the CAina that
he was ordered 10 Berlin to report 20 the
home government upon the condition OF
affairs in the far East with reference 10
the prospective capture Of Manila and the
occupancy OF the islands by large force
of troops under Gen. Merritt.
Among the fhinas passengers were
Lieut. r.. Tegelberg OF the Holland navy;
Herr =. pfeiffer and II. =. Witsen-Eiias,
81 Dell. Sumatra, wealthy tobacco plant-
sterdam. II was 10 these passengers on the
China that the German lieutenant conf
mander. whose name they did not learn,
admitted that the German Lioyds had
cold to the Spanish government three fast
armored cruisers OF the type OF the Fuerst
Bismarck
spain Makes Deposit.
I'VE were told that Spain had paid
deposit OK about 2.Q0oo00 pese;as to The
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
for the purchase OF three fast armored
cruisers" said Lieut.. Tegelbegg at the But
Ter hotel last night. -Our informant was
q lieutenant commander III the German
navy. who has been attached TO one III
the German battieships in Oriental waters
for several years past. lie said that the
transaction had been made just prior 10
the breaking out OF hostillties. but that
the three vessels have not yet been deIv-
cred. He told us that an English shipping
firm has acted as brokers between the
Germans and the Spanish. The ships
which he said Spain ia to secure were de-
scribed as being Of the type Of the Fuerst
bismarck. They are fine modern and
powerful ships. capable Of making not Jess
than twenty-five knots per hour. He did
not reveal 20 us the location of shese ves-
sells. perhaps preferrins to keep that =
secret.
Fer myself l was inclined 10 believe
the story. although IL seemed difficult to
understand why nothing has been said in
the cahlo dispatches about the sale We
expected 10 receive confirmation OF the
story on arriving here, but apparently
nothing has been published concerning IL.
III tho narrative OF the German officer
IL true, IL simply shows that Germany is
willing 10 infringe upon the pleasant reia-
tions between the fatherIand and the
United states In her eager desire to help
Spain ont OF her difficulties My own opln-
ion Is that. provided the purchase was
actually accomplished. 1t has been pur-
poseiy withheld from publication by tho
Spanish authorities.
The Philippine Question.
''f'veryho is talking war ia the Orient
Among the European residents OF Hong
kong. Shanghai and Yokohama there IL no
doubt as t. the final outcome OF the fight
The orientais are awaiting tho fall OF
Manila ami the subsequent occupancy ~
the Islands by the forces Of the United
states. This is believed 10 be now only
n matter of short time. The Americans
have certainly done wonderfully we'll
TN tha far East. the opinion is prevalent
that the United States will NOT hold the
Philippines except as u means IN exact
a war indemnity from Spain. Some or the
PjPtA even NSh4iSUEG Statements thar tho
United states government was already
seeking 10 dispose OF the Islands 10 some
foreign power Tor a money consideration
AIR surprises To learn that apparently
i}u such purpose - being considered at
Wsshinstnn Us far ~ IS publicly known
here. The Oriental p9ners seem to have
some advance Information upon ths sub
tect"
Lieut.. TsRwlhorg Is a tail, manly and
wcN-sppcarirs Young fellow Me sp>aks
Ergi;sh fueutiv ard IL said 70 he highly
connected in iIaYani Re expressed the
belief thar nothing GOULD mar the arnica hie
relations thas exist between this country
and hts own government saving further
that Holland would take ~ interest what
ever 50 tho war. having tee much regard
for her own welfare
Mir ptc!ner has resiica tn Sumatra as
the manager ~ one oe the largest tohas-
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