Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29

meet urgent liabilities She enjoys the I
unique distinction Of being the only ma
ton whose finances have been 90 low |
an to mako u necessary for the officers |
" her navy 10 pawn their ships In or
der 20 avert starvation.
Some few years ago while two ~ the |
vessels were In the harbor of Iokoha.
ma. Japan. the officers sold some OF the
guns and most of the ammunition 10 !
set funds with which 10 buy food Tor
themselves and their crews. Even the
furniture was taken from the officers
quarters and disposed NJ while some
of the officers were az the United club
at Yokohama they dincd from the funds
from three bureaus ana three dozen
hnmmockn sold 90 a dealer Ia second
hand material Everything on the vea-
sells that could be- removed was dis.
posed of and the officers were obliged 10
leave one ~ them behind IN order to
secure enough fuel ana supplies " get
tho other 10 the homo country
The navy however. ~ but n small
part 81 the trouble N Portugal. n1 far
as her financial condition IL concerned.
and now that II has become necessary
10 raise more money BY the ualc ~ her
African porscrHiOna there II no doubt
mat ANNN VIII NC NNlWNl Nh'N 10 NaNNH
land. who has the FIRST ''onli" on them
There are several reasons why England
will take the territory On her hands.
England has claims against Portugal
for large amounts of money loaned.
Then again there n "a treaty between
the tyTo countries by which Portugal o.
10 cede the pelaEoa hay territory 10
England when Hho shall decide to give
u up. but there IL also an agreement by
which Germany must sanction the
transfer OF tho territory, n o. now boz
lleyed that Emperor William would not
hesitate 10 give England the property
and possession Of the railroad tu Pre-
toria. aa he places no great reliance In
the representations OF the Trnusyunl
government In the matter and he has
learned that Or. Loyds and the state
machine behind him az Pretoria have
interposed every possible obstacle to
the Improvement OF transportation Ia
cllticu. England also has u treaty with
Portugal respecting the transit Of goods
IN bond between the British south AZ
tlcan company'u possessions and tho
Transvual, whereby an articles landed
IN Delngoa Ray are sent Into the Trans
Vaal IN sealed cars ana thence over the
new railroad from Dolnroa BAY. which
runs west by north 20 the terminus at
Fort Salisbury where there ia "a june
ton with the main line from Cape
Town. The road has been surveyed us
far north as uiijl, wh=;e Livingstone
died. II was 10 this road that Sir Her
bert Kitchener referred when he tole-
ETaphed 10 Cecil Rhodes after the fan
OF omdurman "Whcn are you coming
upg"
Delagoa Bay n hot, swampy ana fever
ridden. Back OF u are hills, where the
merchants and military aud civil ori-
GERS 1--we and where the main barracks
are located II has been q Portuguese
settlement FOR nearly 300 years, but %.
tle has been done 90 develop 10,
Two years ago Cecil Rhodes obtained
concession from Portugal whereby inc
navigation " the Samhesl river was
declared open 10 English ships. Thl
has given him great advantage, FOR ha
now has direct communication between
Zambezla and England, ny the same