The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-29

zone Of the two powers proposing TO part
with any Of the territories to the south
of the sea, Zambesi. the other shall be
recognized as possessing a preferential
right to the territories in question or any
portion OF them"
This Is held to give Great Britain the
right or presumption whenever Portugal
IL in such financial straits as to need
to sell her rights In the bay. She was
said to be in such political difhcuities
last year. and only domestic political con-
siderations in Lisbon then prevented her
acting upon the agreement.
Onlcinls Deny the story.
BERLIN. Dec. ga German news
agency issued statement last evening 70
the effect that the assertions OF the I1okai
Anxeiger were arbitrary and erroneous
ruesswork." official circles In Berlin
describe the statements made as quite In
accurate.
Mp~lash Omcials VIII Not Talk.
LONDON. Dec $3.50 many alleged dis
closures OF secret Delagoa bay agreements
have recently been submitted to the BRIT
ish foreign office that the officials have
made It a rule neither to deny nor affirm
them, and when questioned regarding the
statements OF the Lokal Anzeiger. tho Of
ficials adhere to this rule. but a represent
tative Of the Associated Press gathered
that the alleged disclosures were quite In
accurate.
A dispatch to the Times from Berlin
comments on Lokal Anzeiger treaty state
ments as follows:
.swhen 1t is remembered that two OF
Portugars Asiatic possessions, Goa and
Daman, form enclaves Of the province OF
Bombay, the statements Of the Lokal An
xeiger border on the fantastic"
Not Credited In France.
PARIS, Dec. 2s--The publication by the
Lokai Anzeiger, OF Berlin. Of the secret
treaty between Germany, Portugal and
Great Britain providing for the partition
of the Portuguese colonies. meets with
no credence in official circles here. A
foreign office official said to representa-
five OF the Associated Press that their
advices from Portugal and Germany left
no doubt that the publication was largely
an invention. They could not believe Por-
tugal would sign a treaty stripping her
self of her colonies and SO far reaching
and harmful to Portugal"
Notwithstanding the uefiidi VI tho
French foreign ONCE 1t is believed In 9TH
er quarters that an agreement between
Great Britain and Germany may exist
outside of the understanding arrived at
between them this year az an outcome
Of the negotiations to build telegraph
line connecting Cape Town with Cairo.
Nothfng Known i'm Warrington.
WASHINGTON. Dec. Smoothing is
known here of the reported intention Of
Great Britain and Germany to partition
Portugal's East Africa between them.
Oh1cials here attach no credence to the
story, because, as they point out. move
ment Of this kind. disturbing the balance
of power in Africa. would lead almost
certainly to serious complications between
the principals and other powers Of Eu-
rope.
FlatIy Denied ON High Authority.
BERLIN, Dec. 2s.-Regarding the state
ment by the Lokal Anzeiger that secret
Anglo German-Portuguese treaty exists
for the division of the Portuguese colo
MES in South Africa, the correspondent
of the Associated Press Is able to assert
ON the highest authority that the story
is pure fiction.