Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-28

Herald from Berlin says;
The Lokalanzeiger publishes the con-
tents Of the German English Portu-
guese secret treaty. This double treaty
will have executive force as soon as
the Swiss jurlsts, Messrs. Blaesi Hens
Ter and Goldau, have given a decision
In the Delagoa bay arbitration.
The decision, It is expected, will be
given In January or February, and
will probably be In favor Of England,
In which place Portugal must pay 10
England and America an indemnity Of
el,sOoOOO
England obtained in 1891 from Portu-
cal the right OF presumption in Della
eoa bay, the cession OF Delagoa bay
10 England may therefore be expected
In March next.
Il is possible that President Kruger
may now declare war on Portugal and
attack Delag0a at once.
In order to prevent any interference
by France or Russia, England con-
Guided a secret treaty with Germany
regarding the complete partition Of
Portuguese colonial possessions. Ger
many is TO receive all Portuguese pos
sessions In Asia-that Is TO say Timor,
Goa. Damalo, Macao and Diu, with
twenty thousand square miles OF ter
rltory and million inhabitants.
Germany further receives in Africa
all Portuguese territory north OF
Mozambique except strip Of land three
miles wide for Mr.. Cecil Rhodes s
Trans-African railway. For this the
German government will pay Portugal
5000, 900 marks.
The surprising part IN the statement
& the Lokalanzeiger is that II refers
70 Asia when II has repeated
~ been asserted at the for
egn office that the treaty only re-
fers to Africa ard did not refer to
Asia. II must, however, be remem-
bered that the Lokalanzeiger was in a
position 10 publish the Samoa treaty
q hours before the official publication
took place.
England receives the remaining Az
rican possessions OF Portugal, which
contain two million square kllometers
and have thirteen million inhabitants.
The consent of Portugal t this ar
fangement has already been obtained
In principle.
The Lokalanzeiger declares It has
news from such source that no de-
mentia is possible.
That Great Britain would ultimately
become the possessor OF Delagoa bay
has long been expected. II has been
known for some years that negotiations
he tn faN no xtrffh ~ Lose
secrecy, been carried on between Portu-
gal and Great Britain for transfer.
Domestic and political considerations
have deferred Portugal from parting
with one Of her most valuable possess
sions, II would not be surprising II
Great Britain. under stress OF present
circumstances. acted upon the negotl-
atoms of the last few years and
pressed for the execution OF the under
Standing between the two countries.
The present town Of Lorenzo Marquee,
not infrequently termed Delagoa Bay,
dates only from 1867. II Is built on the
site Of an old village named In honor
Of The navigator who, In 1874, planted
The first Portuguese flag there. The
harbor has been compared with two OF
The finest in the world Rio and Sydney,
and properly developed, Il would be-
come the maritime port Of the whole of
the basin Of the Llmpopo river and OF
NE states occupying the plateau OF
South Africa. Great Britain from 1870
onward disputed the claims Of Portugal
% the ownership of Delagoa Bay and
based its own claims upon an occupa-
lion by the Dutch. of which the re-
version fell TO her. Captain owens car:
Tying out the surveys in 1923, obtained
concession from the native chiefs con-
cerned In ifs shores.
The dispute was ultimately referred
70 the arbitration OF the president OF
The French republic, Marshal MacMa-
non, whose award In 1875 was given In
favor OF Portugal. Britain. however,
did not relinquish her claims. and she
consoled herself for the loss OF the &C
tual ownership by obtaining a right OF
Presumption under the Angio-Portu-
guese agreement OF 1891.
Under this instrument Great Britain
and Portugal agreed that In event OF
one Of the two powers proposing 10
part with any Of the territories TO the
south Of the Zambesi the other shall
oe recognized as possessing a preferen-
val right to the territories In question,
OF any portion OF them"
This IL held 10 give 10 Great Britain
the right OF pre-emption whenever Por-
,uga Ia In such financial straits as 10
need TO sell her rights In the bay. She
was said TO be In such difficulties last
Year and only domestic political consld-
erations In Lisbon then prevented her
acting upon the agreement.
New York, December ga dispatch
70 the Tribune from London says
The announcement OF the Berlin
bokalanzelger that under the secret
populations OF the treaty Germany will
Jake Portugal's Aslatic colonies and the
territory north OF the Zambesi and
England Delagoa Bay is the most
startling news OF the day. The author
NY Is not official, and the statement OF
concerted action by the two powers
against French and Russian occupation
must be accepted with reserve until the
foreign Office confirms H. The alleged
payment Of 25.000.o00 marks for Ger
nanys share In this territorial trade
also seems doubtful So ne disclosure
OF this kind has been expected In diplo-
matte circles for several weeks, since
gle necessity for shutting OF the
supplies OF arms and ammunition for
we Transvaal has become apparent
With the prolongatlon OF the war.
Wails the Russian press forecasts the