The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-30
t SENSATION.
,serts That Portugal
ID of Her Colonial
sessions
GETS DtLAGOA BAY.
The Aiieacd Coateats of the GcrmRn-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES secret Treaty
Made fabIie - The News Is Dis
credited at nerIin, Paris, London
and Washington.

Berlin. Dee. ~ The Lokal Anzcigcr
publishes the contents of the German
EngiiSh-portuguesr secret treaty. This
double treaty will have executive force
as soon as the Swiss jurisls, Messrt.
Blaesi. llenslcr and Goldau, have given
decision in the Dclngoa arbitration.
Tho decision, IL is expected. will be
given In January OF February, and will
probably bc In favor of England, In
which ease Portugal must pay to Eng
land and America an indemnity of
tt,o0O,0o0 sterling.
England obtained in 1891 from Port
ugal the right OF presumption In Dclagoa
bay. The cession Of Drlagoa bay 10
England may therefore be expected in
March next.
II Ia possible that President Kruger
may uow declare war on Portugal and
attack beiagoa at once.
In order To prevent amy Interference
10y France or Russia. England concluded
secret treaty with Gcrmany regarding
thr complete partition Of Portuguese
colonial possessions, Germany is to re.
ceNe all Portuguese possessions in Asia
that Is to say Timor. Goa, namaio,
Moeao aud blu. with 20. 900 square miles
OF territory and I.O0u,O0o Inhabitants.
Germany further receives in Africa
oil Portuguese territory north OF Mo
sambique except strip OF laud three
A -
African railway, For this the German
government will pay Portugal 10000
u01 marks.
The surprising part Ia the statement
OF the Lolsal Anzeigcr Is that IL refers
60 Asia. when II has repeatedly been
asserted ~ the foreign office that the
treaty only refers tu Africa, aud did
not refer to Asia. II must, however,
be remembered that the Ioknl Anzelg'
er wns in a position ia publish the IA
moan treaty "a hours before the OIL
cinl publication took place.
England receives the remaining AZ
rcau possessions ~ Portugal. which
contain a,eoo, 0ey square kilometres AID
have $4,000. 900 inhabitants.
The consent Of Portugal 10 this ar.
ranPcmcnt has already been obtained
IN principle.
The Loknl Anzciger declares II has
news from such source that no mis-
take Is possible.
stntemcnt. Are Erroneous.
Berlin. Dee. 60 \ German official
agency issued a statement In the even
ing a. the effect that the assertions Of
the Lokai Anlcigrr were arbitrary
aud erroneous RucAsWork."
Official circles In Berlin describe the
statements made az quite inaccurate"
british omctsIs Refuse 60 TaiL.
London, Dee so SO many alleged
disclosures of secret nclaRoa bny agree.
ments have recently been submitted To
the British foreign office that the OH
cinlf have made 1t rule neither 30 deny
or affirm them. aud when questioned
Thursday regarding the statements Of
che Lukul AnleiRer The officials adhered
10 this rule. liut IA representative Of the
press gathered that the alleged discloh.
ufrs were quite inaccurate.
A dispatch 10 the Times from Berlin
comments on The Lokal AuzeiRcf treaty
statements "a follows:
when II IN remembered that two Of
P0r'ugars Atiailr Possessions. Goa and
Dsma0. form sueiayrs Of the province Of
Bombay. the aiattmfntH or the L0kai
AnzoiEsr border on the fantastic
Not Credited ~ Paris.
Paris, Dec. 20 The publication by
The Lokal AulciRcr. 81 Berlin. ~ the
secret treaty betNrcn Germany, Portu.
gal and Great Britain. proyitinR for the
partition 81 the Portuguese colonies.
meets with no crcdebee ia official cir
elrs here. a foreign ONCE official said
80 representative 81 the press that
their adyices from Portugal and Ger
many left no doubt that The publica-
ton was largely invention. They
could not believe Portugal would figu
q treaty stripping herself ~ her col.
onies, ard ~ farreachipg aud harmful
90 Portugal"
Notwithstanding the denial 81 the
French foreign oitice. II Is believed In
other asIariers that an agreement be.
tween Great britain and Germany mhy
exist. outside II the understanding ar.
rived ~ between them thls year % nm
outcome 81 the negotiations 70 build a
telegraph line connecting Cape Town
with Cairo,
Not Credited nj WsshlaHtaa,
Washington. Dec. Nothing is
tuown here ~ the reported intention ~
Great Britain ard Germany 20 partition
Portuguese East Africa between them.
Great Britain taking the country
around Deiagoa bay and southwark
and Germany the northern half az he
territory which al joina the German
East African possessions. The officials
here attach no errdenes 10 the story
because. as they point out, a movement
0f this kind disturbing the balance Of
power IN Africa, would lead almost Ger.
iainly 10 serious complications between
the prinei pais and the other powers of
Europe MOREOVER. tbs old rumor Of a
secret treaty between Ebglaud and
Portugal. whereby the former might
for proper consideration possess itself
Of Delag9a bay whenever the place IL
needed FOR military purposes. has al
Why's been credited to some extent here,
snd II such treaty really exists there
would BE- no need fer GeFmamy's par.
iieiPation a. reported.