The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30
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/ pressed into the transport service and thS
effect most marked in the carrying trade
OF that country. Germany IS already Sc
| curing profitable foothold In transatlsn-
| tic navigation and she will maintain Il
| for years 70 come. A sudden termina-
ton OF the war would not result in the
immediate return OF these vessels 20
| their former avocations. Some OF them
may be lost. others win be used Tor dif-
ferent purposes and stu others viii have
become obsolete. Germany's merchant
marine Is assuming largeproDortions and
| her ocean carrying trade is increasing
| rapidly She viii leave no stone unturn-
/ ed 20 take advantage o. the present site
uation which win prove beneficial 70
/ her interests"
PoRTUGALrs ATTITUDE
! London. Dec. "a correspondent OF
the Standard at Lourenzo Marques ssyst
''Delagoa bay Is the residence OF Herr
Pott. Hollander who IS consul general
for the Transvaal and consul Tor thu
etherlands Pott IS the principal medium
between Pretoria and Or LeydA IN EG-
rope. He controls the Netherlands rail-
| way through the Transvaal and Is the
! head Of the TTansvaai customs. He Is
also the head OF the Dutch East Africa
| company and has the ear OF the Portugal
| government and the confidence OF each
| department II IS openly asserted that
| Pott has a private wire 10 tbs frontier
and knows twenty-four hours before 9th
ers what is happening. About him Eather
all the bther consuis. the Portuguese ON
/ cials ard the German forwarding agents.
IF UeIagoa Bay - clossd the Beers
will retaliate by raiding Portuguese ter
ritory"
The Standard says: Lord salisbury
would be reluctant 10 bring pressure 70
| bear upon Portugal except in a case 81
urgent necessity. Great Britain would
prefer not 70 place Herself IN the iuvid-
/ ious position Of using force toward an
/ other petty country and there Il no temp
| tation % raise any further international
I questions"
{ GUgNEIlY AT LADYsMiTH
Chieveiy Camp Natal "Wednesday Dec.
IA heavy Boer gun on Bulwhana hil
fred steadily upon LSdysmiih through
on tthe morning. IAAysnith did not re-
snond. The enemy having been aEaia
| deerred in attempting 70 improve their
trenches facing General Butler. the Brit
fsh heavy guns opened on them and the
Beers scampered back into he hills. The
British patrols sighted ths enemy IN
force on theextrems left kline Bosra
we're killed ia a sldrmish that followed
and six Boer wagons were captured.
CECIL RHODES FATAL OBSTACLE
Berlin. Dec Zs-The German press con
tinues 20 comment upon the war In
South Africa The Militsir Wochenblatt.
the military organ. contains a severe
criticism by a high ef'cer IN which the
writer claims that hitherto ths Beers.
both leaders and men. have proved far
more Efficient : nevery way than ths
British TIE National Zeltung publishes
a similarly severe article.
The Krsuz Zeitung says editorially
"The best solution FOR Germany would
be a peace guaranteeing the Beers their
Independence and securing the future:
that r.. creating a etate whose frontier
touches the sea in order 20 snabis 70
20 adap. ltself 90 che new shines upon
which Africa Is entering That must -
the policy OF the BoeTs eW DO not de-
sire the British % - wholly expelled
from Africa. bat We 20 not see ne Ne
cossltv % making the entire African
continent, British The IDEAS % cecil
Rhodes viii sp!t upon The rock % Beer
courage"
ALL GERMANS NOT PBo-BoER
Proof accumulate that M all TIRE Ger
mans synpathize with the Doers Herr
Gattfried Hagen. in Kalk subur5 -
Depfz. Prussia. has accepted an order
from England for the immediate nAna.
facturs RI forty tonr - .ssd huilsts A.
tse BRITISH embassy large numbers e.
Germans apply daily for enlistment IN
tae British army The applicants az
told tina; they may &c - London where
they are sure ~ enliEtusnL
GEEHA~y-s PROTECTION CLAIMED
ru~eaa. EsaI. wednesday. Dec. IA
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