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-
suesc secret treaty. This double treaty
will have executive force as soon as
the SWISS jurists. Mcssrs. Blacsi, Hens
Ter and Goldau. have given a decision
In the Delagoa bay arbitration.
The decision. II Is expected. Will be
given In January or February, and
will probably be In favor OF England.
10 which place Portugal must pay to
England and America an indemnity OF
fi.sQ0oo0
England obtained In 1891 from Portu-
gal the right OF presumption In Della
soa bay, the ceasion OF Delagoa bay
" England may therefore be expected
In March next.
It Ia possible that President Kruger
may now declare war on Portugal and
attack Delagoa Ut once.
In order to prevent any Interference
BY France or Russia, England con-
Guided secret treaty with Germany
regarding the complete partition OF
Portuguese colonial possessions. Ger
many Is to receive all Portuguese pos
sessions In Asla-that IL to say Timor.
Goa. Damalo. Macao and Dlu. with
twenty thousand square miles OF ter
rl,ory and a million inhabitants.
Germany further receives In Africa
al Portuguese territory north OF
Mozambique except a strip OF land three
mlles wide for Mr. Cecil Rhodes's
Trans-African railway. For this the
German government viii pay Portugal
100000 marks.
The surprising part in the statement
~ n L. hal o ..f.
Asia when II has repeated
~ been asserted Mt the for
cgn office that the treaty only re-
fefs TO Africa and did not refer to
Asia. II must. however. be remem-
bered that the Lokalnnzclger was In a
position to publish the Samoa treaty
hours before the Official publication
took place.
England receives the remaining Az
rean possessions OF Portugal. which
contain two million square kllometers
and have thirteen million inhabitants.
The consent OF Portugal 4 this ar
fangcmenti has already been obtained
In principle.
The LOkalanzelger declares II has
news from such "a source that no de-
mentia II 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
Tor the transfer have, with more or less
secrecy. been carried on between Portu-
sal and Great Britain for a transfer.
Domestic and political considerations
have deferred Portugal from parting
with one OF her most valuable posses.
tona. IL would not be surprising II
Great Britain. under stress OF present
circumstances. acted upon the ncgoti.
atoms OF the last few years and
pressed for the execution OF the under
standing between the two countries.
The present town OF Lorenzo Mnfquez
not infIequcntly termed Delagoa Bay
dates only from 1861. II Il built on tn,
site Of an old village named In honor
OF The navigator who, In 1914, plnntec
NE first Portuguese iiag there. tn,
hatbof has been compared with two o
The finest In the world. Rio and sydney
md properly developed. II would be-
come the maritime port OF the whole o.
NE basin OF the Llmpopo river and o.
We states occupying the plateau o.
South Africa. Great Britain from ISL
onward disputed the claims OF Portuga
% the ownership OF Delagoa Bay. anS
based Its own claims upon an occupa
won by the Dutch. of which the re
version fell TO her Captain Owens car
Tying out the surveys In 1898, obtained
concession from the native chiefs con
eerncd In It's shores.
The dispute was ultimately referred
70 the arbitration OF the president o.
the French republic. Marshal MacMa
non whose award In 1876 was given II
thNor OF Portugal. Britain, however
uld not relinquigh her claims, ana shi
eohsoled herself for the loss OF the &c
tnal ownership by obtaining n right %
presumption under the Angio-Portu
guese agreement OF 1891.
Under this instrument Great Britali
and Portugal agreed that In event o
one OF the two powers propos!ns Z
part with any OF the territories 10 tn
sou,h OF the Znmbesi the other shnl
oe recognized as possessing preferen
val right to the territories In question
or any portion OF them"
Ihis " held to give to Great Britain
me right of prc-cmption whenever Por
tusal Is In such financial straits as 4
need 10 sell her rights In the bay. Sh
was said to be In such difficulties las
year and only domestic political consid
erations In Lisbon then prevented he
acting upon the agreement
New York, December 2S.---A dispatcl
70 the Tribune from London says:
inc announcement OF the Berlii
Lokalanzclger that under the secre
POPULATIONS OF the treaty Germany vii
iake Portugal's Aslatic colonies and tn
territory north OF the Zambesi an,
ENGLAND Delagon Bay Ii the mos
startling news OF the day. The author
NY IL not official. and the statement o
euhcerted action by the two power
against French and Russian occupation
must be accepted with reserve until tn
foreign office confirms II. The allegeG
payment OF 25.000.000 marks for Ger
niany's share In this territorial trad
aIso seems doubtful. 50 ie DISCLOSURE
ot this kind has been expected In diplo
HliltlC alralaa - alnRl
Lle necessity for shutting OF tn
supplies OF arms and ammunition 70
we Transvnal has become apparen
Win the .prolongation OF the war.