Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-01-04
EUROPE rs UNEASY.
-, AcoA BAY MAY CAUSE IN
TERNATioNAL TURMOIL.
events SHOW the Necessity OF en-
s,and,s Taking Immediate Possession
France and Russia Are Beffeveu
.u:ad AGAINST British Purchase.

Allied Against Br1tish
1ondon correspondents Thursday stat.
o1.at nnder the secret stipulation or
tha treaty it has been announced ena.
Goraanv will take the Asiatic colonies
under Portugal's rule and the leriI.oi9
north Of the Zambesi river Also Eng
land to take possession OF Delagoa Day
Tba T,okal Anzeiger states that for-
tnpal has already agreed to sen yer
many her entire Asiatic possessions coni-
nrising 10000 square kilometers anu =
600 900 inhabitants, and to .Engiahu nel
| entire African possessions, conpIls an
| 3 600. 900 square kilometers and lo,ooo'
600 inhabitants. Germany, however,
cn;ves some land in Africa north OF the
Zambesi river, excepting a strip three
niles wide which Cecil Rhodes requires
for his projected railway from the cape
70 Cairo. The Lokal Anzeiger also says
that the treaty secures Delagoa Day "
Great Britain against any opposlIlon
from the powers. Germany pays 20
600 900 marks to Portugal. Inc paper
also saws that in 1901 Great Britain ac-
ouired the right to Delagoa bay. 1t IS
POSSIBLE now that President Kruger may
declare war on Portugal and attack Dela-
goa at once.
There can be no dispute of the fact
that the possession of Delagoa Bay IS go
ing to be the beginning OF nterna-
tionaI turmoil The London Daily Mali
saws: "The Portuguese Government mas
for q great many years owed US seyeral
million pounds sterling, which, for friend
ly reasons we never pressed for repay
ment. The lease of Delagoa Bay at the
present time, if only for twelve months,
would indicate that they had not alto
gether lost sight Of the fact that one
good turn deserves another. If they have
lost sight of that fact then it is time we
ceased our benevolent policy in that quar-
ter"
Coupled with the above a telegram
from Cape Town to the Daily Mail says:
"Beyond question there is a steady and
continuous stream of recruits for the
Transvaal passing through Delagoa bay
disguised as civilians, crews of merchant
vessels, members of continental lied
Cross and other non-combatant corps.
cit is suggested that Great Britain
should seize a temporary port at Delagoa
Bay and also the railway leading to the
Transvaal Otherwise the war is likely
to be indefinitely prolonged"
The Daily Mail prints a particularly
hot roast on the Government for the con-
duct of the war. Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, chancellor of the exchequer; Lord
Landsdowne, the war minister, and Com
mander-in-c chief Wolseley, all come in for
share of the Nails attack. The paper
says: "The reason for British failure in
South Africa is-that our men are proyid-
ed with inferior artillery; owing to Hicks
Beach's skinfiint policy mules and wag-
ons necessary for the transport of huge
quantities of stores are not yet on the
scene; owing to the laundering Of either
Lord Landsdowne or Lord Wolseley, an
army of foot soldiers have been sent out
to face a defending force Of mounted
men in a country and q kind Of warfare
in which infantry, unaccompanied by
large bodies of cavalry, have no chance
whatever. We have enough examples to
fill Blue book daily. We do not want
to swap horses while crossing a stream,
but we do want incompetent men remov-
ed from the sphere of their blunders.
Either Landsdowne or Wolseley should
go, and HicksBeach should make way
for a fnancier able to manage the huge
money affairs of the war"
The dispatch of the major part Of the
ILL ulFISloI Will zen. WGTTon TO Ma
tai bears out the statement that Gen.
Butler would continue operations in Ma
tai Independent of Gen. Roberts, who
will devote himself to the situation in
Cape Colony. The Fifth division num-
bers 10000 men, and Of the eight bat
talions composing it five are now en- route
to Buffers camp. Gen. Warren and staff
left Pietermaritzburg for the front Dec.
26, and have probably already arrived
at Chieveley camp. 1t is believed here
that upon the arrival Of the re-enforce-
ments Butler will make another attack
on the Beers position. 1t is not con-
sidered likely that he will again attempt
to force the Beers from the center. but
will rather plan a flank operation, to be
followed by direct assault near the
bridge, aided by the 5000 fresh troops
Of the Fifth division.
Winston Churchill, who has reioined
the British column at Chieveley. sends
description of the Beers position.
which is sufficiently discouraging from
the English point of view. He saws:
The position held by the Beers is of ex-
traordlnary strength-high hills lined
with tiers of trenches and galleries ris-
ing from the bank of the almost unford-
able Iugela river, with q smooth plain
before It, all over which the Beers have
mounted many powerful guns, dominat-
ing all points of attack. The river fords
fire.
CHURCH, ECCnnr