The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-06

Berlin, Jan. 5.-The seizure of the
Bundesrath remains the dominant topic
Of the German press. influential pa
pers like the Berliner Tageblatt, Co
lOgne Volks Zeitung. BerIiner Neuste
Nachrichten, Hamburger CorrespOn-
denZ and the semi official Berliner
Post strongly hint at the possibility of
GermanyS forming an anti-British
coalition with Russia and France.
The anG-British feeling is clearly
CROWNS. A series of anti-British dem
onstTaSions in the various cities is be-
ing organized by the Pan-Germanic
League.
A prominent official of the German
foreign office. who was interviewed this
evening by the correspondent Of the
Associated Press, said that Great Brit
ain had not yet answered Germanys
request for an explanation of the seiz-
ure, but that the reply was expected
IN the course of a few days The for
eign office, according to this official,
has not yet concluded that Great Brit
ain is trying TO ride rough shod over
Germany.
The correspondent asked what posi-
ton Germany takes regarding Eng
land 3 right to search German ships on
the hisih seas. The official answered
that nothing could be divulged at this
stage of the negotiations, but he
pointed out that the Bundesrath was
sailing for Portuguese port.
On being asked what Germany would
Go should it turn out that the Bundles
rath was carrying cOntraband, he gave
nOn-committal reply, but conveyed
the impression that such a discovery
would seriously damage Germany's
case.
Investigation of Cargo.
The Associated Press correspondent
| then asked whether Germany had tax
en- steps to be represented at Durban
during the investigation of the cargo.
To this inquiry an evasive answer was
given, but the official implied that Ger
many would undoubtedly take this
course if the British report should be
/ adverse.
Referring to the rUmor that the
Swiss commission had decided to award
I damages to Great Britain in the Della
/ goa Bay arbitration, the foreign Off
/ cial intirnated that such a decision
might not mean that England would
/ secure DelagOa Bay, inasmuch as
France might advance to Portugal the
/ money to pay the award, and thus
/ England might be shut off with no
! choice but to accept the situation.
/ The Hanover Courier, confirming
[ earlier reports regarding the shipment
/ of arms and ammunition from Ger
( many, asserts that German rifles have
| been sent to the Transvaal since the
/ outbreak of the war. It says:
! We know from a trustworthy source
I that SO. 900 German rifles of the newest
/ and best construction have arrived at
/ Pretoria in good condition. They
/ reached LOurenzO Marquee by way of
/ China. having been deceptively packed
| and declared as furniture, in which
! pianos played the chief role"
Shells For Great Britain.
The Leipsic Neueste Nachrichten as
/ serts, upon what it calls reliable infOF-
/ nation, that Herr Krupp is making
I steel shells for Great Britain at Essen
! Another newspaper makes a similar
| statement; alleging that $4,000 shrapnel
shells are in preparation for Lyddite
/ filing
The Berliner Tageblatt has a dis
/ patch from Papenburg, Hanover, the
/ home of Captain minimum, captain
of the German bark Hans HausbeTger
of Hamburg, which was seized by the
/ British at DelagOa Bay on Dec q,
saying that the bark had powder and
dynamite in her cargo.
The central committee of the Ger
man Red Cross society publishes a
statement that the second expedition
for the Transvaal was not on the
! Bundesrath, but is on the Herzog,
which should have arrived at Lorenzo
Marques on Jan. ?. Prominent mem
| bers Of the Colonial society disclaim
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