El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-04
Wild Rumors Floating in
All the Worlds
Capitals
A WASHINGTON STORY
An IntimatiOn That the Iron
Hand Of Germany Is
Felt In South
Africa

reason to believe that the Trsnsvaal
government has recently requested
this government to use it's good offices
to bring a. end to the war with Great
Britain. The proposition came through
the American consul at Pretoria.
No answer has been made by the
state department, and unless Great
Britain intimstes that she is desirOus
of the president exercising his good
offices there is no reason to believe he
will comply with the Boer request.
Just before the outbreak of hostili-
ties the Boer government appealed to
the president to use his influence with
Great Britain to avert war. but the
president declined to interfere, aud
nothing has occurred to change his de-
termination.
CONGRESSIONAL SYMPATHY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. A special
dispatch to the Kansas City Times to
day says: "Congressmen unite in the
sentiment that Great Britain is en-
gagged in war against Liberty.
British defeat is.az ticipated and hoped
for. Our position in the Philippines,
however, prevents the adoption of a re-
solution of sympathy by congress"
GERMANY's IRON HAND.
PARIS, Jan. 4.-Figaro today prints
q wild story. Il is a statement signed
by Eugere De Hanpick, an officer in
the Russian engineers, asserting that
Emperor William Is in the closest
possible communication with the
Bosrs by cable and is personally direct
ing the campaign against the British.
De Hanpick predicts an early annihila-
tion of Roberts forces.
GERMANY UNEASY.
BERLIN, Jan. 4.-Englsnd's answer
to Germnny's note relative to the
seizure o. the Bundesra,h, a mer-
chantman, is OF dilatory character
and officials here are beginning to
consider the situation as serious. Any
further stoppages OF German ships will
be taken as show OF tendency on
England's part to force conflict with
Germany.
GERMAN STEAMER HELD UP.
LONDON, jan. A Ham burg dis
patch to the Star .says that the Ger
IN IN 10 all steamer @ snersl, from Ham
burg, December I, for East Africa, has
been boarded at Aden by British SOL
diers who seized the vessel and ordered
the discharge of her cargo.
BoERs HOLD CoLEsBERG.
RENsBERG, G. c., Jan. 3 delayed in
transmissionl.- l.-Sharp fighting between
the Beers and General French's forces
continued today. The Boers ara hold
ing Colesberg, though the British have
almost surrounded them. The New
South Wales lancers, from au impro-
vised shelter. for i've hours today pre-
vented the Beers from looting Brit
ish supply train which ran away into
their lines. The lsncers had two men
wounded. The Beers lost three killed
and elk wounded.
DOUGLAS EVACUATED.
BELMONT, Jan. 3 delayed in trans
mi ssion) Col. Pitcher evacuated
Douglas today safely and brought q
number of refugees to Dover farm.
Desultory shelling continues at Modo er
river.
THAT FLOUR INCIDENT.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-Lord Salisbury in
formed Mr.. Choste today with refer
ence to the seizure of American flour
in Delagoo bay, that he would not be
able to reply definitely to the protest
of the United States until the admiral
ty court at Durham bad rendered de-
cision in the case. However, the prime
minister was able to inform Mr.. Choate
that he had a report to the effect that
the -four barrels on the vessels seized
were addressed to the Trausvaal gov
ernment.
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