The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-06
RIFLES SENT TO THE B0ERS
FORTY THOUSAND MARKED "PI-
AMOS SHIPPED TO PRETORIA.
Admission by the Owner of the Bark
Hans Wagner that Powder and
Dynamite Were in Her Cargo.

the German press. Influential papers like
the Berliner Tageblat, Cologne Volks Zei-
tung, Berliner Neueste Nachrichten, Ham
burger Correspondent and the semi-official
Berliner Post strongly hint at the possibil-
ity of Germany forming an anti-British
coalition with Russia and France. The
anti-British feeling is clearly growing. A
series of anti-British demonstrations in
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 Britain had not yet answered
Germanys request for an explanation of
the seizure, but that the reply was expect
ed in the course of a few days. The For
eign Office, according to this official, has
not yet concluded that Great Britain is
trying to ride roughshod over Germany.
The correspondent asked what position
Germany takes regarding Englands right
to search German ships on the high seas.
The official answered that nothing could
be divulged at this stage of the case, but
he pointed out that the Bundesrath was
sailing for a Portuguese port. On being
asked what Germany would do should it
turn out that the Bundesrath was carry
ing contraband, he gave a noncommittal
reply, but conveyed the impressipp-that.
such discovery would seriously damage
Germany's case.
The Associated Press correspondent then
asked whether Germany had taken steps
to be represented at Durham during the in
vestigation Of the cargo. To this inquiry
an evasive answer was given, but the Off
cial implied that Germany would undoubt
edly take this course If the British report
should be adverse.
Referring to the rumor that the Swiss
commission had decided to award damages
to Great Britain in the Delagoa bay arbi-
tration. the Foreign Office official inti-
mated that such decision might not mean
that England would secure Delagoa bay,
inasmuch as France might advance to Por-
tugal 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 Germany. asserts
that German officials have been sent to the
Transvaal since the outbreak Of the war
1t says: 1--WE know from a trustworthy
source that 10000 German rifles of the new
est and best construction have arrived at
Pretoria in good condition. They reached
Lourenzo Marques by way of China, hav-
ing been deceptively packed and declared
on the manifest as furniture. in which
pianos played the chief role
The Leipsic Neueste Nachrichten asserts
on what it calls absolutely reliable infor-
nation that Herr Krupp is making steel
shells for Great Britain at Essen. An
other newspaper has a similar statement
alleging that $4,000 shrapnel shells are in
preparation for lyddite filling.
The Berliner Tageblatt has a dispatch
from Papenburg, Hanover, the home of
Captain Muhlmann, of the German bark
Hans Wagner, of Hamburg, which was
seized by the British at Delagoa bay on
Dec. 21, saying that the bark had powder
and dynamite in her cargo.
The central committee of the German
Red Cross Society publishes statement
that the second expedition for the Trans
vaal was not on the Bundesrath, but is on
| the Herzog. which should have arrived at
Lourenzo Marques on Jan. 2.
Prominent members of the Colonial So
ciety disclaim having authorized the calls
printed in the Colonial Zeitung for indigna-
ton meetings to protest against Great
Britain's course. The Berlin and Chariot
tenberg branches have refused to partici-
pate in the movement.
The central bureau for the preparation
of commercial treaties publishes pamphlet
sketching a plan of German commercial
| museums modelled closely on that recently
held in Philadelphia, minus samples. The
| various trade organizations are working
| together, and the establishment of a
bureau for commercial information seems
assured.
Last year sos persons were convicted of
| lese majesty, and the sentences aggregated
| one hundred years in prison.
The case against physician and others
| charged at Rjsheid with fraudulently Sc
| curing exemption from military service is
growing more sensational. Over eighty
persons are now involved.
Emperor William had a conference this
morning with Count Won Buelow, the
| foreign secretary, thus missing the court
| hare hunt at Buckow.
Prince Herbert Bismarck will reside in
Berlin until the new castle at Friederichs-
| ruhe is completed.
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