The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-03
Pronounced Clumsy Invention.

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this AFTERNOON publishes the following
THE Lokalanzeiger continues, in spite
OF the contradiction of the Wolff Dll-
reali. to- advertise itself with communi
cations regarding the alleged contents OF
the .Angio-Gerlnan treatY.sWe are an-
thofized to declare that the statements
in question are founded on impudent and
clumsy inventions.
A Source Of Trouble to Portugal.
New York, Dec. 90 Luis A. NJ. p. A.
Taviera. Portuguese consul-general. said
that he had no knowledge of any agree
ment regarding the sale Of Delagoa bay.
But, added Senior Taviera. this does
not mean that such an agreement NAV
likely to hear of it before the general
public. 1t would not be surprising if a
treaty had been made or is going to be
made"
The Portuguese charge d affaires in the
United States, Ignacio de Costa Duarte.
is ut present in this city. He declared
in an interview that i'll his opinion it
would be well for Portugal to dispose of
Delagoa bay and the East African pos
sessions. They had always been 4 source
of trouble, and were likely to remain so.
but it is not credible" said Senior
Duarte, that any treaty has been made
by which Portugal has parted with all
IlIT cDiUHldl DUSStSSlOIlS. Ally IllulStFN
that agreed to such 4 treaty would not
remain in power a minute. Ii treaty
such as described in the German news
papers had been contaminated, there
would have been some hints of it pub
lished in Portugal to prepare the public
mind
.Ene Hope Centers on ''Bobs.Y ,. Hs
london, Dee. z29.-ADispatches from all
parts lof South Africa emphasize the
great enthusiasm among the troops aud
public occasoned by the appointment of
Gems, Roberts and Kitchener. The ans
inoiineemcnt that 81 the former will have
supreme command and that the latter
will be chief of staff has largely dis
PEELED the depression: in Cape Colony.
caused by the recent reverses, while the
soldiers anticipate everything from the
presence of "BObs," from success in bat
tie to Caperbeer.
Advices from Cape Town, dated De
cepber "A, say lan investigation shows
that the reported 4disaffect among the
Dutch in the Victoria West district has
been everdrawn. The farmers, it is
will not risk the loss of their farms by
rising. }stt
Free Staters to Back Ont.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques,
dated December %, says a curious story
that Matt. Steyn,i brother of the Presi-
dent of the Orange Free State. and 800
Free Staters have definitely refused to
continue the war.
Matt. ISteyn, acting as spokesman for
the party, is reported to have told the
President that he was only authorized to
intervene in the interests of peace. and
that the burghers did not feel they were
bound by his ''unwarrantable conduct
especially as they ran the risk of confis-
cation of their property, and they simply
desired to be permitted to farm in peace
and proposed to Immediately return to
their farms. re ki> ~
kruger's Terms. h#1 81
Durham, Natal. Saturday, Dec 23.-
Winston Churchill says that from CONVEX
sations with members of the Transvaal
executive at Pretoria he learns that the
Beers began the war with trepidation,
but that President Kruger is now conf
dent that Great Britain will soon sue for
peace. In the highest Transvaa circles
Mr.. Churchill asserts there is serious talk
OF compromise, by which Great Britain
would cede the territory now occupied by
the armies Of the two republics. pay an
indemnity of .f2O,OOO,OOO $500. 600, 0OO).
and acknowledge the complete independ-.
ence Of the Transvaal