| Show GERMAN WARSHIPS ON I IWAY WAY wIY TO SOUTH AFRICA FRIC Two Cruisers Are Dispatched to Delapa Delagoa Bay the of Holdups By the tile British Great Britain Britain Must Explain Her Her Seizure of f the Steam r Indignation at Berlin B Berlin Jan 1 It Hi I announced L 3 he e German protected cruisers Condor and nd are now DOW oa ill the way to DeIg Bay Bey Regarding the seizure by bi the cruiser of or the Imperial mall mail steamer Bu h or of the German East Est African line a high official of the German foreign office who was wa inter interviewed viewed by b the correspondent of ot the As Jut Press says Silence must mu be preserved at pres present present ent concerning the actual status of ot the negotiations have been heen begun with t Britain about a ut the matter Appropriate e steps Mep have bave been taken of which Germany must await the lt The matter is l regarded by Germany tY aa an of the utmost importance e er er involving the rights righta of or neu neutrals This afternoon the foreign Count Yon Von conferred at the theS S foreign office with His Ms official o ial advisers and aad then reported re to the emperor A cabinet meeting will consider co the seiz selz seizure ue ure Eight Right to Search Serch Questioned Gue It is ia also ala asserted in government cir circles circles cles den that the British right to search is questioned and that th t in any event the British right to stop top passenger passe whether they intend to fight for the Boers or 01 not not is 18 strenuously disputed I as the vessel upon they Y were to ie neutral neutra and the territory to which they were proceeding namely Delagoa Bay Bayis Bayis is also al neutral Redress R Rehe it is asserted arted will be insisted isted in upon by Germany The German preas pre today unanimous unanimously ly y y condemns the British action in to the seizure which is Ia character characterized etl as an Instance of ot gross insolence and as aa calculated again to illustrate the t he need of f a powerful German navy vy to render such each on the part of f England impossible in fhe toe be future The National strongly argues t that England had no DO right to interfere with the and expresses the theft ft j je e that she Le has haa not adopted a flex flexible ible ibe theory regarding i contraband The surmises that there t must have bave been iwen a serious serious quarrel between the commanders of the Bun and the e before the 1 L Ii Her officer er overstepped his hie hi prerogative tive t ive in carrying on oft off the steamer mer and expressed the hops hop that ti will speedily ily enforce force the release ass eC 0 C the vessel veL L el elEven Even the moderate mod ate V Zei Zel tung tang calls the proceeding tic English E lI Insolence and adds ad tat It I the the attitude of o the be before be fore fare Delagoa Bay Bar provokes a general ll protest Drott ft I It is significant that today toda the Ger German G GI I man distributed dl in Berlin Ber n copies co of a pamphlet pointing out the need ne of uC a strong streng German Germao navy DaVY Prom From a well informed lIsl u authority i it te ki learned that ton have been going on for some osne tima between be bei between i tween Great Britain and Germany to lit toi litI i London for the purpose Se of o extending I the scope of o tile treaty Portuguese e colonies but that the be Asiatic of Portugal are not notI comprised in ill the extension proposal al I IThe I The today publishes the alleged text t of a new manifesto from front Emperor Nicholas against the tM increase I of naval armaments which it is Ie amid aid Id Idle he le will T te on first day of the Russian Ru sian new year The Hie e V publication represents the czar aa no eco con convening another international cor corence r rence ence to consider this particular QUes QUestion a es estion tion The general public appears to 10 have accepted the manifesto as c r but buton buton buton I on inquiry at the foreign office om it wo ascertained a ed that the manifesto is bogus I From Front other sources usually well welt in informed inI I formed the correspondent of the Asso 9 Associated A elated learns that t at the I meant the thing u as a boax and andas I as an ironical reprimand for the SOY NOv government ENGLISH PAPERS P AI SILENT i rain in From Commenting on the tile I II I Incident I London Jan J n 1 The morning papers pacers are inclined to refrain from front comment commenting I I lug ing u upon n the incident t pending further information The Daily Chronicle says nays The Tte incident WM hut but tile the Germane may say await the tile of 01 o othe the inquiry with confidence In tn our fair faJr fairness I ness nelll I The Standard says We feel sure aure that Germany will recognise e tile the I reachable validity of our ow position n We I 1 enforce e adL claims an sa ue we wi e s sm scaB m with every erY en desire to the vast least feasible We to trade tade among friendly state hot bat at the same time we stall act with a Urn finn I 4 to assert art out oat oe as a belli r rent ent eat power |
