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Show Porlo Rico Sot lo Ho. to Germany. Ger-many. New York, 2-5. B. Ecklemann, the German consul in Porto Rico says of the report aoout the cession ot that Island to Germany that it must, havo originated among the enemies of Bismarck. At Puerto Rico some excitement . was caused on reading the North American papers, but very few attached any credence to the report, and the Governor General publicly denied having received any instruction from Spain in regard to the matter. There was considerable dissatisfaction on tiie island, however, 'owing to the troubled state of allairs in Spain, and the fact that all the important im-portant local offices are held by Spaniards. - . u ' |