Show I I S DELAGOA BAY AWARD I Moveon Part of Boers to Offset l Ofcr I of England En9lald New York March 21i George W Van SIcklen president of the American council of the South African republics and advocate in America for the Transvaal Trans-vaal today sent the following oillclal letter to the Portuguese Minister at Washington Dear SirI am In a position to offer to you aa I do to lend the Government Govern-ment of Portugal the sum necessary to pay the award known as the Delagoa bay award which hau been made by the Geneva arbitration tribunal say 6000000 Fair satisfactory terms to be arranged The offer Is I regarded as a move on Ihe part of the Boer to offset any offer which England may make to Portugal thus embarrassing the Lisbon Government Govern-ment and thereby at the same time closing the rear door to the Transvaal I Trans-vaal Orange Free Stale |