| Show GERMAN PEOPLE PEOPLE ARE INDIGNANT But the tho Government S ws No Ex Over l elzure WAil It NEWS FILONI 0 at for It 1 I or Berlin Jan Is announced that lie tho cr sers Condor and are now on the way to 10 Da DaH Bay H the seizure b by the British cruiser ot of tire the Imperial mall mail steamer of the German East African line a high official of of the German torel foreign n office who po was as Inter Interviewed viewed by time nt ot of the All As Associated Press says i Silence must be preserved nt at pres eat cOncerning the ot of the tho negotiations which havo been n begun with Great Grent Britain about the matter malter steps have boon flem taken ot of whIch Germany must await MyaH the tho result The matter mAttor Is regarded by Germany a as of the utmost because 6 sec loual Involving the rights or of nou mis ThiH afternoon the secretary Count Yon Von Buelow conferred at the forel foreign n with his advisers an arid then r reported ported to the emperor A meeting will consider the tho uro It I Is also asserted In government cIr cIrcles cm eisa cles that the British right to search Is questioned and that In n any event the British right to stop passenger whether r the they Intend to fight for the Boors Boere or not is III lI strenuously disputed as the vessel cs 1 upon which they were lit Is neutral and the territory to which they were proceeding dl namely Delagoa Dar Bay Is also neutral Redress It Is asserted will sIll be insisted upon b by Germany The Tho a German press today unanimous ly condemns condemn the British action In the Bund seIzure Iuro which is 19 character izod nfl M nn an Instance or of gross grotS insolence anti and as calculated again Illustrate to the n need d or of a powerful navy to render such on the part or of ErI England Iland Impo impossible In the tho future The National strongly argues that England had no tight right to Interfere with th ho and expresses the hope that she sho has not adopted a lox Ible theory regarding contraband The surmises tint there must MC have b been en a quarrel en the commanders or of th h Buns Bun and t tre e t the lal l officer hl pr r ri the In 11 oft off Uj st f d the hope hone speedily enforce the or of the Ech the Zel Zei tunis tung the proceeding character Insolence and adds that the whole attitude altitude of the English be fore foro Delagoa Day provokes a general protest It Is significant that hat today the Gee Ger German man distributed In Berlin C copies lles of Q a strongly worded pamphlet pointing out the n need of a strong nav navy From n a well Informed authority It ta f learned that preliminary negotiations have been going on for some time be tween Great Britain anti and Germany In London for the purpose c of extending the scope of the treaty the Portuguese colonies but that the Asiatic colonies ot of are not comprised In the extension proposal London Tan Jon IThe morning papers are Inclined to retrain from comment Ing upon the Incident heading further Information TIle The Dally Daily Chronicle say The Thc Incident was unfortunate but the Germans ma may await the result of the Inquiry with confidence In our fair ness The Standard ard We feel teel surA sur that Germany German will recognize the validity of OUr position We shall enforce such ouch claims as we pOSe pos seas sess with every cen desire to cause time tho least inconvenience to among friend friendly states but nt at tie tho same time lime we w shall act with n a firm nation nallon to our ri rights as a 11 bellig erent power A or of the Associated d Press at telegraphing December 1st says sas Capt enc ency of the lancers with a Patrol or of WI was reconnoitering et eight ht miles north of Dordrecht H lie met the tho Doers Boers at os Nek They opened fire and the he British replied The fighting continued for tor six Ix hours when the received strong streng reinforce reinforcements meats ments including artillery Cap Capt I Mont nn morency retired and took n a d defensive posItion nt at Dordrecht One Briton was wounded The Tho Doers dl did 1 not pursue him It Is believed that tho they retired on their main bod body Their losses are not known Time The following heliograph message has hns been received by way of irons Ladysmith dated Wednesday Decem her The are aro actively ly bombarding tho ho town One shell at struck nIck the Devon shires tent killing Capt and wounding seven seen Dent Twiss Caffyn Byrne Brne Scafe and Kane KaneA A later inter from by way of dated Friday Decem ber ears All well The hare been tiring firing Ked shells cOn taming pudding and the compliments ments of the season cealon The They are still fortifying their positions and are ovi 01 dently determined d to make a firm stand The war var om office publishes the follow lag Ing dispatch yesterday from the gen general oral eral officer commanding at Ca Capetown position is hi unchanged French re reports that the Doers Boers fearing their helP communications could be cut by our cavalry have retired to hear from that thata i ia a British seven miles north or of Dordrecht superior forcES and ond was obliged to retire on The Dall Daily Mall Mail publishes time the following dispatch coin Capetown per c cent nt of the farmers In Inthe the he district Joined the Doers helping them to loot the stores through throughout out the country north of Orange river They also undertook to invest Inest Mafeking while Germ Oen men went Tent couth tl C meet Lord tord Methuen The government In Is being administered 53 It the Dutch had hod been In possession for ages A dispatch to the Daily Mall Mali from Kimberley dated Frida Friday P December says Mya We Ve have food tood enough h for three months Fresh fruit and e ebItt blei bItt ire art dally daily eU end and water is II plentiful and excel excellent lent lentA lenlA A dispatch to the Daily Mall Mail from Lourenzo Marques dated December All says It Is reported from Lad Lady by way la ot of Pretoria that the Ish tire lire destroying their heavy cannon cantlon prior 9 n a final sortie ortle The agents here have bought up all time the milk u gr gilr and coffee They rhey hn have managed to ret get large orders sent lent for tor shipment here hereby hereby by French ani ml German steamers J Prices 1 have hava advanced 6 5 per cent In and the tocks stocks are very short Something like a famine Is threatened II irs the British government is III stopping all goods consigned here from remit the coast ports Se Several ul members of the meet every steamer doubtless to give r further orders Is doing her herbeat herbeet beet beat to maintain neutrality but foreign opinion In Lourenzo Marques Is gen crall emily iii favor of actively assisting the to obtain food supplies Herr Pott the consul general h here re Is losing Lloyds agency and the aJ agencies for eMIlie artie Union find Bucknell lines lilies In comm COli sequence of the tue position lie he holds In the ot of confirmation ot of tho ho reported sortie or tie flom morn that t story ry Is discredited No such Buch hopeful view con cnn bo be taken ns as the Door Boor account of the seems to 10 convey No word regarding any such movement m nt has hils yet et arrived from sources And time the feeling of sue pease is III deepening as It Is feared Cot Col silence indicates that his position Is becoming d desperate The Tue dispatches from the front 1 a confident spirit which Is b by no means echoed here The latest LadysmIth ad advices vices Ices show that the shellIng Is becoming deadly while sickness and ennui must also be telling strongly upon the garrison The newa of oC time the spread ot of n a alion rel 1 lion among the tho Dutch colonists and of the attempt of Hoers to cut the rail railway railway way at widely different points Is very of disquieting as bearing upon the safety of the extended lines of communication tion All the correspondents are beginning to hint ot of 1 a forward movement on the the part of Gen huller time the da which is 19 indicated In 1 a dispatch to the Daily Tel Telegraph rlph from Frere recording unfortunate the failure of two recoil In one case the Doer lines line nl at Colenso were to have be been n born bom bombarded barded hy by nIght Mounted men drew the Doer Boer fire and It wIts Intended that the naval rual guns should bombard This however the latter tailed failed to do ow owIn owIng In Ing to some misunderstanding and the reconnoitering party was compelled to flounder back to camp through the wet amid aud stormy storm night marching In mud and water and amid with the greatest discomfort According to the same correspondent a similar fate awaited another recon In the opposite direction Two detachments rays the dispatch lost their way a In the darkness They were unable to effect a Junction for at attack tack the they stumbled Into water holes and were out all nl night ht on only I to return drenched and disappointed In the morn mornIn In lag It Is roughly estimated that there are Boors between and Colenso some beIng on the south southside side Aide of the Tugela river At nil aU points the enemy shows ceaseless activity A large number of Americans are sald to toe e finding their way Into the various volunteer regiments being raised In Cape Colony Colon It Is also reo re ported that man ninny Africans are arc lag Ing at Dela oa bl bay having been ox ex expelled from frum the ho Hand because they y had refused to work the Johannesburg mines for tor toe government |
