| Show WAS NO PLOT SAYS DE HERRERA madrid do herrera formerly king at arms of the spanish court who Is barged with conspire ing against tile the government ot of brazil was wa interrogated by a magistrate mon day do da herrera maintained that connant has been recognized as an in impendent dependent state since 1872 2872 and that the recruiting of men in europe for the service of that state is perfectly agal it gal lie ile denied the existence of a plot against brazil and asserted that the diplomatic relations between brazil and connant are most cordial ile he had been residing in madrid for two years in the capacity of minister for Coun atil to spain morocco and tho the holy see do biferi demra c ra said that a rev colonel named casero had bad recently visited london in order to ar rive at an understanding ft A ith the gen eral cral committee ot of the free state ot 0 connant and to purchase war stoma the territory of connant was tho the subject of dispute between france and bracil from 1713 to 1897 when it was waa decided to submit the quenion involved to the tha arbitration of the swiss g govern av ern ment on december 1 1900 rendered a decision awarding brazil square miles of the contested territory and france about 3 squair all miles of the luniuck range in 1895 a conflict occurred in this buffer state of connant between french end cud brazilian troops precept bated by the discovery of gold in tho th Carse district subsequently a proposal was made duade to arbitrate which led to the difficulty above noted |
