Show OF SECRET TREA 1 Y r great britain and germany to divide portuguese territory aitor y in south africa and asia in this manner england en gland expects E to get delagoa bay and shut off the war supplies said to be furnished the boers through that channel A AH europe deeply Concerned Necessity of such a treaty scouted by the english new york dec 28 A dispatch to I 1 f I 1 says the new york herald from berlin the J olau An publishes the contents ot of the tike german por Au guese iese secret treaty this double treaty will have executive force as iksoon soon as the swiss jurists Ill aest hensler and goldau have elven a decision in the delagoa bay pay arbitration the decision it Is expected will be given in january or february and will probably be in favor ot of england in la which chease case portugal must pay to england and and germany an indemnity of 0 pounds sterling england obtained in 1891 from portugal the right of preemption pre emption in delagoa day the cession of delagoa bay day to england may therefore be expected in march next it is possible that president Pre eident kruger may now decla declare war on portugal and attack a it ack delagoa at once in norderto order to prevent any interference by france or russia england con a secret treaty with germany regarding the complete pr partition of 1 portuguese colonial possessions germany is to receive all portuguese pos sess sessions lons in asia that Is to say timor coa goa damalo macao and diu with twenty thousand square miles of ter and a million inhabitants germany further receives in africa 1 all portuguese territory north of mozambique zam bique except a strip of land three miles wide for mr cecil rhodes trans african rall railway way for this tho the german government will pay portugal marks maj ks the surprising part in the statement ca of the An Is that it ream to asia when it has te town been asserted at tho foreign office that the treaty only refers to africa and did not refer to asia it must bo however wever ire be remembered that the bokal an was in a position to publish the samoa treaty 21 24 hours before the boffl caal publication look took place england re receives cAres the remaining african possessions of portugal which two million square kilometres kilo metres and have thirteen million inhabitants the consent of portugal to this arrangement ran gement has already been obtained in principle the bokal An declares it has news from such a source that no de inesti Is possible that great britain would ultimately tho the possessor ot of delagoa bay has bas long been expected it has hag jeen 1 known for some years that negotiations for the transfer have havet with more or nr less so secrecy crecy been carried on bc be f swem portugal and great britain for a transfer domestic and political leal considerations have deterred portugal from parting with one of her most valuable possessions it would not tie be suri if great britain under stress of present circumstances acted upon the negotiations of the last fe few w years and pressed for the execution of the understanding between the two coun tries the present town of toured Loure ruo marques not infrequently termed tomed delagoa agoa bay day dates only from 1867 it is built on the site of nn an old village named yin in honor of the navigator who in 1544 1 planted the first portuguese flag there the harbor has ha been compared with two of the finest in the world rio and t sydney and properly developed it would become the maritime port of the 1 rholo whole of the basin n of the river and land of the states occupying the tho plateau ot of south africa afrim great britain irom from 1820 onward disputed the tho caal clame ot of portugal ml to the awni ownership chip of deia dela soa bay day and based its own claims upon an occupation by the dutch or of which the reversion tell fell to nor her cap fain owens carrying out the surveys tn in 1823 obtained a conces concession gon from the be native chiefs concerned in its T ee the dispute was ultimately ultimate ly eteau referred L 0 0 the arbitration of the president ol 01 the khe marshal bac french 7 public republic re mahon on whose award in 1875 was given in favor ot of portugal great groat britain boweter to weTer did not relinquish her claims el ins and she consoled herself for the loss 1059 9 t ot of the actual ownership by obtaining a 26 right of pre preemption emption under the an eto portuguese agreement ot of 1891 under this instrument great britain cwm and portugal agreed that in event or of one oue of the two powers proposing to f part with any of 0 the territories to the auth ot of the the ule other shall stall 1 recognized recognized as possess possessing ing a en 0 lill al tight to the territories in qu question or any portion of them this is held to give to great britain the right of preemption pre emption whenever sal la Is in auch financial straits aa 0 to buted n U to sell her rights its in the bay t sho 0 o was as sald wd to be la ja such da bet last yu and only domestic political PO in lisbon then pra pre I 1 vented her acting upon the agreement I 1 new york dec DM 28 A dispatch to t the 6 new york tribune from london saya says the announcement of the berlin lo 10 kal An that under the secret stipulations of the treaty germany will take gals asiatic colonies and the territory north of the Zam besl and england Do delagoa lagoa bay Is tho the most startling news of thedac the day theauthor the authority Is 1 not of and the statement at of concerted action by the two powers against french and russian occupation must bo be accept accepted edwith with reserve until the foreign office confirms it the alleged payment of 01 marks tor for germanys germanas Germ anys share in ia this territorial trade also seems doubtful some disclosure of tills this kind has ims been expected in diplomatic circles tor for several weeks since tho the necessity for shutting off the supplies of arms and ammunition for the transvaal has become a part of the prolongation of the war while the russian press forecasts the occupation of herat as the first consequence of their occupation of delagoa bay day the french journals are continued contin uW on page pour RUMORS OF SECRET TREATY continued from first page curious to know what the washington government will do regarding the seizure of american vessels by the british navy whatever that action may be reports that sir cheato has intervened in tho matter are premature and unfounded the british prize courts will without doubt be allowed to do their work precisely as the american prize courts operated during the war with spain tho questions of contraband of war and neutral rights will be argued in duo course russian and french rumors that all neutral powers will intervene if england takes effective measures for closing the back door against tho entrance ot contraband of war into the transvaal are colored by the general belief that there is a secret agreement with germany relating to any emergency which may ariss en the cast coast paris dec 28 the publication by the bokal An of berlin of the secret treaty between garmany portugal and great britain providing for the partition of the portuguese colonies meets with no credence in official circles here A foreign office official said to a representative of the associated press that their advises advices ad vices from portugal and germany left no doubt that the publication li was largely invention they could not believe portugal would sign a treaty stripping herself of her colonies and ao and harin tul to portugal notwithstanding the french foreign office it is believed ia other quarters that an agreement be tween great britain and germany exists outside of the understanding arrived at between them this year as an outcome of the negotiations to build a telegraph line connecting capt town with cairo berlin dec 28 A german news agency issued a statement last evening to the effect that the assertions 0 the arbitrary and erroneous guess work i official in berlin describe the statements made as bulto inaccurate london dec 28 many alleged disclosures of secret delagoa bay agreements have recently been submitted to the british foreign office so that the authorities have made it a rule neither to deny or affirm them and when questioned today regarding the statements of the bokal An tho officials ad herod to this rule but a representative of the press gathered that tho alleged disclosure were quite inaccurate A dispatch to the times from berlin comments on tho bokal An treaty statements as follows when it Is remembered that two of gals asiatic possessions goa and dabao form enclaves of the province of bombay the statements of the lo 10 kal An border on the fantastic washington dec as nothing is known here of tho reported intention of great britain and germany to partition portuguese east africa between them great britain taking the country around delagoa bay and southward and germany the northern halt of tho territory which adjoins the german east african possessions tho officials hero attach no credence to tho story as they point out a movement of tills kind disturbing the balance of power in africa would lead almost certainly to serious complications between tho principals and the other powers of europe moreover the old rumor of a secret treaty between england and portugal whereby tho former might for a proper consideration possess delagoa bay whenever the is needed tor military purposes has always been credited to some extent here and if such treaty really exists thero would be no need for germanas germanys Germ anys participation as |