But it has come to light that the large sums of money which will have to
be paid to conclude the matter are being subscribed in part by German
financiers, and the rest by the National Bank of the Transvaal.
It seems that it is an arrangement between Germany and the Transvaal.
As we have told you before, Germany is quite friendly with the South
African Republic, so much so that, at the time of the raid, the Emperor
of Germany very much displeased the English people by sending President
Krueger a telegram congratulating him on his victory over the raiders.
It is said that neither the English nor the Boer-German offer for
Delagoa Bay has as yet been accepted by Portugal.
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The news from India is of a very serious character.
We told you some months ago how the trees in Bengal province had been
marked, and how the European residents in India feared that it might be
the signal for another mutiny.
It would almost seem that their fears were well grounded.
On the clay of the Jubilee celebration in India the natives killed
Government officers in various parts of the country, and assumed a
hostile and impudent attitude toward Europeans generally.
Last week a riot broke out in one of the suburbs of the city of
Calcutta, and for more than forty-eight hours the mob held the town.
The trouble arose over a mosque or Mohammedan temple.
It is contrary to the rules of their religion to allow mosques to be
built on ground that belongs to unbelievers, but of late the Moslems
have been seizing on buildings owned by Europeans and Hindoos,
converting them into mosques, and then refusing to pay rent for them.
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