A NICE PORTUGUESE FALL.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 February 1901, Page 4

A NICE PORTUGUESE FALL.

A sensational article was published in a paper called O’Portuguez at Lorenzo Marquez, Dolagoa Bay. The article appeared in the Portuguese language, under the heading of “General De Wet” and is as follows;—“We affirm that the famous Boer General—the ‘Phantom General’ as ho is termed by the British soldiers, was actually in Lorenzo Marquez quite recent'y, Wa cannot say or do not know what this gallant Transvaal warrior came here for, but we presume it was to enter into important negotiations because should his mission have been unimportant he would have sent some delegate to see what was going on in Lorenzo Marquez. We make it known to the public that De Wet submitted to us for publication an agreement between himself and General Buller in which the latter declared upon his word of honour that he would not on any future occasion take np arms against the Transvaal. This agreement is partially confirmed by the fact that General Buller had been previously taken prisoner by the Boers, who set him at liberty after having given the agreement above referred to ; and in order to further prove the bona fides of this document General De Wot informed us that he keeps in his possession all the medals and decorations belonging to General Buller. We do not publish the agreement because it might result in unpleasantness for the Government. ” The Portuguese Governor-Gene-ral suppressed the paper.