Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 8, 1898. Germany.

Manawatu Herald, 3 December 1898, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 8, 1898. Germany.

The reason for the pleasant manner •he Gorman Emperor has assumed towards Great Britain has been occasioned by a mutual understand ng, a 9 we bad foreshadowed, as to the interests of the two power? abroad. Though the Anglo-German agreement has not yet been pub lished, it is understood to include he recognition of the German sphere jf interest in Shantung, and the control of rail way 8 passing through hat province in'o other Chinese provinces. Kiao-Chau baa been de ;lared a free porb. Id will be remembered that Britain has a pre eruptive claim over the Portuguese colony at D -lagoa Bay, in Africa, md that it is here the railway run- ; nto the centre of the continent and into the Transvaal. It is said that he agreement made with Germany, wuaes her to wave any objections to Great Britain acquiring possession, 'bough o>m Paul would be furious md as the Portuguese are at thei wit's end for mon^y, it is likely thai colony will soon pasß from their jcHsession. A glance at th? ma) will show that President Krug^r ml be enclosed in his country by he hated Britisher, and mu3t in time be pqueez-a out of power and >iace. The President aeems to have been rather roughly treated by hip friend the Emperor, who has no' hesitated to throw him overboard vhen it suited him. A few yparrgo th°. German Emperor sent a telegram to the Transvaal that led >-m *n hptiovo he could count on *h support of Germany in any dis agreement he might have with Bri am. and Mr Lpydp, the Dutch agent, •v«f? very heartily m^t by the German officials when ha visited that country n 1896. but when he went there laMy, a subordinate of the Foreign Office met him and gave him the f >;if>w ; n<? RM'nncr me="a^e — " On b« half of Hi* M«j"8?y I havo to txpres n yon the Ei'upernr's urgent wi*b I hah you and your governm 'nt should t least c o asfi agitating in German papers against the Anglo- German tgrteaent."