Delagoa Bay belongs to Portugal, and is the only seaport which the Boers
can reach. The Transvaal, as you will see by the map, lies inland, and has
not any sea-coast of its own.

The English deny this report, but, all the same, British war-ships are
being sent to Delagoa Bay.

A new High Commissioner has been appointed to South Africa, and a great
deal of surprise was felt when it was learned that he was to take a strong
body of marines and sailors with him.

The Government says these fighting men have only been sent with the
Commissioner to guarantee the carrying out of his commands, but it is very
openly reported that they are being sent out to strengthen the force which
England already has in South Africa, and that war will soon break out in
that quarter of the globe.

The English people are very angry with President Krueger, because, at a
recent banquet, his grandson, a lieutenant in the Transvaal army, made
some rude remarks about the Queen of England.

But it would seem that they have little cause for anger, because Oom Paul
rebuked his grandson and suspended him from duty. It is probable that the
young man, whose name is Lieutenant Eloff, will have to leave the army in
consequence.

It is said that the President is extremely annoyed that these remarks
were made, and has ordered Lieutenant Eloff never to mention the Queen's
name in public again.