without making some effort to secure the port for himself.

We told you that Dr. Leyds had been sent to England by the Boer
Government to arrange the trouble over the Transvaal Raid.

Dr. Leyds had a further commission, which he did not mention while he
was in London.

This was to try and secure possession of Delagoa Bay for his own
country.

He went to Paris, and organized a company to buy from Portugal certain
lands in Africa which should include Delagoa Bay, its ports and customs.

To prevent England getting any knowledge of what was going on, the
matter was arranged in Paris, and appeared on the surface to be a French
speculation.

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
Krüger a telegram congratulating him on his victory over the raiders.

It is said that neither the English nor the Boer-German offer for