IMPORTANCE OF DELAGOA BAY.
In an interview published in. Paris w ." Delagoa Bay merchant " says that if tha British were to occupy the bay at once tha war could be brought to an end in three months. If matters remain as they are ijfe may be running on for a year at the leas& When the war began the Portuguese at Delagoa Bay believed that the British would wini almost at once, and so placed restrictions oie the Boer importation of arms and recruitsi But now, as the British have not had a bril* liant series of victories, they have relaxed all check, and the Boers are allowed to import anything until quantities of food, ammunition, and recruits are pouring in as thougH the bay were a Boer base. Every dodge ia practised to throw dust in the eyes of tha British. The Paris Figaro says the question! of Delagoa Bay is a most important one, calling for the attention of Europe, for it may completely change the situation of the two belligerents. If the British Government shows any disposition to take energetic action there, it is very likely it will find itself forestalled by the Boers.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2398, 15 February 1900, Page 44
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197IMPORTANCE OF DELAGOA BAY. Otago Witness, Issue 2398, 15 February 1900, Page 44
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