London via Bombay, Dec. 20.
According to telegrams from Berlin the semi-official " Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" states that the British Government has German claims for compensation in ven its decision in regard to the
connexion with the South African War. It refuses to examine any submitted to evmpe tion commissions or to accept the German proposal to submit them to the Permanent Court at The Hague. It recognizes that 683 there are points involved in cor-tain cases that were not submitted to the Commissioners and agrees to submit them to the Hague
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