CABLEGRAM.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 102, 30 April 1894, Page 3

CABLEGRAM.

PRESS ASSOCIATION.] |bt Muecriuo tmlbgkawc—corra«n.| (Received April 30,10.3* •.m) sajFo a. ANNEXATION PROPOSALS. GERMAN OPPOSITION. ' BeblilK, April 28. The German Colonial Party are circulating petitions throughout the country in favour of the retention oi Samoa. It is reported that the Emperor is averse to abandoning German interests in the island. Ib is rumoured thai) the Emperor is assisting the Colonial Party in their opposition to New Zealand's proposal for the annexation of Samoa. The " Vossieehe Zeitung" declares its preference to a British rather than an American protectorate. Ib considers Germany is unfitted, bo restore order there. Stbnet, April 29. The Premier cabled to the Premier of New Zealand yesterday in favour of the sole protection over Samoa by Great Britain in preference to any colony exercising the rights of a sovereign State withoub the means of enforcing order. The Premier sent similar messages to the Premior of Victoria and the Agent-General for New South Wales in London. Sydney, this day. The German view here, from one qualified to express an opinion, is that there is nob the slightest chance ef the acceptance of the New Zealand proposal in regard to Samoa, which is entirely at variance with the terms of the treaty. If the New Zealand idea is carried out it would inflict real hardship on German settlers. The German Imperial Government can hardly regard the proposal with anything but irritation, as it amounts to implication that Germany has not looked sufficiently well after the interests of her subjects there."