BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
COLONIAL POSSESSIONS
SETTLED
BRITAIN LOSES SAMOA
GERMANY TAKES UPOLO AND
SAVAII,
AMERICA RETAINS TUTQILA.
SOUTH SEA INTERESTS DE-
FINED
BRITAIN GETS SOLOMON
ISLANDS.
GOLD COAST SETTLEMENT.
GERMAN CONCESSIONS IN
ZANZIBAR.
LONDON,
November 9
An important arrangement has been come to between Great Britain and Germany in regard to Samoa. It involves compensation and exchanges.
It is officially announced that Great Britain has renounced the islands of Upolu and Savaii in favour of Germany, and TU'tuila in favour of America, while Germany renounces in Great Britain's favour her rights, in Tonga, Vavau, and the Savage Island-' and transfers to Great Britain the
Solomon Islands, situated east and south-east of Bouganville, and the Buka Islands. She also divides with Great Britain the neutral zone in the Gold Coast hinterland. - ;
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 267, 10 November 1899, Page 5
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