AN ISLAND DISPUTE.
, j m — - GERMANY DEMANDS THE RE- , TURN OF NATIVES. j Press Assn — By telegraph — Copyright. (Received this day, 10.40 a.m.) ■ - BRISBANE, to-day. ' The ketch Envy recently . brought among her crew five Tobi Islanders, whose return is demanded by the German New Guinea authorities. So far, Captain Strachan, of the ketch, has refused to< give them up. , The German Government yacht Seestern is now awaiting here for the natives. » ..>. ■ . " The captain of tho Envy, wired tlie Federal Government, ''Will the Governmont permit Germans prevent me taking men to Britain to plead their caso before the Imperial Government ?!' The Federal Minister replied, "Go^ vernment sees no other course but for the men to return to Tobi. No assistance will be given to delay the return of the. men to their homes."
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 281, 1 June 1909, Page 5
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132AN ISLAND DISPUTE. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 281, 1 June 1909, Page 5
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