LATEST GERMAN

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 4 August 1911, Page 5

LATEST GERMAN

DEMAND. TAHITI WANTED. NEW MOROCCAN BARGAIN. PROTRACTED NEGOTIATIONS. !);• TcJecraßU—l'resß Association— Ooijyriehl London, August 2. The "Echo de I'aris" slates (lint. Herr von JCiderleii-AVnochter, Uennan Minister lor foreign Allnirs, has nsked M. Jules Cambon, the I'Vuch Ambassador in lierliii, lor tho cession to Germany of Tahiti, in tho Pacific, in return for u free hand on the .Morocco question is causing imThe blow progress of the negotiations on the Morocco question is causing impatience ill i'aris and berlin, where tho prospects of protracted discussions inspires apprehension. Tho Paris "Temps" urges the French Government to propose a European Conference on the subject of Morocco, as it is well known that Germany desires to abolish the Algeciras Agreement, EXPELLED CORRESPONDENTS. Tangier, August 2. The Pasha of Agadir has expelled Mr. Alan Ostler, tho correspondent of the London "Daily Express," and Mr. Francis M'Cullagh, European correspondent of tho New York "Evening Post." GERMAN AID DECLINED. London, August 2. Tho commander of the German cruiser Berlin offered to intercede on behalf of Messrs. Ostler and M'Cullagh, ■ but tho intervention was declined, as neither correspondent wished the protection of any Hag but their own.

The Society Islands wero formally annexed by France in 18S0. The most important of the islands is Tahiti, whose chief town is Papeete, with 3617 inhabitants, of wham 11W9 arc French. A higher primary school, with a, normal school, has boon established at Papeete, and there nre six primary sehols, each with about 100 pupils, in various islands, besides four Catholic and two Protestant mission .schools. Pearls and mother-o'-pearl are important products. Tho island is mountainous and picturesque with a fertile coast-land bearing coconut, bnriana,, and orange trees, sugarcane, vanilla, and other tropical fruits, besides vegetables grown in temperate climates. Cotton, coffee, and tobacco are now little cultivated. The chief industries' are the preparation of copra, sugar ,and rum. The chief imports are tissues, wheat flour, metal work. The chief exports are copra,,mothor-D'-pearl, Vanilla, coconuts, and oranges. In 1909 the shipping entered at Papeete consisted of 51 vessels of 87,338 tons, and cleared 51 of 87,228 tons; the greater part of the tonnage represents visits of steamers connecting tho islands with San Francisco and with New Zealand.