THE SAMOAN ISLANDS
NATIVE LAND DISPUTES. ; A COMMISSION APPOINTED. Pr«j Ajjsociation-By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, April 15. (Roceired April 16, at 0.58 a.m.) The natives of the German islands Upolu . and Savaii, in the Western Pacific, claim land on the island of Tutuila, belonging to the United States. Tlie American Secretary for Native Affairs has caused tho arrest' of several Tutuilans who proposed to murder the Upoln claimants. ■ Germany has appointed a commission, consisting of Germans, British, and Samoans, to settle the land disputes. Thei /Americans have done nothing in the'matter; . .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12638, 16 April 1903, Page 5
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90THE SAMOAN ISLANDS Otago Daily Times, Issue 12638, 16 April 1903, Page 5
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