THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE.
(Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) (Received 12.40 p.m., May 23rd.) Berlin, May 22. The Samoan Conference will to-day have under final consideration a Protocol providing that the government of Samoa shall bo arranged on a triple system, Great Britain being recognised as arbitrator. A Commission wi!l sit |at Apia to decide disputes as to ownership of land. Great Britain will also have chief influence in the selection of the officers invested with judicial authority. Mataafa has written to Admiral Kimberley, expressing a hope that the United States would oppose the triple system. He also asks for -American protection.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5014, 23 May 1889, Page 3
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