THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE.
(By Telegraph.) (Per San Francisco Mail) AUCKLAND, May 27. At the Samoan Conference on May Ist, Air Kasson, United States Commissioner, speaking for his associates asked if there existed any secret understanding between England and Germany in regard to the partition of Tonga and tho Samoan Islands. In reply, Prince Bismarck and Sir B, Maletjbolh denied the existence of any such understanding. This incident was afterwards denied officially. King Malictoa having offered a suitable apology to the German Government,the Kaiser had decided to release him from exile. A committee of the conference consisting of
Kraul, Bates and Scott had prepared a report on the land question in Samoa, which provided for a native ruler and a constitutional tribunal. The Berlin correspondent of the London Times says that while England’s attitude is not entirely clear, there was nothing to show that the -British Government leans towards Germany.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5017, 27 May 1889, Page 3
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