Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-20

WARRINGTON, Jude 1.-THE agreement
between England, Germany and the Uni
ted States on Samoan affairs was signed
at Berlin this afternoon. 1t viii not be
made public until confirmed by the SEN
ate. While it is called an agreement by
the officers CT the state department.
Walker Blaine said this evening that he
thought II would undoubtedly require
ratification by the senate. If the lnstra-
ment signed were only regulating the
conduct of the two countries toward each
other, as for instance between the
United States and Samoa, 1T
would probably be designated
as a treaty, but where the instrument
signed is TO shape the conduct of three
governments, viz, the United States,
England and Germany, towards a fourth
party, Samoa, it is held that its proper
nomenclature is an agreement. At the
same time, as it is policy affecting the
foreign policy of the United States, 1t
is said that it will need ratification
by the senate and that therefore, it can
not be made public prior to action by the
senate. The agreement was cordially
approved by all members of the confer
enoe and by their respective governments.
The best of feeling prevailed at the ter
minatioL of the labors of the commits
5ioners.
BERLIN, June 14.-America having
abandoned her principal objections to
the agreement previously arrived at, the
pienipotentiaries had only to make I'M
essential notifications in the wording of
the draft of the treaty. The draft guar
antees autonomous administration OF
plants under the joint control of Ger
many and America, England acting
as an arbitrator In the event
of differences arising. The Samoans are
to elect their own king and viceroy and
be represented in the senate composed
of the principal chiefs and chambers
electe by the people. Samoa is to have
the right of levying duties of every kind.
The treaty also stipulates that the Ger
mans shall receive money indemnity for
their losses A special court
will be appointed to deaf with land
question. The Americans made their ad-
hesion conditional upon the ratification
of the treaty by the United States SEN
ate. The status quo will, therefore, oh.
tain in Samoa until December. Phelps
will carry the treat y to Washington. The
Samoan treaty will not be published until
signed by the American government.
BERLIN, June IA = Messrs. Kasson,
Phelps and Bates cordially Thanked Count
Herbert Bismarck for the courteous
manner in which they have been treated
and they warmly praised the skill and
tact with which he had presided over
the deliberations of the conference. Sir
Edward MalIet thanked Count Herbert
on behalf of the English delegates.
Count Herbert in reply said, he hoped
they had reached final solution of the
difficulty in question.
LONDON, June IA Posts Berlin cor
respondent says: The Samoan treaty
arranging for the restoration of Malietoa
and for the appointment of German and
American advisors TO the king with an
English counsellor to adjust the balance.
| The American delegates have the utmost
confidence that the treaty will be ratified
| by the United States senate.
LONDON, June IA. The Berlin CORES
pondent of the Times says: The Ameri-
cans have undoubtedly emerged from the
Samoan conference with flying oolors
Germany has to content herself
with much less political pre-
dominance in Samoa than
she claimed at Washington two years
ago.
BERLIN, June 15.-The American dele
| gates to the Samoan conference are much
omplimented on the result of their
labors. William Walter Phelps is re-
garded by everyone as the coming United
States minister, though ne, himself,
denies that he has been offered
the position. The official press
is disinclined to dwell upon
the matter of the Samoan settlement, all
the gloty of which is lost to Germany, and
a brief paragraph in the North German
| Gazette in it's conclusion of the confer
ence, states that an agreement was ar
rived at with perfect unauimity by the
powers represented, and to the satisfac
tion of all parties concerned.
Today being the anniversary of the
death of Emperor Frederick, memorial
services were held in Friedenskirch at
Potsdam.