Telegram-herald., 1889-06-16
II Is SETTLED.
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Ji1Iea 1f Tie commissioners o. tle samoan
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tAe z4ft - the treaty
tas draft guaranteed al AUTONOMOUS ac-
naipistIatloa ot the lsiGnas uBdeT tAe lot0t
control ~ 0ermasy AID America. Elx xian0
acting - aTbItr4to- III rhe event or differ
eacss arising The esmosus are 10 elect
thsif oSn king aud giosroy and 10 be rep
resented IA senate composed n he pfln-
cip4l chiefs and eh6lEoogs elected
BY tho people samoa j. 10 have tbe
rigat os lesying ds,ies Of every kind Tie
treaty also sgipu.ates that the Heruahs
shall receive a ua0ney indemnity Tor their
losses A special court Wis be appointsl II
deal with the land question
The Americana made their adhesion con-
dttional upon the rat hcstion of tie afy
by the Unised states senate. The status
quo ~ll, therefore, obtain IA SAMOA until
December
Mr. Phelps will carry the treaty TO Wash
iugJOn.
Messrs Kssson. Bates aud Phelps cor
dially thanked Count Herbert bismarck
Tor tho courteous manner an which
they had been treated aud they
y arrnly praised the Sail and the
tact with which he had presided over the
deliberations OF the conferences. sir Ed
ward Malet thanked Count Herbert on be-
halt OF the English delegates Count Her
bert, ina reply, said he hoped they had
reached u nnal solution OF the difficult
question
BERLIN. June l5.-Seyeral provisions OF
the Samoan treaty viii be enforced before
the treaty Is formally ratified The Con-
suls ut pia viii forthwith Invite SamOa's
adhesion 10 the .reaty
WASHINGTON, June II. The agreement
between England. Germany and the United
States on Samoan affairs Was signed at Ber-
lin at o'clock In the afternoon IL will
not be made public until confirmed by the
Senate While it is called agree
ment by officers OF the State De-
partment Ar Walker Blaine said last
evening that he thought IL would undOubt-
edly require ratification by the Senate, as
IL is matter affecting the foreign policy OF
the United States. The agreement was cor
daily approved by all the members OF
the conference and by their respect
i've governments, and the best OF feel
ing prevailed ut the termination or the la
bors OF the commissioners
LONDON, June l5-1he Posts Berlin cor
respondent says:
The Samoan treaty arranges for the reSto-
ration OF halietoa aud ior the appointment Of
German and American advisers To the X ng,
with az Eaglish counselor TO adjust balance.
The American delegates have the utmost conf
dencs that the treaty will oe ratined by the
United States Senate"
The Berlin correspondent of the Times
learns that the gist OF the Samoan agree
nent Is that Malietoa shall be reinsJated; ;
that the control OF affairs shall be left main
ly to the SaInoans; that questions touching
the life or property of foreigners shall be-
subject To the decision of "A resident Judge
American, English or German, and that the
importation OF liquor and firearms shall be
restricted
LONDON, June 15.-The Times, comment
ing on the Samoan agreement. says:
Perhaps IL Is u well that Bismarck has been
made 10 realize that where American interests
are concerned the American Government is
very little Affected by many OF those consider
atiOns which restrain the action OF the
European govern pleats with whom he is more
accustomed 70 deal and with whom he can for
this very reason deal more easily The Times
intimates that Germany wlll think twice before
she proyOkes "A collision with America