The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
THE SAMOAN TREATY.

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The Delegates to the Berlin Conference
End Their Labors = Tho Agreement
Signed-sOme Of Its Most Important
Provisions.
BERLIN, June 15-The agreement nego-
Hated by the commissioners to the. Samoan
conference for the settlement of affairs in
Samoa was signed by all the members of
the conference Friday afternoon. Amer
lea having abandoned her principal obiec-
lions to the agreement previously arrived
at the plenipotentiar1es had only to make
unessential notifications in the wording of
the draft OF the treaty.
The draft guaranteed an autonomous adj
mfnistration of the islands under the Joint
control of Germany and America England
acting as arbitrator In the event of differ
ences arising The Samoans are to elect
their own King and viceroy and to be rep
resented In Senate composed of the prin-
cipal chiefs and chambers elected
! by the people. Samoa is to have the
right OF levying duties OF every kind The
treaty also stipulates that the Germans
shall receive money indemnity for their
losses. A special court will be appointed to
deal with the land question
The Americans made their adhesion con-
ditional upon the ratification of the treaty
by the United States Senate. The status
quo will, therefore, obtain in Samoa until
December.
Mr.. Phelps will carry the treaty to WASH
| ington.
Messrs. Kasson, Bates and Phelps cor
daily thanked Count Herbert Bismarck
for the courteous manner in which
they had been treated and they
warmly praised the skill and the
tact with which he had presided over the
deliberations of the conference. Sir Ed
| ward Malet thanked Count Herbert ON be-
half Of the English delegates. Count Her.
bert, in reply, said he hoped they had
| reached q firal solution OF the difficult
question.
WASHINGTON. June 5-The agreement
between England, Germany and the United
States on Samoan affairs was signed at Ber-
lin at 2 o'clock in the afternoon 1t will
not be made public until confirmed BY tue
| Senate.
LONDON June 13.-The Posts Berlin COZ.
respondent says:
1.-THE Samoan treaty arranges for the resto.
| ration of Malietoa and for the appointment OF
German and American advisers to tho X me-,
with an English counselor to adjust q balance,
The American delegates have the utmost conf.
| dence that the treaty will be ratified by the
United States Senate"
The Berlin correspondent at the Times
learns that the gist of the Samoan agree
lnent is that Malietoa shall be reinstated;
that the control of affairs shall be left main-
" to the samoans; that questions touching
the life or property of foreigners shall be
subject to the decision of resident Judge,
American, English or German, and that tho
importation OF liquor and fire arms shall be
restricted.
LONDON, June 15.-The Times, comment
ing on the Samoan agreement, says:
perhaps 1t Is as we'll that Bismarck has been
| made to realize that where American interests
are concerned the American Government is
very little affected by many Of those consider.
atoms which restrain the action OF the
European governments with whom he lie more
accustomed to deal and with whom he can fol-
this very reason deal more easily. The Times
lntimates that Germany will think twice before
she provokes q collision with America