Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-21

WASHINGTON, Jude l6,-The agreement
between Euglaad, Germany and the Uni
| ted States on Samosn affairs was signed
| at Berlin this afternoon. 1t will not be
made public until confirmed by the SEN
| ate. While it is called an Egreement by
| the officers CT the state department
Walker Blaine said this evening that he
| thought it woald undoubtedly REQUIRE
| ratification by the senate. If the instra-
ment signed were only regulating the
! conduct of the two countries toward each
| other, as for instance between the
| United States and Samoa it
would probably be designated
| as treaty, but where the instrument
signed is TO shape the conduct of three
governments, viz, the United States,
England and Germany, towards fourth
party, Samoa, it is held that its proper
nomenclature is an agreements. At the
same time, us it is q policy affecting the
foreign policy of the United States, il
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
ence and by their respective governments.
The best of feeling prevailed at the ter
minatioh of the ldbors of the commits
sioners.
BERLIN, June l4.-America having
abandoned her principal objections to
the agreement previously arrived at, the
pienipotentiaries had only to make un-
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 aud
be represented in the senate com posed
of the principal chiefs and chambers
elected by the people. Samoa is to have
the ght of levying duties of every kind.
The treaty also stipulates that the Ger
mans shall receive money indemnity for
their losses special court
will be appointed to deal with land
question. The Americans made their sG-
hesion conditional upon the ratification
of the treaty by the United States sen
ate. The status quo will, therefore, OBJ
tain in Samoa until December. Phelps
will carry the treaty to Washington. The
Samoan treaty will not be published until
signed by the American government.
BERLIN, June 16 - 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 MaIet 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 Ma'ietoa
and for the appointment of Gerrusu and
American advisors TO the king VI an
English counsellor to ad Just tn balance.
The American delegates have the utmost
confidence that the treaty will be ratified
by the United States senate.
LONDON, June 16.-The Berlin cores
pondent of the Times says: The Ameri-
cans have undoubtedly emerged from the
Samoan conference with flying colors.
Germany has to content herself
with much less political pre-
dominance in Samoa than
she claimed at Washington two years
ago.
BERLIN, Jure l 6.-The American dele
gates to the Samoan conference are much
com plimented on the result of their
labors. William Walter Phelps is re
garded by everyone as the coming United
States minister, though he, himself
denies that he has been offered
the position. The official press
is dtsinoined to dwell upou
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 its conclusion of the confer
ence, states that an agreement WAS ar
rived at with perfect unanimity 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