New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-05

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| ministration had sgndy failed. The distressing
tangle in which Secretary Bsyad involved this coun-
ofcc last March has been Strengthened ont with great
skill and ability. and the settlement concluded at
Great Britain, Germany and the United states ilas
| been accepted highly satisfactory anu hohVrduo
one by the American people without regard 10 party.
| Mr. Bayard, again, negotiated an extradition treaty
with Great Britain inadequate in many ways anu con
scope and the Senate wisely rejected as an Imperfect
and mpolitc production. The present Auihinsua,io'
| on the contrary has been able to complete much
more exhaustive and satisfactory treaty. one that eA
tends the list Of cxtradable crimes isr oeS ona o
same time rgidiy excludes every suggestion Of ex.
tradition for political Offences I6c ra ne| noe sceivsd
by the country with the most hattering commendauon'
THE SAMOAN NEGOTIATIONS.
The history of the samoan negotiations Is too VOL
known to be repeated at length in this article. Under
the Administration of President Hayes III 1919 VIC
uad gained q foothod in the samoan ISLANDS by
valuable cesson of the harbor OF Paso faso' io'
shelter and coang station for naval and merchant
vessels. subsequently, the Germans. who hau also
gained a foothold rapidly pushed their interests until
they practically assumed the government OF the ISLANDS
and Of all the inhabitants thereof a consldeIdni'
proportion Of the inhabitants were CITIZENS 81 INC
United states. who kcenly felt the Oppression ana hu
initiation OF German rule Had the ".Vcrinrn. , %
The United states stood SIN there would oeyo
have been German aa,po eaican %iineno.
who had gone there on various Lawful e..
erpses wonId aye o scf have cR o o n od on the
valuable harbor OF Paco Page or nave iesilneu J..
after far greater struggle than 1t required 10 Drhs
President Cleveland, administration no doubt fully
seeopGary poon into whcn the Amcan had been
relegated in the samoan Islands. An enort va m"u'
ference of the three powcrs was called 10 meet III
Washington in July loo7 in order 10 BRING about a
S SoSinr Was ssccompshcd Tnc codns arc the
conference the dctatoral t"he Of the German
tensions by the British delegate. A. soon a, the
conference had adjourned The OcHaIs %,-.iea st.i
native King who whatever may be said, stood really
HE native -amoans Bui Germany brushed him aside
as il he common oicndei, a'I',i"l III '''
| streets for mi,cold duct Thcy tooi him 1900 NIL,
away and held him as a common prisoner in Il Ger
man fort on the Marshall lshnd-. German subjects
! nossessed themselves of a large share Of samoan
! lands and German Naval officers governed the Islands
! In as rOughshod manner as German ulAsOoi' Owe
ode IN -66 or Alsacc Lorraine IN
$50 Thcv Subjected citizens Of the tinted tat
/ TO police Inspection daily They required report,
! from each American house a. a. the 1t Kept.
They turned the natural right Of American citizens 10
7 bear arms into mere privilege granted at the a.
cretion Of German Naval officers. The German police
reported the conversations Of American citizens. and
II deemed offensive thcv we're subjected L" SUMMARY
| proceedings by German courtmariial. Al the,
| things took place unrelcvcd and unrcbukcd, while
Mr. Cleveland was sim President Of the United
| States.
AN AMERICAN TRIUMPH At BERLIN.
When President Harrison assumed power. new
conference assembled at Berlin, When under the
instructions Of Secretary Blaine. the American Com
missioncrs requested the following conditions 10 be
agreed TO:
eardess Of the respective numbers Of the citizen, or sub
jects Of each should equality before the
law and in all matters Of adm Illustration
second-That the disposed King, Naieoa. had been
wrongfllly and violently drpocd and d'por'rd ~ u'
Germans he should De- brought back by the Power
and placed on his throne.
Third-That for the sake Of justice to. the native
Ssmoans there should be land commission I'm which the
whole question the land titles in Samoa should be sub
jected 10 rigid examination by which honest titles should
be and the rights Of the native samoans zcaouy
| protected
Apa mainly inhabitated by foreigners. should be sd
minserd by equal representations OF the three Powers
Fh-That administration OF justice for all foreign
residents should be conhded, MT to German nand.
tory" had been the to al English judge, as
proposed but to neutral Of character aud learning
should be taken from Sweden Switzerland by the
joint Of the three Powers and paid by the Same in
| equal proportions
! sxth-That there should be no trsnic with
the natives enable them 70 murder
rival and hostile factions, they had teen doing with
the sold them by the English and German merchants
| at Apia.
seventh-That alcoholic liquors should be sold to the
natives had the Of their decentralization
under sales made by English and German merchant
their decentralization had been the Of their losing
their lands exchange for mess Of po,taec or more
literally for jug Of This corrupt transfer Of land
until amount nominally transferred by the
natives exceeded all they possessed
Every reform which the American Commissioners
asked at Berlin was agreed 10. and the government
now established in samoa is OF security. Of equity,
and Of justice TO the natives and 10 the representatives,
Of the three nations.
II was a signal triumph for the Administrations
foreign policy; 1t was no less triumph for inter
national comfy, for the spirit Of peace upon far
and honorable understanding. Under the treaty, a.
drawn and ratified BY the senate there Is Just hight
Of America on the Samoan Islands which IS not firmly
established and protected.
TuIE BRITISH EXTRACTION TREATY.
In the negotiation OF the British exraditiOn treaty,
Secretary Blaine similarly confronted by the failure
OF mis- maladroit predecessor 10 improve the old
Webster Ashburton convention. Throwing Mr.. Bayar $
suggestions overheard. Mr.. Blaine began negotiations
afresh with new representative OF Great Britain. Sir
Julian Pauncefote. An agreement reached IN a
few months and tho treaty ready 10 To the
Senate at an carly date In the present session. Mr..
Bayard had proposed TO insert these four additional
clauses in the treaty Of 1872:
!. Manslaughter.
g. burglary
3: EmbczzlemePt or larceny of the value Of $50
4 Malicious Injuries to property. whereby the life
of any person shall be endangered. II such injuries
constitute crime according 70 the laws OF both tho
high contracting parties.
BY the new treaty the list IS vastly enlarged and
improved. II includes
/. Mansaughter.
Q. CONTRIBUTING or altering money altering or