Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-26
WANTED TO DIVIDE THEM UP
And Attempted TO Give Gfei, Britain the
Wofs, Of me Bargain.
BUT TILL UNITED STATES OBJECTED
Aud st,id by tho mother Country" and
she In Turn WIN Hack Americas
Position In the Ease,

New York. Aug. ga dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says;
Trouble ~ brewing over tho samoan
islands which.uudcr IN treaty OF 1900.
arp governed under a joint PROTECTOR
ate by the United States. Germany and
Great britain. Germany had marked
ho islands for her own before the treaty
was negotiated. but her scheme Tor alb
sorblng them was blocked chiefly ~
the United states. who. by the treaty
VI 1875. had acquired the right TO es-
tnbilsh a naval station at Pago-Pugo
hurbor and had virtually established
% new prutcctoruic OVER the islands.
Under tho tripnrtitc arrangement
Germany has bccn disturbing factor
aud has cndcayorcd 10 procure adNan-
turys superior 10 those VI the United
stutos and Grrat Britain. Air. Glove
land favored Withdrawing from tho
Joint protcctoratU. hut President Mc-
Niulcy ~ determined 20 rctain all rights
la Samoa guaranteed TO this country
by the treaty. He H. now taking steps
90 Improve and fortify pago-Pago hnr-
Dor. aud dispatches from Europe show
that Germany does not like this action.
The recent proposition advanced by
the Marine Polisghe Correspondents
that the Islands should be- divided. Eng
land taking savalo. Germany. Upola.
and America Tutiln. Il b believed here.
was iusplr,d by tho German govern
mont aa u fc,lcr for tho purpose Of
finding out how the United STATES and
Great britain would take the PROPOSE
tlou. The division would give Der.
many tho best Islands and England ths
worst A. Tar us the United States 10
concerned the proposition 10 partition
the group viii not b. considered for an
Instant ON tho other hand, u 4 tho
conviction that Germany has some
rrhpmp ON foot that led the admlnirtra-
tiuu Co take steps for the Immediate
occupation of pugu- Pago hnfbnr under
the rights conferred by the treaty u
isis.
Correspondence is now In progress by
tho United states and Germany that
may load Co serious friction. Recently
tho municipal council of the district u
Apla hepumo involved ln "a dispute over
pruuusltI0u 90 extend municipal
buuuduiigs Of the district which were
laid down ln thu treaty N 1880. Tile
chief Justice. man recommended uy
the United states, decided IN favor u
extending tho boundaries, The result
was Co Include TN property ut GER
tain Germans and 90 subject them TO
hirhpr taxation. The German yofcrn-
mrnt protested, on the ground that the
chief Justice had cNcvuird his powers.
The rHuIy of the United Sittr8 was
though rho action OF tho judge might
NOT have been strictly lu arclrdlncs
with thH traIly. % was similar 10 ac-
ton taken By "a frumcr gh.ei justice
who WAS nominated hy Gyfmr n.y. and
that ln view OF thH precedent 10 ought 70
stand or th0 treaty ought 90 b. mode
uul 800 Ha tu provide Tor such cons
tmraucIes. ~ was strongly Insisted that
thr United States was entitled O. tluhl
rights with Germany.
Germany, in reply, admitted thlt II
tho precedent was right, the present
action OF the chief Justice ought TO
stand. but Ehe hnF NOT decided 60 cun-
Frnt 10 % modification OF the treaty
hv an exchange " notes 10 10 thought
probable that then win have 20 Do
aytutunlly q now committee % frame
"A now treaty, and II 800, 10 "a NOT I'M
prnbablr mat Germany VIII thnu pros
nose thr partition Uf The Islands, This
tha United states viii NOT consent TO-
Great britain has always taken A
flthrr passive Interest lu samoan ar
flir- hut there iH mo- doubt that her
! Inuuunrr viii, In the future aH In the
ptst. b. thrown on the side NJ the Unit
] "a sfHfHa.