The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-29
THE SAMOAN QUESTION
There Is No Doubt of an Ami.
cable Settlement.
WAITING FOR ADVICES
The Partition Of the Island Has Not Been
Broached-The Emperor's Action
at Hanover of Great Polit-
ical Significance

Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 2S.-Public opinion was
focused on the Samoan question this
week. The United States ambassador,
Andrew White, has informed the CORE
spondent here of the associated press
that he has had several meetings with
the minister of foreign affairs, Baron
Won Bulow, and that assurances were
given on both sides of a nature calcu-
lated to promote a successful solution
of the question. Baron Won Bulow's
whole attitude tended to show that the
government means to do it's full share
in settling the matter fairly and AMIGA
bly,.
From another authentic source, the
following has been learned: The pre-
liminary negotiations thus far have net
gone beyond mutual assurances of a
desire for friendly and equitable ar
rangement, and the negotiations will
not take a more tangible shape until
fully matured plans are received from
the powers in Samoa. This will involve
delay of a month in the case of Ger
many, though reports will reach the
United States and Great Britain earlier
Until then, no decisive steps or negotia-
tons can be undertaken. The tele-
graphic news of the German govern
ment has been meager. The suggested
partition of the Samoan islands among
the three powers, which has been dis
cussed in the German press, has rot
been preached, the correspondent is re-
liably assured, in any form, by either
power The German press commented
upon the Samoan matter variously. The
general opinion existing was that the
trpartite is a failure and ought to be
changed, but opinions differed greatly
respecting the remedy. The Kreuz
Zeitung recommends the partition Of
the islands, while the semi official Ham
burger correspondent claims that their
partition is impossible, because of the
fact that the three powers would I'M
doubtedly want the one valuable island,
Upoloa.
The Munich Neuste Nachrichten
takes the government to task for its
weak pusillanimous attitude toward
the other two powers, notably Great
Britain, and the Vossische Zeitung and
Cologne Volkszeitung talk similarly.
Emperor Williams action at Hanover
is regarded as being of great political
significance. From a member of his
majesty's encourage, who accompanied
him to Hamburg, the following has
been learned: The emperor had accept
ed an invitation to attend this week the
silver wedding of the duke and Ouch
ess of Sake Coburg and Gotha, but Re
heard with chagrin that the duke Of
Cumberland, the Guelph claimant Of
Hanover and Brunswick, had also been
invited. Thereupon he sent strong
expression of his dissatisfaction to the
duke of Cumberland and meanwhile
expressed his regret and inability to
attend. The emperor remained in high
dudgeon and stayed away. There have
been persistent rumors lately to the eff
feet that the eldest son of the duke of
Cumberland might one day ascend the
ducal throne of Brunswick If he con-
sents to abjure all claim to the throne
of Hanover. demonstrates his loyalty to
Prussia and accepts the status quo by
becoming an officer in a Prussian regi-
ment of the guards. The emperor
however, seems to have made his ex-
cursion to Hanover in order to repud-
lately any intention of an approcheman t
with the former Guelph dynasty, and
by the proclamat ton of his order pro-
viding for the identification of he
Prussian regiments of Hanover with the
regiments of the old Hanoverian army,
he has made it plain that he consid-
ers the union of Hanover and Prussia
to be an unalterable fact. He thus
gave the death blow to the hopes of the
Guelph party.
The emperor has now established n
permanent bond between the old Han
overian regiments and the present 10th
army corps, which is recruited almost
entirely from the province of Hanover.
His majesty also presented his Han
overian uhlans with a helmet badge, in
scribed Peninsula Waterloo Garcia
Hernandez" and he presented the Han
overian artillery with a badge with the
words Peninsula Waterloo Gohrde."
1t is said in court circles that the en-
peror for some time past has been made
aware of recent utterances of the duke
of Cumberland regarding his majesty,
which have keenly wounded his self-es-
teen.
Kemarkable Whist Hands.