The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25
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wAGHINGToS. March 2s-TheFe IL
Rcrse suggestion tAat Mr. Biaine's plan Of
= partition OF Samoa May again %
broagI1t forward. although i has not as
stunned Official form thur far IL - based
on the idea that AZ tbs Samoan group
consists ~ three large islands. each Of the
three interested nations wosaad take one
OF ire Islands TIE Germans iTss1s. that
they have ggsdemInatins Influence On TIE
large iai1nc of Eposa where tsss capital.
ApsA, IN situated, and that ia any psaFti-
tion UpoEa would fail to Germany
Tpon this bssss the eastern island Of
Tsfspliss w.fh la narBor ~ Page Page
wosssa fail - the United States and the
large western Island OF .5asayto to Great
Britain AZ present TIE Unised States
government u preparing - take posses
sson ~ ita narbor Of Page Pazo. and
q collier is n0w loading al Norfolk attn
supplies for that point. HA1t. while 4 -
one Gf the Dsss naval hafDurs on the
Pacific, there u na9rn aousss whether tins
government would lie eonteated with
naval harbor alone. while Germany al
serted the rich commercial parts OF the
group.
Nor 10 IL believed Great Britain will ac-
ceps a partition which assigns 70 her the
western ssiana. which IL barren and rsseun-
sainous.
While. therefore. the partition OF Samoa
IL being pat forward Ia n tentatsvs Way. IL
appears 10 involve too many anssrosittes
10 prove a practicable solution. Germany.
probably would accept such q solution. as
IL world give bark that commercial pre-
penasfance the Germans have lacked since
the treaty of Berlin was made. Al that
time William Walter Phelps. American
minister al Berlin forwarded - M
Blaine extracts from the three organs
Of German political sentiment. al express
i'm deep disappointment az losing the pre-
ponderaslrg farce they had formerly ex-
sfeised. This Berlin Kreusz zsi,ung tex
tseme CONSERVATIVE said. German inru-
ence IL 10 longer 10 De allowed responder.
ating force, and the German element 10 10
b. reduced to the level % other foreign
elements. although swe-ihlros OF all for
sixEers In Ssnlua are Germans and four
6fths Of al the trade - ia German hands.
The moderate ard radeaf views we're
similar, al express.ng regrsf that Ger
many rad III the treaty OF Berlin given
10 her preponaesasing Influence, In this
view II woaIa appear shat any reputation
Of the treaty 81 Eerssn would be N lite
With the German political sentiment as
made known by Mr.. Phelps To Mr. Elaine
q the time she treaty was made
German Papers Aggressive.
BERLIN. March Newspapers here
eKxressissly discuss taa Samoan question.
Ard portion OF the press maintains that
Germany must adequately protect Ger
man interests there. The sefpl-offeiai
post referring TO Gsrmany's refusal TO
recall all the uipartite representatives In
Samoa, saysi sThis Is the gisess thing
all around. az then new arrangements
would be much easier for ali concerned.
and II does not Involve the humiliation II
Anybody.
The Lokai Anxeiger Bnsrn Courier and
Cologne Gazette express Amusement that
neither America nor Great Britain 10 will .
ing 70 show good will toward Germany In
this matter.
Hflf Eoree Gh. ss h~rx IN WsthAr> x~
LONDON, March 1.-The Berlin cor
respondent ~ the Morning Post says: II
am Informed that Germany regards The
withdrawal OF Chief Justice cha meers
from Samoa rs Imperative. and that a rs-
fusai on the part If the United States To
withdraw him would b. equivalent 70 the
abandonment Of negotiations concerning
9amoa."