New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-06

We have hitherto remarked upon the differ
onco Of fonc between the German Government
and fine German press with rcspec' To the Brit
i,h-Rocr Var Tho former is altogether friendly
io Great Britain. while the latter is or large
part of it is quite rahid i'm its An-lopaohia.
We NAV properly regard that rs an indication
That thorc no longer exists hc'wccn Govern
nicnt and press the intimate relationship that
was maintained i'm the Bsmarckian era. Pre-.
cisclv the same difference Of tonc is to b" OBJ
served respecting Samoa. The Government is
considering various methods Of settling pcrma-
rCntly ;hc status Of thos" Islands. including OH
tire German Withdrawal from them and rclin-
uushmcnt Of them for consideration q"
Great Britain and The United States. Such
course has actually been suggested rs possible
hv the Foreign Minister and has been accepted
as possible by the Colonial Council though we"
do NOT mean 10 say il is the course preferred by
them The German press. on Tie other hand is
somewhat vocifcrously prDclaiming that poS~rS-
sion Of the entire group IS essential 10 the inies
rlty Of the empire. and thar advantage should
forthwith be taken Of Great l}rilalns cmhaf
easements 10 compel her 10 pay Germany a
humping price. not for Withdrawing from ga
moa which is unthinkablc but for NOT Selling
the whole group ard turning The British ont,
has and baggage. Neither would we imply that
such is The policy upon which Germany has sct
is heart
some voices Of the German press. however.
sound in accord with that of the Government,
and are Thus moro worthy of attention. The
"National Zcitunc." for example frankly con
ccdes that Page Page belong, TO the United
States and will unQuc~iionably ho permanently
retained 10y MS. while rs for the rest the only
question is whether Germany is to u out 90
Great Britain or Great Britain il t. sell out 10
Germany There is sanity i'm that view Of the
case. especially il for Page Page We read Iutu-
ila and Manua. for it is scarcely reasonable 10
cxnoct This country 10 hc satisfied with the mere
harhor and port I'm an otherwise German or
British island We DO not say. either. that even
the whole of Tuuila and Manua would ho sutii-
cicnt compensation 10 induce this country to re-
Un0uish All other claims upon the Islands. But
al least fl is satisfactory 10 see some of our
rights I'm Samoa unhesiiatingly conceded and rc-
aardcd as an essential basis Of further settle
mcuis. II viii not escape notice that naturally,
and also under The terms Of the Berlin act this
country has a legitimate interest III all the de-
tails Of thr settlement ana is not 10 be- expected
70 stand idly by and let Germany and Great
Britain bargain with each other M Will W Whether
one Of Them sells Ont to the other or both remain
I'm Samoa ana convert partial control into par
tilion and fun possession. tie United States is An
equal factor. entitled 70 equal consideration.
CNotc 10y the way. tho declaration Of repre-
sentative British journal, Tho Spectator,
which says: "Our position il simple and clcnr.
I'VE shall acccdc TO any arrangement which
seems satisfactory 80 Washington
Concerning tho probability " carly settle
mcni opinions differ In one quarter almost
immediate settlement IS expected. and i'm an
other there Is expectation of long delay Per
haps the best comment Of all upon the situation
il that there is no need Of haste We have
never been in love with the trl-dominlnm.
but since now actually have that system
it would not be commendable TO exchange il for
another until perfect confidence was felt ali