Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-09
OF SAMOA.
Agreement Reached by the
Three Nations.
UNITED STATES GETS TuTuILA.
Also Smaller Islands Near By-Englard
Gives Up Her Interest to Germany For
Other Territory, including Some Of the
Solomon Islands.

Berlin, Nov. 9.-It was officially an
nounced that ar agreement, subject to
the approval of the United States, had
beeh arrived at between Great Britain
and Germany, by virtue of which the
Samoa act was repealed and the islands
of Upnlu, Savaii and the small adjacent
islands fell to Germany as free prop
erty and the island Of Tutuila and the
subsidiary islands went to the United
States. Great Britain, it was added,
renounced any claim to the Samoan ISL
ands and Germany, in turn, renounced
any claim to the Tonga islands and TO
Savage island in favor of Great Britain,
and also ceded Choiseul and San Isabel.
the two elsterly islands of the Solomon
group, with their insular surroundings,
to Great Britain. The consular repre-
sentatives OF the two powers III Samoa
and tie Tonga ialands were to be with
drawn for time and German subjects
were to have the same rights as British
subjects IN regard to the free and unlm-
peded enlistment of native laborers III
the whole of the Solomon group in the
possession of Great Britain, including
CQOlSeul anu Sdu lSdD6l.
At the same time an arrangement had
been arrived at between the two pow
ers, by virtue of which the so-called
neutral zone IN the Hinterland of Ger
man Togoland and the British gold coast
were to be/divided. in such a manner
that the boundary OF the German and
British territories would be formed by
the faka river up TO point where the
latter cuts the ninth degree of latitude,
thence north by line to be fixed by a
mixed commission. To this was ap.
pended reservation that the countries
of Mamprusi and Gambasa should fall
to Great Britain and the countries of
Yeudi and Chakosi to Germany. Fin
ally, according to the decision of the
colonial council, Germany had promised
to renounce- her extra territorial rights
in Zanzibar till the expiration of the
commercial treaty in 1902, with the
provlso that the remuneration was only
effective when the other nations aban-
doned their extra territorial rights in
Zanzibar i'll favor of Great Britain.
A further agreement concluded be-
tween Germany, Great Britain and the
United States was to the effect that the
question of compensation for claims for
damages during the late trouble was to
be submitted to an imperial court OF ar
bitration, which will decide ali claims.
LONDON, Nov. 9.-The British foreign
Office gave out a statement III regard to
the Samoan agreement similar to that
issued i'll Berlin, showing that the
United States gets Tutuila and other
Samoan islands east of the one hundred
and seventy first degree OF longitude.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. : Whatever
plan Great Britain and Germany might
agree upon in Samoa it was stipulated
should iicSt be submitted to the rarlii-
cation OF the United States This was
necessary, as the change proposed could
be made only by formal treaty which
would require the approval of the SEN
ate.
1t was believed that the arrangement
proposed Will be satisfactory to the state
The United States is not
with the amount or charac-
ter of the compensation that passes be-
tween the other nations. Besides re-
tanning the coaling station of Pago
Pago, acquiring the island of Tutuila,
whereon the harbor is located, and the
three or four islets in the vicinity, tine
United States will continue to enjoy by
the privilege of trading with
Apia untss conditions equally as favor
able as those now existing. The islets
referred to are not of any particular
from commercial point of
view. but it is deemed essential to con-
troll them politically in order TO pre-
vent SIuuggung.