Show I HOISTED AMERICAN FLAG Commander Tilley Takes Possession of Rose Islands Samoan Group Washington Aug Commander Benjamin F Tie In charge of tho United Stale naval station on the Island of TutuIIa island of Samoa transmits In n recent report to the Navy department upon the condition of affairs on the Island an Instrument of cession executed by the chiefs of TutuIIa and the United Slates Government Gov-ernment The document formally cedes and transfers to Commander Tie the representative of the United States Government the island of Tu tullo Aunua and all other Islands rocks reefs foreshores and waters lying between certain degrees of latitude lati-tude and longitude named lo erect tho same Into n separate dlslrlcl to bo I known as the District of TutuIIa The Instrument of session wan signed by the marks of twentytwo chiefs with their seals affixed on the 17th of April last Immediately prior to the raising of the Stan and Stripes over time naval station at PagoPago The provisions of the government set forth that the chiefs of the towns shall be entllled to retain their Indl 1 vldual J control of the separate towns I provided the same shall be In accordance accord-ance with the laws of the United Stat concerning Ttilulla It also provides that this Government shall respect and protect the Individual rights of time people to their land and property and that should the Government require their lands It shall take the same on payment of a fair consideration Commander Tllloy visited Rose Island tho eastern member of the Samoan Sa-moan group which lies seventy miles to the cat of Mayua hoisted tho American fag and took formal possession pos-session This Island Is nothing but a coral atoll and Is of no value I Very stringent regulations have been I Icsued by Commander Tilley prohibiting prohibit-ing the importallon of firearms dynamite dyna-mite and other explosives into Tululla An order recently Issued forbids tho importation of wines beers or liquors except by permission of the commandant com-mandant |