Show GERMS METHODS Farfetched Ecu For Seizing the Tonga Islands Melbourne Jan SA dispatch from I I Auckland N Z says advices have been received from Tonga the seat of the government of the Tonga or I I Friendly islands that the German consul con-sul has arrived there from the Samoan islands and has given notice that Germany Ger-many will seize Vavao the most fertile fer-tile of the group unless the Tongan government pays the private debts which the natives owe a German company com-pany The government repudiates responsibility I responsi-bility for the giving of credit to the natives contrary to law and the king I France is appealing to England America and I |