| Show WiliGfQ O HIGHTS + Germany Will Stand FIrm Oh the Samoan Question DEFINES HER ATTITUDE WILL NOT DEPART FROM STIPULATIONS ULATIONS TREATY Great Britain Will Not Be Permitted to Turn Her Prom Her Course Will Demand Pull Indemnification Indemnifica-tion For Destruction of Property and Illegal Arrests t I crIl June19 Dunn the course of debate in the reichstag Her Leiherman Britains von Senncberg attacked Great roC Ingi in Samoa The minister of foreign affairs Baron Von Buelow re plyng said I have no objection to again defining I our attitude on the Samoan question I AVe thall not depart Iron t stipula hors of the Samoa treaty nor allow from our Great Britain to turn us Briain U course AVe recognize the rights of others while maintaining our own The foreign minister also said Wf shall provide for full indemnifi cation on the Germans whose property was destroyed by illegal British or American Am-erican action After alluding ta the powers of the high commission Germanys insistence on the principle of unanimity in its decisions de-cisions and the provisional assumption of the government of Samoa by the commission underwhose direction abe maritime and consular representatives were instructed t < place themselves the minister read disaatches outlining a the situation as already fully known the only nt w pInts the German commissionersstatement that the > commission com-mission received both Malletoa Tanus and Mataafa as having equal rights as party leaders and the announcement that the possibility of strife may be ended by the abolition of the kingship Restoration of Peace Baron von Buelow next mentioned an Samoa of Admiral the departure from moa Admirl Kaut E B S Miixse the British consul con-sul and Herr RoseVthe German consul and the release of Herren Huff and Martniardt the two Germans arrested faruadt during the trouble after the commission commis-sion ha assured itself of their complete ir locence and then continued The first work of the commission will be the restoration of peace and legal conditiDns in conformity with the Samoa act I would b in accordance with article 1 of the act if in the settlement settle-ment of the future government the wish of the inhabitants was consulted by a majority vo c of the recognized chiefs majoriy a more extende reogze of the people But I repeat emphatically that we will take no side In the local disputes dis-putes or in regard to the candidates for pute r the throne We did not approve of the partisanship of the agents of other powers in behalf of Malietoa Tanus Another task before us is to see our subjects In Samoa indemnified in accordance cordance with the principles of the laws i of nations for losses through destruction destruc-tion of property or illegal arrest loud = heers heer ThIs question however will only for diplomatic action after the be ripefor dipomaIc acton ater restoration of order I hope the activity of 1he commission will result in a just and equitable settlement AVe will not cede any of our rights but at the same time we do hot forget that complicated international dlsputesmust latreate1 with Wood qulOTTlfehbefartffn > ana iool I r 1Qod |
