Germany in the Pacific.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 October 1907, Page 10

Germany in the Pacific.

■" DARK DESIGNS " DENIED:

(From our ■ own-Correspondent.)

Auckland,' September 30.

Dr. J Schultz, Chief Justico of . Gorman who hafbben on holiday leave for' tlio past' bight' months', and lately, visited Tahiti,, was a 'passbhgor by; the s.s.'Haurotovto Auckland yesterday morning. '■ ■' .-. ■

A "-Herald "'.representative waited .•onjhint. last .night,. and .drow. his .attpn ; tion to the<cablcgram-which was-pub-, lishfed ' last'.week referring to the currency *of reports,.about Gcrman.y's-de-'sig'ns in • ■Tahiti,., apparently based on the visit.to.-that island of'tho Gorman cruiser C'ondor- 1 'and ' Dr: Schultz 'at the !samo'' l timo.'' ! i)r.' -Schultz' stated that: ; iii'ero';'was./nothing in. eithpr ,'his visit on•'that'i'Of-'tha.'C.ruiser .to anjus,? ifiny susjiifciori of- Goi-many's intentions iln Tahiti: I ''- -TSfb [designs wero'c'ontbm-: platecf,;;aucf he/,mentioned .that when lio visitod-.Tonga; i in; 1903 ..similar re-. marlp'Werb put into circulation.

" It ;^'«joriis;, i **' , hp/S'Aici; "-that ah offij.cial iQfi.n'iJfl.r ,visit r '.any M placo''without [ being suspected'.of sonic act of soizure ;' : OTi-vthe part of -t4io-nation he may re-' ' to oxplain.,that in visiting Tahiti lie was merely con-tinuing-iotKnological'studies,' in which is n '3pcply--''intefested,' and ' upon jjvjjichlie has already published so'mb books. iV Jij ! Marph;laf>t,hQ camo to New Zoalandj-andiremaiifed till June'studying the native-''rac'e,''and also " tlio nativo'jfancT'cjuosiion,' 1 being desirous, .so'farj'asitlie,.latter, problem .was concornecV'iafv.inteotluclng olfectivo legisTahiti, being midway bct l iVdp:if'Nb' : <v"Zcalahd and' Samoa bothigeographically and bthiiologically, jgxpectedUto- aiford.an interesting field jfor research, •a'nd"tl(o,'doctor, who re'^v^^^ftr.i'&iSStKncq' fron} ' Colonbi there, to go into''the question, hot' • but also *oif Tiolonisation. : - f-Ut That was/thfl'.Bolo. reason-, of .my visit,;" 110 said, "and it-was only an accident Jtshat 't.waß.'thoro at tho same timo!. '•./'" " the cruiser, ho' pointejV,out,t(iatj.'the-last.visit'paid by, a German maii'of-'war .was "in- 1891, and, ns'/a- Fronfch il man-of-war 'visited 'Samoa^rtniiu'ally',/ r thbi; , e was' 110 reason "Why ,inan r of-w;ar should not, make 'jioribdiniil .visits to Tahiti wit-h----.out,, hdiiig"- suspected" of' dark designs on thc islawL, '' ' ''.' -• ....'/-.

Th'o""State ''Cool'-'-'Sines Department dealt'with 190,509 tons oC coal, valuerl at .£158,097, during the year ended March 31 lust.