AISER'S LONG ARM
PACIFIC POSSESSIONS. KETCH WITH NATIVES At BRISBANE. RETURN DEMANDED, (or MUowrtt—raws issocuTioN-coriiiisiir.* ■'. v Brisbane, June 1. ' ITja kotoh Envoy recently brought la« among her ortw livo Tobi Islanders, nliosj return le demanded by the aoruuu New Gttlneii authorities. So far Captain Strhchtifl, of the kcteli, him refused to (jive them. up. The German Government yacht'Swstei'll is now Waith'U hurt) for the natives. The eaptalu of the Envoy telegraphed to the Fedoflil Government:—"Will til 6 GoVcihiriont pfermit thb Germans to prevent Hie frolii. taking tho lfteu to Britain to plead their caue boforo the Imperial Government?" Tllo Federal Minister replied'.--"The- 1 (itjretomehi sees no other combo but .for <|io 'mon to return to Tobi. No nssistiineo will bo given to delay tlio return of tho men to ihtlr homes." ' L - rrobi lies some distance south of ths Pu'lr-u Mantis, ivhleh tiro u dependency ut the dm* lino group, Gormnny purohfWßil the CuMinM from Spain in 1809 for about Js3r,s[!!l. U il not clear whether the ownership of Tobi Is in dispute. It is nearer to Dutch rliuu to tierhiiiU New Gtiirtoh.T
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 7
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183AISER'S LONG ARM Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 7
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