GERMAN ANNEXATION OF SAMOA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5447, 11 September 1878, Page 3

GERMAN ANNEXATION OF SAMOA.

(From the Melbourne Leader , August 31.), The commander of tho German man-of-war Ariadne, when recently at Samoa, attached on behalf of the German Government certain Samoan harbors as a pledge for tho fulfilment of agreements entered into by native chiefs known as Taimua and Faipule, The Ariadne then proceeded to Sydney, and after the commander had communicated as to his action with the Government at Berlin, sailed for the Corea. The following account of the annexation is taken from tho Samoan Times ; —“ Tho Taimua and Faipule having refused to fulfil, or to state a time when thfiy would fulfil* article 4 of an agreement, or rather a distinct promise, made on the 3rd July, 1877, guaranteeing partly the neutrality of Apia and its

vicinity during the last war, and partly guaranteeing full and perfect equality of rights to the Imperial German Government, the German ship-of-war Ariadne left our port ou Monday last, the 15th instant, proceeding to Saluafata for the purpose of attaching that harbor and vicinity as security for the faithful fulfilment of the said obligation by the Taimua and Faipule, or until further orders are received from the German Government. The Ariadne left Apia on the afternoon of the 15th, and arrived at Saluafata,.and on the following morning proclaimed the attachment of Saluafata for the above-named reasons. She left there about noon, and proceeded to Falealili, arriving there tho same evening, and on the morning of the 17th that harbor was attached in the same manner as Saluafata, and for the same object.” ■