England and Germany in the Pacific,

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 153, 8 May 1886, Page 3

England and Germany in the Pacific,

I,ondon, May 3. It is announced that a convention has been signed on the part of Grreat Britain by Sir E. B. Malet, English Ambassador at Berlin, and on behalf of Germany, by Prince Bismarck, set ing forth the delimitation of the present future spheres of occupation in the Western Pacific. The dividing line starts at Mitre Rock, a small island form- 1 ing part of the Queen Charlotte Group, situated in latitude 11.56 S.,longitude 170 25 E. From this point it crosses the Solomon Group, leaving the islands of Bougainville, Choieeul, and Isabel to Germany. From the Solomon Islands the line turns back in a north-easterly direction to Marshall Islands, which already belong to Germany. The convention forbids the deportation of criminals to the Pacific by either of the signatory Powers, and the continued neutrality of Tonga and Samoa is stipulated for. London, May 4, It has been decided that all colonies possessing legislatures will be excluded from the scope of the Pacific Convention.

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