ISLAND SAILORS.
A DETERMINED CAPTAIN. I UNWILLING TO RECOGNISE THE j I'EDEHAL GOVERNMENT. Received June 4, 0.3.) a.m. Brisbane, East -Night. Captain Strat'liau, in thee ourse of a lecture, announced that lie told the Tolii boys aboard the Envy that they would have to be handed over to tlie Germans. The boys refused, lie diu not recognise the Federal Government in this matter. It was an Imperial iill'air, and lie only recognised thv ftdmiriil eouimanding the station. So long as he lived lie would not hand the boys over to the German Government.
A previous cable intimated that tin' ketch Envy recently brought among In v crew live Tobi Islanders, whose return is demanded by the German New Guinea authorities. Captain Strarhan. of toe ketch, refused to give then. up. fhe German Government yacht Seestern was waiting at Brisbane for the -natives, he captain of the Envy wired to the federal Government: "Will the Government permit Germans to prevent my taking the men to Britain to plead a case before the Imperial Government, lo tni» the Federal Minister replied: " lne Go\eminent sees no other course but to the men to return to Tobi. No assistance can be given to delav the return ot the men to tlivir homes."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 4 June 1909, Page 2
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208ISLAND SAILORS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 4 June 1909, Page 2
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