SAMOAN AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1856, 21 February 1889, Page 1

SAMOAN AFFAIRS.

London, February 17. A telegram from San Francisco states that Mr J, 0. K'ein, an American newspaper correspondent, who had been : concerned in the recent battle at Samoa, has arrived there. Ho states that the German authorities attempted to arrest him, but he sought refuge on the American warship Nipsic. The captain of the war vessel demanded his surrender, but the captain of the Nipsic refused to comply with the request and shipped Klein off to San Francisco. The fire at the Consulate in Samoa was checked by the American and English residents unassisted by the Germans, who thought that t hey were going to be attacked and clutched their rifles. Berlin, February 18. It is understood that Prince Bismarck is agreeable to the establishment of a joint control over Samoa by Great Britain, the United Stales, and Germany, and is willing that Germany should discontinue operations in Samoa pending the decision of the conference which is shortly to bo hold in this city on Samoan affairs. The Chancellor, however, stipulates that his consent to these courses is conditional on the evacuation of German properties in Samoa, and delimitation of the boundaries.